This document provides clues and questions about various companies, products, and people. Some of the clues include: an Indian smartphone company known for the Freedom 251 phone; Paytm and its facilitation of 'Pay Through Mobile'; Angela Merkel and her role as de facto EU leader; and Google's secret research lab X. The questions cover a wide range of topics from business to entertainment.

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5. Established in 2015, this is one of
the fastest growing smartphone
company in India. Recently became
very popular due to the launch of
Freedom 251, the cheapest
smartphone in the world. Which
company am I talking about?
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6. Recently rebranded company, designed by founder.
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7. How do we better know the company
which facilitates ‘Pay Through Mobile’?
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8. How do we better know this person?
(Hint: He is really ‘good’ at what he
does)
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10. ______ was started in October 2008 by Shradha Sharma. Shradha lives her
life in stories. And believes, every story is unique and every story matters.
Since its inception, _______has profiled stories of over 15,000 entrepreneurs,
and has provided business networking opportunities to over 50,000
entrepreneurs via our conferences and meetups. We are agnostic to sector and
scale, covering entrepreneurs, startups and business ideas from web, mobile,
cloud, e-commerce, enterprise to social, green and creative domains among
others.
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13. The _______ prizes is a parody of ______Prizes and is given out
in early October each year for ten unusual or trivial achievements
in scientific research. The stated aim of the prizes is to "honor
achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them
think". The first awards were created in 1991 by Marc Abrahams,
editor and co-founder of the Annals of Improbable Research, and
the master of ceremonies at all subsequent awards ceremonies.
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15. __________ was started by Brown and Spiegel as a project for
one of Spiegel's classes at Stanford University, where Spiegel
was a product design major. Beginning under the name
"Picaboo", the two later brought Murphy into the project to
code the application. When Spiegel floated the idea in April
2011 in front of the product design class for his final project,
classmates balked at the idea of impermanent photos.
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18. The slogan of the
company is ‘Be You!’
and shares it’s name
with this fruit.
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19. • Big Billion day – Flipkart
• Appiness day – Amazon
• Savings day – Snapdeal
• Great Online Shopping Festival – ?
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20. This company in electronics
gets its name from Korean for
‘three stars’ or ‘tri-star’.
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21. The Razor/Razorblade business model owes its name to ______,
founder of the eponymous razorblade company. The story goes
that _______'s idea for creating disposable razors stemmed from
his personal experience with a straight razor so worn it was
rendered useless. They reasoned - and rightly so - that if he
could offer consumers a sturdy, permanent razor supplemented
by cheap, easily replaceable blades, he could corner the men's
facial grooming market and create a massive, repeat customer
base
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23. In 1943 in Santa Fe, Land was asked by his 3-year-old
daughter why the camera that they used couldn't produce a
photo immediately. He mulled the question over and was
inspired to invent such a device. Then in 1947, Land
publicly demonstrated an instant camera, called the ______
Land Camera, with film. The cameras were soon an instant
success, selling out during the Christmas season in 1948,
and would remain on the market for 50 years thereafter.
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29. Rules
• The QM’s decision is NOT final. You can argue with him/ coax
him or bribe him into giving you extra points. Weaknesses include
Chocolates/Share of the prizes. In general words- “Tum QM ko
kuch bolna mat. Bas setting kar lena.”
• In case of any doubts, go for the funny answer. It might turn out
to be correct.
• Risks would be awarded with a higher return.

30. Blah Blah Blah….Very long question in which hint would lie in
the last line.. Name the person because the QM has asked you..
Who cares anyways…
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32. This company was an English and later British joint-stock company,
formed to pursue trade with the East Indies but ended up trading mainly
with the Indian subcontinent and Qing China. It was founded by John
Watts and has its headquarters in London. Given below is its current owner.
Which company?
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35. He started his business career at age
17. He is the first resident Indian to
win the Thiel Fellowship.
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37. Rietesh Agarawal

