Greycells challenge finals

Greycells Challenge

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Akhil R Nair
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 Quiz consist of two halves

First Half
Round I – Direct Bounce
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Round II – Ads
Round III – Theme E 2
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Second Half
Round IV – Buzzer !!! H 1
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As usual, Quiz Master will be the Supreme Court


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Total 10 questions Z
10 pts for correct answer E 2
No negatives
Bouncing system P 0
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1.

 In 2006 which retail giant started a joint venture with
Bharti Enterprises and started stores in Indian under the
brand name “ Best Price Modern Wholesale” ?
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They were in news for over some months in India…..
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 Walmart

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2.

 X is the film production company founded in 2009 by
Y with producer Dinesh Vijan. X’s first release was Love
Aaj Kal followed by Agent Vinod, Cocktail etc.
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X is a Latin word meaning “enlightened” and was the
name of a secret society founded on May 1, 1776 in E 2
Bavaria. In the book “Angels and Demons”, Dan Brown P 0
promotes a secret society with the same name.
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Identify X and Y…… Y 3
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 X – Illuminati Films
Y – Saif Ali Khan

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3.

 Identify this int’l organization which works for
consumer rights with its HQ in London

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Consumers International

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4.

 It was found during the 60th anniversary celebrations of
NBC when they introduced the present logo. It was said
that something was done to suggest as if the company was
looking forward to the future, not back to the past.
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What are we talking about ? E 2
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Flapping of head of their Peacock logo from left to right

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5.

Connect …….

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FedEx

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6.

 In Classical Antiquity, an X was a person or agency
considered to be a source of wise counsel
or prophetic predictions of the future, inspired by
the gods. Xs were thought to be portals through which
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the gods spoke directly to people.
X comes from a Latin word which means “to speak”. E 2
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A world famous business corporation famous for
database management with its HQ in Redwood City, H 1
California also has the same name. Y 3
Id the company R


Oracle

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7.

Identify it….

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Agent Jadoo, the anti piracy software

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8.

 This place in Gujarat is famous for the TATA Nano plant
which was shifted from Singur, West Bengal after state
wide protests against acquisition of farm lands.
Later, Narendra Modi confirmed his image as the man
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behind development of Gujarat with the introduction of
another automobile giant in the very same place thus E 2
claiming it as another Detroit. P 0
Identify this famous place and the auto giant mentioned H 1
here … Y 3
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 Sanand
Automobile manufacturer is Ford

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9.

This was a famous advertisement featuring Virat Kohli.
Name the automobile company behind this waku-doki

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 Toyota

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10.

It was started by Sri. Veeraiah Reddiar as a new sari shop
in 1910 at Alappuzha. He chose his sister’s name for that
shop.
Later in 2006 CNBC Awaaz has billed it as one among
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the best Lifestyle stores in the whole of India.
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Name this business firm which is one of the largest P 0
designer sari producer in Kerala …..
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Seematti

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Audience Question

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Which commercial real estate giant’s 2D logo consists of
9 small triangles combined to form a big triangle ?

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DLF

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Total 10 questions Z
Consist of photos, videos and audios E 2
First 5 will follow bouncing system and next 5
on buzzers P 0
Q 1-5 ----- +10/ no negatives H 1
Q 6-10 ---- +10/-5 Y 3
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1.



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

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2.

A company which is famous among us for producing
another gadget

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3.

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4.

 Blue Motion

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5.



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6.

This is the ad of __________

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Windows 8

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7.

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Nokia Lumia

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8.

a

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Center Shock

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9.

a

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ICICI

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10.

