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 Hi gang,

As many of you know we are headed for bit of a vacation in the Himalayas so I wont be posting any questions for next couple of weeks.

You will still have a lot to explore as we have come a long way (11 years and 5 months, 1600+ posts, 7000+ unique followers across platforms and over 5 million hits on various pages :)), so dig in to some questions and their answers from the history.

Start here.

The Original Business Quizzing (theoriginalquizzing.blogspot.com)

See you in two weeks, till then Radhe Radhe! (because even in the divine world woman need representation!)

OBQ 1616: No stopping!

They along with a like minded readers started something that has changed the way India reads. They are now unstoppable force in the publishing world.

Identify the firm and its founders.

Answer: Juggernaut Books started by Durga Raghunath and Chiki Sarkar.

OBQ 1615: Mother of all necessities.

They say necessity is mother of all inventions and these last few centuries war is mother of all necessities, connect and identify the organization that is a gift to mankind from the cold war era.

Answer: DARPA

OBQ 1614: Chairman's choice.

Alcoholic beverages around the world get some really interesting names, here is one such brand with really big following from the big brothers and their lord!

Look at the logo hard and you will see a face and that should get you the answer!

Name the brand/company that manufactures it.

Answer: Mou Tai the preferred liquor of Chinese Communist party. 

OBQ 1613: The revolutionary.

The revolutionary is dead (most likely murdered) but the revolution has just started, identify the greatest of the silicon valley icon, he was so good as a technologist and humanist that his peers had to get him jailed!

Connect to an icon whose name will be more famous after 50 years when his contemporaries like Bill Gates and Larry Ellison will be no more!!

Answer: John McAfee

OBQ 1612: Pivot

Because of the pandemic lots of business had to pivot their business models, here is one such company that not only changed the way it operates but also the way it brand identity looks.

Name the emerging hospitality giant.

OBQ 1611: Powerplay.

In the powerplay of Geopolitics brute force sometime is given too much importance, this gentleman however coined a term/concept that is far more powerful in the long run...and at end of the day Geopolitics is a Test match so powerplay doesn't even matter!

Answer: Joseph Nye, and the term is Soft Power.

OBQ 1610: The theory.

Each era has its own conspiracy theory and those who back it, here is one such organization whose conspiracy theories are proving to be more reality and less fiction.

Identify the radical organization.

Answer: Qanon

OBQ 1609: Can you see the future?

 Identify the character, AI personality. She can not only see the future but also create it.

Answer: Cortana

OBQ 1608: Quiet revolution

 Connect these images to a revolution that is happening in the world of mobility.

I need a very specific answer!

Answer: Formula E

OBQ 1607: Charging bull, fearless girl.

The title says it all, identify the girl who is lately in news and she will definitely take the greedy capitalistic bull by its horn.

Identify the young gun.

Answer: Lina Khan

OBQ 1606: Business @ speed of sound

 Identify the company that is going to make the commercial aviation great and fast again!

Answer: Boom Aviation

OBQ 1605: Repackaging Ayurveda.

Identify the company that is making the most out of Digital goldrush started by COVID-19 and selling its premium product like hot cakes.

Connect.

Ansswer: Wow cosmetics.

OBQ 1604: Shenanigans.

Identify company that is stuck between conflicting philosophies and two biggest superpowers for its dubious karma.

Answer: Ecohealth Alliance, the  European firm that most likely helped China develop the virus.

OBQ 1603: New kid on the block.

 Simply identify the logo of a firm with very old roots in a slick new avatar.

Answer: Nielsen IQ