1. RULES
● A question with four hints
● First hint is most difficult, second easier and so
on...
● If you crack the question at 1st hint: +40, 2nd hint:
+30, 3rd: +20, 4th +10.
● A question can be attempted only once.
● DONT shout the answers.

2. 1.1
As a child, he started making
money by selling chewing
gums, Coca cola, and weekly
magazines door-to-door.
Later in his life, he eventually
purchased 7% stake in Coca cola
amounting to $1.02 B.

3. 1.2
His famous company
shares its name with
one of Cat woman, and
wife of Shakespeare.

4. 1.3
He is also known as
"Wizard of Omaha" or
"Sage of Omaha".

5. 1.4
Consistently one of the richest
guys in the world, he
dethroned Bill Gates in 2008.
After donating billions to
charity, he again become
second richest man in 2009.

6. 2.1
Andy Bechtolsheim, co-founder
of X was the first investor of
Google, even before it was
formed.
Incidentally, X derives its name
from alma mater of Google
founders.

7. 2.2
One of the most widely used
language, Y, was developed here.
Y Desktop System - was code named
"Mad Hatter."
Also interestingly, this company used
Y as its NASDAQ tickr symbol.

8. 2.3
Headquartered at Santa
Clara, California, other co-founders of
Company include Vinod Khosla, Bill
Joy, and Scott McNealy.
Some of products made in this
company, X are Virtual Box, Vi
editor, Star Office, The C shell. (by no
means this list is exhaustive)

9. 2.4
It was acquired by Oracle Corporation.
Some of notable figures who have worked
in X are James Gosling, Richard
Stallman...
Paul Graham in his one of article said that
X is the most notable exception to the rule
that if the company have hacker culture, it
will perform wonders.

10. 3.1
A's father was a former Olympic Boxer
from Iran, and fiercely competitive.
When A was just 9 years old, his father
tried to wager football legend Jim Brown
to play the match against A for a bet of $
10,000 against his house. The match
which was eventually played, for lot less
wages, was won by A.

11. 3.2
Winner of BBC Overseas Sports
Personality of Year Award
1992, A battled with Pete
Sampras (eventual world
champion) five times in 1995 -
winning three of them.
A is described as multi-surface
specialist.

12. 3.3
A is first of two male players to
achieve singles Career Golden
Slam, one of four male players to
achieve Career Grand Slam in
Open Era, and the only male
player to win all four grand slams,
Olympic Gold medal and ATP Tour
World Championship.

13. 3.4
In his autobiography "Open", A told that he
was tested positive for banned substances
at some point in his career, he hated tennis
during his career, and thought that Pete
Sampras was robot.
He was married to Brooke Shield, American
Actress and Model from 1997-99.
A later married Steffi Graf - German Tennis
player and former world no. 1.

14. 4.1
A physical chemist by professional background, X entered the politics
in 1989, following historic developments that year in the country “C”.
X had thesis on "Quantum chemistry", and is receipt of awards such
as : Vision for Europe Award, honorary doctorate from Hebrew
University, Leipzig University, University of Technology in Wroclaw.
Also, X has received Presidential Medal of Freedom from US
President Barack Obama in 2009.
On 31 May, 2011 - Indian Government awarded X Jawaharlal Nehru
Award - for international Understanding.
To wind up this long clue, X was named fourth most powerful person
by Forbes Magazine in 2011.

15. 4.2
In Wikileaks, " X is an un-imaginative person... "
Perhaps, the most controversial decision of X
career was to hand over M100 Media award
personally to Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard.
On the other hand, X had fiercely declared that
"Islam is part of C" and
"C will see more mosques."
X and the cabinet had supported the idea of
Islamic education and classes in school.
X had acquired the nickname of "Mutti" in career.

16. 4.3
In 2007, X was president of European
Council, and chaired G8. X is seen as playing
a central role in current Euro crisis in Europe
and international observers called X "the
decider."
For several years, X is called "the de facto
leader of EU."
In only democratic election held in once
existing country, X had won and had became
deputy spokesperson.

17. 4.4
In 1998, X was named Sec-
general, and in 2005 The
Chancellor of Germany.
Forbes named X as the Most
Influential Woman in recent
years.

18. 5.1
Born in Ryan, Oklahoma to as father who was
bus driver, truck driver and mechanic; X
childhood was downbeat.
X was non-athletic, shy and scholastically
mediocre. He was taunted by other children for
his mixed ethnicity (Irish, Cherokee Native
American). And like all others, X day-dreamed
about beating up his tormentors.
He had described his life in autobiography:
"Against All Odds: My story"

19. 5.2
This God-fearing X debuted in Dean Martin's film -
"The Wrecking Crew."
In Movie "Way of Dragon" he was nemesis to
Bruce Lee.
His' first starring role was 1977's Breaker!
Breaker!, and subsequent films such as Good
Guys Wear Black (1978), The Octagon (1980), An
Eye for an Eye (1981), and Lone Wolf McQuade
proved his increasing box office bank-ability

20. 5.3
X created the martial art Chun Kuk Do, which is
based primarily on Tang Soo Do and includes
elements from every combat style he knows.
Like many other martial arts, Chun Kuk Do
includes a code of honor and rules to live by.
These rules are from X's personal code.
X' official website lists celebrity clients at his
Martial Art schools; among them Steve
McQueen, Chad McQueen, Bob
Barker, Priscilla Presley, Donny Osmond and
Marie Osmond.

21. 5.4
Due to his tough guy image, X
became part of Internet
phenomenon known as "X
facts", much in similar way like
Indian hero Rajnikanth.

22. 6.1
X's Advisor and former Carnegie Tech prof
wrote a letter of recommendation for X
which was only one line long - "This Man is
genius."
X was accepted by Harvard University; but
the chairman of the mathematics
department of Princeton, Solomon
Lefschetz, offered him the John S. Kennedy
fellowship, which was enough to convince X
that Harvard valued him less. And thus he
went to Princeton.

23. 6.2
With Erdos Number (you all know what it
means right?) 3, this man is known as
"Phantom of Fine Hall" - a shadowy
figure who would scribble arcane
equations on blackboards in the middle
of the night.
The legend appears in a work of fiction
based on Princeton life, The Mind-Body
Problem, by Rebecca Goldstein.

24. 6.3
Most famously known for his work in Game
theory, X has won 1994 Nobel Memorial
Prize in Economic Sciences. Slyvia Nasar
wrote a biography of his life, which was
turned into major motion picture loosely
based on it with Russel Crow in lead.
While in truth, X was never asked to give
acceptance speech for his Nobel prize, in
movie, the fictional speech is given and is
titled - "Logic in Love"

25. 6.4
X suffers from Schizophrenia - and was
admitted to several hospitals for treatment.
However, he didn't like medical treatment
much, and in his own words only took
medication under pressure.
Apart from Slyvia' Nasar novel based
movie, other documentary exploring life of
X is: "A Brilliant Madness."