38. "The smile known around the world," it is second only to Santa Claus in
terms of recognition. In 2010, the Corporate Accountability International in
Boston, Massachusetts suggested he should retire due to childhood obesity.
This is one of his first appearances on television. Who are we talking
about?
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41. She has been described as the de facto leader of the European Union. She was
also ranked as the world's second most powerful person by Forbes magazine
in 2012 and 2015, the highest ranking ever achieved by a woman. In
December 2015, she was named as Time magazine's Person of the Year, with
the magazine's cover declaring her to be the "Chancellor of the Free World.
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43. Angela Merkel

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47. It is a special, temporary alteration of the logo that
is intended to celebrate holidays, events,
achievements and people. The first was in honor
of the Burning Man Festival of 1998, and was
designed by the founders to notify users of their
absence in case the servers crashed.
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50. She is the star of India’s most popular ad campaigns
and one the world’s longest running ad campaigns
known for it’s humour. She is seen dressed in a polka
dotted frock with blue hair and a half pony tied up.
Who are we talking about?
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56. X, is a semi-secret research and development facility. X is located about a
half mile from it’s parent company’s corporate headquarters, in Mountain
View, California. Scientist and entrepreneur Astro Teller (Captain of
Moonshots) directs day-to-day activities. The lab started up in 2010 with
the development of a self-driving car. While X projects are often referred
to as "moonshots" within the company, not all so-described moonshots are
part of X. Tell X and its parent company.
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59. The _____ Tower is a mixed-use skyscraper
located at 725 Fifth Avenue between East 56th
Street and East 57th Street in Midtown
Manhattan, New York City. Developed by
_________and the Equitable Life Assurance
Company (renamed the AXA Equitable Life
Insurance Company in 2004), it is owned by
The __________ Organization, and was
designed by Der Scutt of Swanke Hayden
Connell. The tower served as the location for
Wayne Enterprises in Christopher Nolan's The
Dark Knight Rises.
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65. The British secret agent, traditionally known for his
penchant for Martinis, shaken not stirred, is set to enjoy
one of the Dutch brewers' beers in at least one scene in the
23rd official Bond adventure as part of a reported $45m
(£28.2m) product placement deal. Craig said the tie-in was
a necessary part of the business of making an expensive
project such as Skyfall.
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68. On 10 November 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver, then the managing director of the
_________ Breweries, went on a shooting party in the North Slob, by the River
Slaney in County Wexford, Ireland. After missing a shot at a golden plover, he
became involved in an argument over which was the fastest game bird in Europe.
That evening at Castlebridge House, he realised that it was impossible to confirm
in reference books whether or not the golden plover was Europe's fastest game
bird. Beaver knew that there must be numerous other questions debated nightly in
pubs throughout Ireland and abroad, but there was no book in the world with
which to settle arguments about records. Beaver's idea became reality when
________ employee Christopher Chataway recommended University friends
Norris and Ross McWhirter, who had been running a fact-finding agency in
London.
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77. Unlike the infamous Colonel Dyer, his father Ed Dyer is much
less known. He started making a product in India that everyone
would have if they were not aware of the person who started it.
The business is now owned by the Mohan- Meakin group. Putting
social media rumours to rest, the senior management at Mohan
Meakin Ltd told TOI that its popular brand is not going to be
taken off market. What am I talking about?
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80. Gary Gilmore was a notorious murderer and committed two
gruesome murders. He was executed by a firing squad on
January 17,1977 in Utah. His last three words have made him
a legend in the world of Business and Branding for a company
previously known as Blue Ribbon Sports (BRS), was founded
by University of Oregon track athlete Phil Knight and his
coach Bill Bowerman in January 1964. What did his last
words lead to?
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83. The brand was launched in 1929 in Kolkata by Gourmohan Dutta, a
Bengali merchant. Over the years, the brand's popularity soared, and it
became an icon of national economic self-sufficiency in a nation that
was still under the British rule. It is still one of the most popular brands
in India.
It is a combination of the antiseptic boric acid, the astringent and
sunscreen zinc oxide, and the emollient lanolin and is meant to be used
for cuts, cracked lips, rough skin, and to treat infections.
