OBQ 1661: Well oiled machine.

Here is a business that started in pre-independence era in very low-tech industry and is now a full blown conglomerate that spans from agriculture to aerospace and is professionally run.

Connect these images to the Business group.

Answer: Mahindra group

OBQ 1660: The Quiet one

He is one of those person who started the start-up culture in 20th century unlike his fellow entrepreneurs he is not a cannonball, he is quiet and persistent and has started and funded dozen of successful firms in last 25 years.

Who is he?

Answer:Pierre Omidyar

OBQ 1658: Times...they are changing.

 ...and so is this brand that has survived for over 100 years though under different set of owners.

Connect these images to an iconic brand that defines an entire industry.

Answer: Rado

OBQ 1656: Master of (very big) Ceremonies

Indians are hogging limelight everywhere, in this case at one of the biggest and broadly covered mega event that took place recently covering pretty much all countries in the world.

He was the MOC, who is he?

Answer: Alok Sharma who presided over COP 26 gathering in Glasgow

OBQ 1655: A friend indeed.

A good friend is defined by how someone deals with you when you are at your worst and weakest. Here is few images from one such friend of India that has helped India when it needed it most.

Connect these to a country. If you can explain what all these images represent then you are a genius!

Answer:Russia/USSR

OBQ 1652: Man on the strip.

He started as being biggest real estate developer on Las Vegas strip, now he dominates the skyline of many world cities. This is a man that Mr. Trump is still jealous of.

Who is he? Even last name would do.

Answer:Steve Wynn

OBQ 1651: Sliding in the history

Continuing with the popular culture theme this week...Connect these images to an iconic brand (some would say institution) that completed 100 years and turned an entire industry on its head.

Answer: White-Castle

OBQ 1650: Black Swan

They were never supposed to be this big, neither as creative artist nor as a business empire. They truly black swans! Name the band of this ridiculously successfully boys.

Answer: BTS the legendary band that globalized K-pop

OBQ 1642:Up for grabs.

At right price everything is available or at least it seems to be the case with this "Investor", identify the small country which has bought a lot of big names thanks to the huge pile of money it has generated by some dubious means.

Answer:The Saudi Arabian investment authority has part in all these, the latest acquisition being the Newcastle united club, last logo.

OBQ 1638: Valuing the invaluable.

 You need to identify which company's logo is this, the second image/logo is just a hint, another hint...both companies are in business of risk assessment and management.

Answer:Milliman

OBQ 1636:Past imperfect.

Be it human beings or companies, when you are born in place like Germany, the past haunts the present but if you deal with it like Frau Merkel you can make future almost perfect.

Connect these images to a firm that has entered in its 15th decade regardless of its shenanigans from the past. 

This is fairly easy if you know your movies or history.

Answer: Munich Re (reinsurer)

OBQ 1628: Partner in crime.

Some corporate sagas deserve a movie or two of their own! Here is one. This guy (who I will not call gentleman) and his far more famous Ex-girlfriend created company that was perhaps the most sophisticated corporate fraud of recent times. 

Now they are suing each other!

Identify him/his-Ex/and their love child (the company they founded).

Answer: Sunny Balwani, boyfriend of Elizabeth Holmes the Theranos fame!

OBQ 1627: Game of thrones.

Simply connect these companies to a business personality who might have something to do with Game of Thrones....both literally and metaphorically :).

Answer: Marc Beinoff

OBQ 1626: Not so right.

You can't fix the history but you can fix the future, identify the team that is in controversy because of the choices made some 40 years back.

Answer: The football team of New Zealand which is also known as "All Whites"

OBQ 1621: You are covered!

Covid or no Covid some business are bound to bloom! Identify the humble organization that started more than 70 years ago and is now spread across all of India.

Answer: Dr. Lal Pathlabs

OBQ 1620: Master network.

Identify the little network that started under a huge tree and then all of a sudden became so big that now the big tree is scared!

So tip your hat and connect these images to a company.

Answer: Arista Networks

OBQ 1618: Podium finish.

There are a lot of contributions and sacrifices for every person who stands on Olympic podium or any other stage but its amazing if that contribution comes from past generations.

Identified this icon who among other things laid foundation for great sporting culture in some of our Northern states.

Hint: His birth anniversary is on 7th of August!

Answer: Mr. Omprakash Jindal. The man behind JSW group.

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