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!dea

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Consist of 5 questions connected by a
common theme E 2
Written round P 0
Whenever you get the theme call me and not H 1
yell out the answer
5 pts for each question Y 3
Pts for theme will be indicated in the slides R


1.
40

The history of this ad campaign began in 1966 when
Sylvester daCunha, then the managing director of the
advertising agency, ASP, clinched the account for a
particular product which was launched in 1945. It entered
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into Guinness World Records for the longest running
ad campaign. The ads captured the attention of public E 2
with the introduction of their mascot which is said to P 0
be created as a rival to their opponents Polson’s
coffee and butter. H 1
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Identify the advertisement?
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2. 30

 “Iruttu kadai” is a shop in Thirunelveli which used to
operate on Candle Light and hence got this name. This
shop barely runs for an hour or two daily and is famous
for the production of X. Iruttu Kadai X is now a brand
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name in the production of X and their taste secret is still
unknown. E 2
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What are we talking about ?
H 1
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3. 20

It was a famous industry which was located on the
banks of a 40km long river which originates from
Cherikkulathur in the Western Ghats. In its heyday, this
industry was second only to Canada in terms of quality
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and quantity. This place became the nerve centre of this
industry due to the biodiversity of neighbouring places like E 2
Wayanad and Nilambur and easy transport of raw P 0
materials to nearest ports through canals and rivers.
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4. 10

Total 13 in number.
All are registered as societies under the Indian Societies
Registration Act.
First one was established in Calcutta on Nov
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13,1961and second one in Ahmedabad after
recommended by the Planning Commission when India E 2
faced difficulty in finding suitable managers for the P 0
Public Sector Industries which were established as a
part of India’s industrial policy after independence. H 1
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What are we talking about?
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5.
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It is a traditional sailing vessel extremely large and well-
built made of wood and were mainly used by Arabs in the
ancient times. Khalasis are the group of people
traditionally involved in its construction.
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Name it. E 2
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Theme is ………..

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Amul ads

Amul founder Verghese Kurien hails from Calicut

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2.

Halwa

Calicut is famous for Halwa

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3.

Kallayi Timber Industry

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4.

Indian Institute of Management

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5.

Beypore Uru

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Total buzzer !!!!!
Consist of 30 questions Z
You can bid for 5,10 or 20 E 2
-10/-5/-5 P 0
If first answer is wrong then one more team
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will get a chance to answer it in the order of
the bid for its next lesser points Y 3
Highest bidder will get the chance to answer R
If there is no bid, then question will go for
bounce


1.

Name the online shopping site started by Manmohan
Agarwal, Nitin Agarwal, Rajul Jain and Danish Ahmed in
2009 with its HQ in Gurgaon which was having an early
name of BigShoeBazaar.com
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Yebhi.com

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2.

Name the mobile phone used by James Bond in the
latest movie “Skyfall”.

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Sony Xperia T

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3.

Here is the description of somebody’s family

Wife - Poppie
Kids - Popper and Bun Bun
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Whose family is this ? E 2
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The Pillsbury Doughboy - Poppin' Fresh.

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4.

This branding graphic has become world famous with X.
But the Company X bought this graphic for just a few
dollars without attribution from iStockphoto.com. It was
uploaded by Simon Oxley in the site.
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Identify it. E 2
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Twitter Bird

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5.

This was initially called the Sakshat which is derived
from the Sanskrit word X and later changed its name
to X.
It is manufactured by the India-based company Quad
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and was co-developed with Datawind, a British company
and IIT,Rajasthan E 2
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Commercial version is currently marketed as UbiSlate 7
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What are we talking about ? Y 3
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Akash Tablets

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6.

In 2009 which bank entered into an agreement with
Mother Dairy to benefit the milk producers in Uttar
Pradesh which would ensure better prices for their
produce and time-bound payment through smart cards, to
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be distributed by the bank.
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7.

The logo of this company is a graphical representation
of 3 people holding their arms out, making a circle and is
thus known as circle of friends.
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Identify the company….
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Ubuntu

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8.

Milburn Pennybags is better known as _____

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Mr. Monopoly or Rich Uncle Pennybags

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9.