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86. Randolph initially had the idea to start a company that sold
something over the Internet, but just didn't know what. The idea
came to Hastings when he was forced to pay $40 in overdue fines
after returning Apollo 13 (movies) well past its due date. Now one
of the biggest internet companies and even started services in
India recently. Also a subject of a internet meme.
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89. On April 1, 1996, X took out a full-page advertisement in
seven leading U.S. newspapers announcing that the company
had purchased the Liberty Bell to "reduce the country's debt"
and renamed it the “X Liberty Bell". Thousands of people
had called their headquarters and the National Park Service
before it was revealed at noon on April 1 that the story was a
hoax
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92. X is an Italian manufacturer of branded chocolate and confectionery
products and it is the third biggest chocolate producer and confectionery
company in the world.It was founded in 1946 in Alba, Piedmont, Italy by
Pietro X, a confectioner and small-time pastry maker who laid the
groundwork and famously added hazelnut to save money on chocolate. X
is the world's largest consumer of hazelnuts, buying up 25% of global
production in 2014.X has never held a press conference and does not
allow media visits to its plants and it’s products are made with machines
designed by an in-house engineering department.
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95. In 1928, X introduced the "glass and a half" slogan to
accompany the Y bar, to advertise the higher milk content.
Since 2007 X had a trademark in the United Kingdom for
the distinctive purple colour (Pantone 2865C) originally
introduced in 1914 as a tribute to Queen Victoria. In
October 2013, however, an appeal by Nestlé succeeded in
overturning that court ruling.
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98. P&G wanted to create a perfect chip to address consumer complaints
about broken, greasy, and stale chips, as well as air in the bags. The task
was assigned to chemist Fredric Baur, who, from 1956 to 1958, created
saddle shape from fried dough, and the can to go with it. Their
consistent saddle shape is mathematically known as a hyperbolic
paraboloid. Their design is reportedly aided by supercomputers to
ensure safe aerodynamics while packaging. Name the famous brand.
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101. "Dumb ________" as a whole explores the concept of parody law. Fielder
describes the laws within the episode as such: "[it] allows you to use
trademarks and copyrighted material as long as you’re making fun of
them." A "frequently asked questions" letter upon the window of the
location detailed, in vague terms, its status under copyright law. It stated
that the location is operating as an art gallery and is technically "making
fun" of Starbucks, calling itself a work of parody art. "The 'coffee' you're
buying is considered the art," read the letter. "But that's for our lawyers to
worry about. All you need to do is enjoy our delicious coffee! Which
famous coffee joint has been the victim of this law.
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104. TIE
BREAKER
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108. X company was founded by Ole Kirk Christiansen in Billund,
Denmark,in 1916. Today it has over 9,000 employees
worldwide. Two Danish words were put together to make the
name of the company X. Later,it was discovered that in Latin,
the term X means "I put together" or "I assemble“ which was a
remarkable coincidence!!
Identify X
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111. X is an American virtual reality technology company founded by Palmer
Luckey and Brendan Iribe. Their first product, still in development, is the
Rift, a head-mounted display for immersive technology virtual reality
(VR). In March 2014, Facebook agreed to acquire X for US$2 billion in
cash and Facebook stock.
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114. Jaipur based RazorPay became the second India
focused startup to be selected for __________, in
California. Fast Company has called it "the world's
most powerful start-up incubator". Fortune has called it
"a spawning ground for emerging tech giants“.
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117. ________ is a Ratan Tata backed rich automotive platform. It
has already raised $65 million is trying to expand its presence in
other cities. It brings to its readers to-the-minute insights from
around the world. Be it a newbie, an auto freak, or a layman in
terms of complex car engine and performance terminologies,
and is the place where you can read fresh news, and road tests.
Started in Jaipur by Ginar Softwares. I am ‘looking’ for the
answer.
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120. Today they have a 15 member team, 2 Offices in Mumbai and
Delhi and statistically is the 2nd biggest New media Network in
the country in the category of Youth Entertainment. Recently they
received funding of $10 Million from Tiger Global as was
reported on 17th Feb 2016.
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123. WINNERS

124. Organised by – ED Cell MNIT
QM – Jeet Chaudhuri