- What is the origin of the expression "to pay through your nose"?
- Which was the first company to publish an annual report?
- Which was the first public sector company to be disinvested by the Government of India? (Hint: a large conglomerate acquired 74 per cent of its equity.)
- Part of the reason why Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuku selected the name Sony was because of the Latin word sonus. What does it mean?
- This cosmetics "queen" launched her first scent in 1953 called "Youth Dew", the first bath oil to double as a perfume. Who was she?
- What are the Sony and Nintendo equivalents to Microsoft Xbox?
- What vehicle was the "Topper"?
- Why are Apple products called "Macintosh", "Newton" and "Pippin"?
- This person started his dotcom company in July 1994 in a garage "" not because of necessity, but so that he could later claim that it had started out in one. Name the person and his company.
- Lata Mangeshkar appeared for the first time in a commercial advertisment for which product?
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