The document provides information about an upcoming prelim competition with the following key details: - There will be no negative marking. The top 6 teams will advance to the finals. There are built-in tiebreakers. Mobile phones must be switched off. - It then provides 20 trivia questions as part of the prelim competition across various topics like publications, brands, inventions, companies and more. - The document concludes by stating that the final round will follow the prelim competition.

2. PRELIM
Bhubaneswar

3. Rules
No Negative Marking
Top 6 Teams in the FINALS
In Built Tie Breakers
Switch off all MOBILE PHONES

4. What publication is
nicknamed 'the daily diary
of the American dream'?
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5. What word did 7-UP use to
advertise itself to carve a niche in
a market flooded with cola drinks
like Pepsi and Coke?
UNCOLA | NOCOLA| GOCOLA
2

6. S.Sivasankaran bought Sterling
Computers(later Sterling Infotech)
from which famous tennis playing
family of India in the 1980s?
3

7. From 1925-1934, which brand used
the Eiffel Tower as the world's
largest advertising sign, as recorded
in the Guinness Book of Records?
Citreon | Jaguar | BMW
4

8. Identify the automobile brand.
5

9. What was founded by a group of
Europeans on April 24, 1865, as
the oldest Joint Stock
bank in India?
6

10. It was launched in Nepal initially with the
collaboration of Thai Foods Industries
(means quick in Thai), and has led to
establishment of a huge market for instant
noodles in Nepal. Name the brand which is
now famous in India.
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11. This brand is named after a royal
house that first ruled France in the
16th century and by the 18th
century also held thrones in Spain.
Hint: Think Biscuits
8

12. Loosely modelled after the grip of the
Colt .45, it was introduced in 1916 by Black
& Decker. Forty-five years later, the company
released a cordless version. Often used by
carpenters what are we talking about?
9

13. This is the world’s first cell phone.
Which company created this?
10

14. Park Tae-joon, a former army officer, was asked by
South Korea's military leader to start a company in
the late 1960s. It became one of the most revered
creations of a government-backed businessmen who
lifted South Korea out of postwar poverty and into
affluence from the 1960s to 1980s. Name the
company he started.
Hint: Big newsmaker in India / this region
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15. Sylvan Nathan Goldman, a shopping magnate in
Oklahoma, while trying to come up with ways to
increase his sales, noticed that shoppers stopped
buying the moment their baskets became heavy
and loaded with food items.
One evening in 1936 as he worked late in his
office, his attention was drawn to two ordinary
folding chairs there. What did he invent?
12

16. In corporate jargon
what is acquhiring?
13

17. Which airline bearing its
nations name has an in-flight
magazine called Oryx?
14

18. They are the minds behind
“positioning”
15

19. If you went to
www.books.com, which
bookstore would you get
redirected to?
16

20. Within two weeks of birth in 1981, his
parents opened a savings account for him.
With this strong connection, which bank is
running a global campaign with the tagline
‘Helping Roger Federer Relax Since 1981’?
17

21. Each employee of the company is considered
part of the cast working either onstage or
backstage, hence all employees are
considered 'Cast Members'. Which
entertainment giant is this?
18

22. Comprising 178 acres, the company HQ has
gyms, a 400 m track, a pool, beach volleyball
court and football pitch. Its buildings are
named after athletes like Michael Jordan,
Tiger Woods, Ronaldo and John McEnroe.
Which company?
19

23. Identify the Intel founder from
this Google Doodle
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24. The Final
Follows….