In 1998, the founders of the company played with the
corporate logo to indicate their attendance at the Burning
Man festival in Nevada. It was intended as a comical
message to the users that the founders were "out of office
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and couldn’t fix technical issues like a server crash.”
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What was created as a result ? P 0
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Google Doodle

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10.

The first Starbucks outlet in India was started in which
city ?

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Mumbai

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11.

Connect the below pictures to a gadget

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Blackberry 

In the book Watership Down, Balckberry is the
name of a rabbit (character)
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12.

 X was a cricketer who represented the Parsees against
Europeans in 1904, but his business commitments did not
allow him time to play more. He was the chairman of the
Cricket Club of India until his death in 1938. He was
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instrumental in setting up the debenture scheme which
saved the development of the Brabourne Stadium. E 2
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About whom are we talking ?
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Nowroji Saklatwala

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13.

Name the first Indian actress to appear in the Lux soaps
advertisements?

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Leela Chitnis

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14.

 If Kindle is for Amazon, then what is for Infibeam ?

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Pi

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15.

“I love the T-shirt as an anti-status symbol, putting rich
and poor on the same level in a sheath of white cotton
that cancels the distinctions of caste.”
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Whose words?
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16.

Connect

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Smirnoff
Guiness
Johny Walker
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All these are the products from Diageo
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17.

This entrepreneur was declared Economic Times
Businesswoman of the year in 2006. Born on November
19, 1959 as the eldest daughter of industrialist A Sivasailam
and married to Venu Srinivasan, the CMD of TVS Motor.
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Identify this business woman who is one of the most E 2
successful CEO in India now … P 0
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Mallika Srinivasan
CEO of Tractor And Farm Equipments [Tafe]

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18.

Henry and Helal Hassenfeld founded a textile remnant
company in 1923 which was later renamed as X and made
success in another field of making toys. In 1964, they
produced the Y toy, which they described as an action
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figure for boys who do not want to play with dolls.
Y originated from a comic strip in the 1940s called E 2
"Private Breger". Y later appeared in so many famous P 0
cartoons, films and video games like Y :The Rise of
Cobra,Y : A real American Hero etc H 1
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Id X and Y
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X – Hasbro
Y – G.I.Joe

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19.

Which former Indian cricketer is a partner in an Italian
restaurant-cum-bar called Senso in New Delhi ?

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Ajay Jadeja

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20.

This building in Kolkata was the HQ of X during its
early years in 1936 before it was being moved to Mumbai.
Now it houses the zonal training center of X.
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Id X …..
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Reserve Bank of India

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21.

Name the W-series music phones launched by Sony
Ericsson in 2005 thus becoming the first music centric
series phones which revolutionized the market of portable
music phones with a dedicated W key for media players.
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In fact, it shares its name with another electronic gadget E 2
intended for the same purpose. P 0
Identify it …… H 1
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Walkman Series

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22.

Gold
Jalsha
World
Pravah
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Plus
Utsav E 2
Vijay P 0
Sports
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What is this list ??? Y 3
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All have “STAR” with them….. 
These are the channels of STAR India.

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23.

Connect

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These are owned by Wadia Group

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24.

 Identify her.
She is the team principal of which Swiss based F1 team ?

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Monisha Kaltenborn / Monisha Narang

She is the first woman to become the team principal of
an F1 team and now she manages the Sauber F1 team
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25.

Connect

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Mont Blanc

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26.

This is a candy bar made by Mars.inc which was sold
in the United Kingdom and Ireland under the brand
name Marathon until 1990.
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27.

This is the logo of a Canadian construction company
formed in 1991. They were involved in a scandal in Kerala
which lead to the resignation of the then minister who is a
famous political personality in Kerala.
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28.

This is a two seater car which was developed by Suzuki
to meet the specifications of lower tax in Japan. It shares its
name with a drink.

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Suzuki Cappucino

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29.

Which famous advertising
tycoon’s autobiography is this ?

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30.

 Which automobile’s logo is an American red arrowhead
known by the name “ Dart” ?

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Pontiac

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