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1. What is the origin of the expression "to pay through your nose"?
   
   
2. Which was the first company to publish an annual report?
   
   
3. 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.)
   
   
   
4. 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?
   
   
   
5. This cosmetics "queen" launched her first scent in 1953 called "Youth Dew", the first bath oil to double as a perfume. Who was she?
   
   
6. What are the Sony and Nintendo equivalents to Microsoft Xbox?
   
   
7. What vehicle was the "Topper"?
   
   
8. Why are Apple products called "Macintosh", "Newton" and "Pippin"?
   
   
9. 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.
   
   
10. Lata Mangeshkar appeared for the first time in a commercial advertisment for which product?
    

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