- What is common to James Bond, the last astronaut to have left his footprints on the moon and film star Abhishek Bachchan?
- A BBC TV series titled after the main character played by a renowned comedian and set in the past was famous for the character’s cunning plans. It was an alternative definition of strategy where the strategy is the cunning plan. Name the actor and the serial.
- Where and when were letters (mail) first taken by air in the world?
- Whose corporate calendar for this year is adorned with paintings of corporate captains like Azim Premji, Keshub Mahindra, Vinita Bali and R Gopalakrishnan?
- Which entrepreneur has recently offered a 10 per cent stake in himself for Euros 1 million? He currently has three profitable businesses running.
- What are these — Berliner, broadsheet and compact?
- Whose old advertisements had this line: When in doubt “look it up in” _________?
- The refusal of one Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt to eat what was served to him, as he found it too thick to eat, lead to the invention of what in 1853?
- Identify this brand that was founded in 1893 and uses “Be Ready” as a registered TM baseline.
- Identify the companies from their logos. One is suing the other for trademark infringement.
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