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- This firm made the arrangements for Indian princes and senior British officials to travel to the UK for Queen Victoria's golden jubilee in 1887. Name it.
Thomas Cook |
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- As part of the marketing campaign for a Hollywood film, its makers launched a worldwide scavenger hunt, where players had to check clues posted on the Internet and then use GPS units to find the exact coordinates of the prizes, which were props from the film. Name the film.
Planet of the Apes. The game was called Project A.P.E. (Alternative Primate Evolution) |
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- This company has changed the name of its planned car model to avoid any legal confrontation with Ceat, which has a tyre range with a similar name. What is the name of the car company and what is the name of the car?
Fiat, which changed the car's name from Maestro to Petra/Altea |
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- What are Beagle, Spirit and Opportunity?
The names of three Mars landers |
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- Recently Peta called for a boycott of Daimler-Benz. Why?
Peta wants the auto-maker to provide non-leather alternatives (for seat covers and so on) on all its models sold all over the world |
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- The hallmark of this first-class hotel is a chocolate-chip cookie "" a symbol of "sweet dreams" and peace of mind. Name the hotel.
Doubletree Hotels, a division of Hilton Hotels. The cookie campaign helped call volume to the chain grow from 2,000 to 13,000 a day; Doubletree is now the fastest-growing US company in the first-class hotel category |
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- This company buys 22.5 tons of M&Ms "" plain and peanut "" every year, and distributes the candy to all employees every Wednesday. Name the company.
SAS Institute |
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- Which company was nicknamed "the octopus"?
United Fruit Company. This powerful US corporation asked the American government to overthrow the government of Guatemala, and supplied two freighters for the Bay of Pigs invasion. Its ability to influence Latin American governments earned it the nickname of " the octopus" |
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- What was 68 Wall Street known for?
It was the first location in New York City used by brokers to buy and sell stocks |
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- On his deathbed this millionaire is said to have sung the hymn "I am poor, I am needy". Name him.
Cornelius Vanderbilt biz quiz |
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| AND THE WINNER IS |
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Radha Mohan Durbha
from Mumbai |
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| Congratulations! |
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| A cheque for Rs 2,000 is on its way in the mail |
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There were 19 all-correct entries.
The others were sent by: | | Abhinaw Raj | Ahmedabad | | Ankit Agarwal | Mumbai | | Arrel H Furtado | Mumbai | | Ati Ranjan Kumar | Chennai | | Bhavesh Manglani | Gandhinagar | | Diwakar Jaiswal | Indore | | Durgesh Kumar Garg | Noida | | G S Khurana | Mumbai | | I S Ramachandran | Vadodara | | Parul Mathur | Noida | | Sayeed S A | Hyderabad | | Shailesh H Dhamankar | Thane | | Shailesh Jasani | Mumbai | | Shubhrangsu S Dutta | Mumbai | | Soumik Nandy | Ahmedabad | | Swati Masson | Mysore | | Tanuj Pant | Faridabad | | Vanaja Sarma | Chennai |
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