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Researched and hosted by:,Aditya Ganesh, John Alias and

Noyel Sebastian

Acknowledgments

Department of Economics. LEAD team. Guinea pigs: Aaron Jude, Taran

Singh, Vignesh Kiran , Sanjay Vijay. Aravind Anil for background support.

1. C-17 globemaster is a high-wing, 4 engine, T-tailed

military transport aircraft that can carry large equipment, supplies troops directly to small airfields to harsh terrain anywhere in the world. IL-76 is a medium range transport aircraft by Ilyshin Aviation complex which serves the same purpose.

During demonetization, these aircrafts were used to take care of the cash crunch-to ferry currency notes from government printing presses at Nasik and Mysuru as a request from the finance ministry

The point of the question is C-17 Globemaster and IL-76 were used for some other purpose which was a cause of ‘National interest and a State agony’. What was the cause?

2.Put Funda

Longyearbyen, Norway- northernmostMcMurdo station, Antarctic-

southernmost

Khunjerab Pass, Pakistan- highest

Ein Bokek, Dead sea- lowest

3.

Who owns the domain name 466453.com?

4. ID X

Park Tae-Joon, a former prime minister and ex-army officer is the founder of the world famous company X. It is a leading company in it’s field and has setup it’s factory in India in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha and has entered into an MoU with government of karnataka.

5*. _____ is an individual or business that offers secured loans to

people, with items of personal property used as collateral. If an item is put for a loan, within a certain contractual period of time he may redeem it for the amount of the loan plus some agreed-upon amount for interest.

Inspite of early Roman Catholic Church prohibitions against charging interest on loans, there is some evidence that the Franciscans were permitted to begin this practice as an aid to the poor. St.Nicholas is considered to be the patron saint of these people. Crusaders, predominantly in France, brokered their land holdings to monasteries and diocese for funds to supply, outfit, and transport their armies to the Holy Land.

Their symbol is three spheres suspended from a bar. The three sphere symbol is attributed to the Medici family of Florence, Italy, owing to its symbolic meaning of Lombard, under the name of Lombard banking. FITB.

6.ID X

Mark Waugh scored a fine century on debut for Australia against England in 1990-91. But a couple of years later in Sri Lanka, he ran into trouble, bagging successive pairs of ducks in Colombo and Moratuwa. 4 ducks in a row earned him the temporary nickname X. Waugh’s teammates generously pointed out that if there had been another test he had a chance to be renamed ‘Olympic’.

7.

The company that owns the distillery claims that it was founded in 1866. However, in the 2004 biography "Blood& Whiskey: The life & times of X" author Peter Krass maintains that land & deed records show that the distillery was actually not founded until in 1875?

8.

This independence era silver coinage of India features a powerful king from that era, who also founded an Indian bank. This coinage belonged to which princely state?

(Image slide follows)

9.ID X.

Mr X’s family owns a huge business conglomerate. Mr X was involved in a big controversy which might trigger a claim under the Directors & Officers (D&O) insurance cover. The term was adopted into Gujarati from a Portuguese word, meaning "master" or "teacher“.

10*. “The concept of X has been a long cherished aspiration that of

creating independent India's first planned hill city. A realisation of a superior living space, where all the three tenets of life 'Shanti', 'Sukh' and 'Santhushti' can be experienced and cherished in a cosmic environment that exudes natural beauty and radiates energy. This is indeed a world created for the love of life, where life can be lived, relished and celebrated” as given by the official site of X’s parent company.

X is also connected by air from Mumbai and is equipped with its own airstrip. The city is spread over 10,600 acres (4,300 ha) of hilly terrain. It is one of India’s best planned city. The largest lake is 1.5 km in length . It also boasts of a PGA 18 hole golf course . Recently Supreme Court of India asked to attach this specific asset in order to compensate the concern of consumers due to the weird act of the owner.

ID X. (Image slide follows)

11.

What is common for these car brands? Porsche Bugatti Ferrari Rolls-Royce Pagani Ford

12. This place is founded by public health scientist

Smarajit Jana in 1992 but is now largely run by a particular group of people. This place is reputedly south Asia’s and India’s largest red- Light district, located in the North Calcutta. Currently this place is under Durbar Mahila Samanwaya committee.

The point in my question is, during demonetisation this place was again back in news because of the problem of giving change after a particular act.

About which place am I talking about?

13.

This team is owned by X. The team was on a roll last year winning a major title. Beginning of the last season, the odds of the team winning the title was 5000/1. Some lucky fans made a lot of fortune by the end of the season. X runs a worldwide chain of duty free shops. Plenty of clues…..Gimme “X”?

14.Put Funda

15*.

In 2006, he sponsored a bridge tournament for a tournament named after him. Modelled on the Ryder cup in golf- held immediately before it in the city- the teams are chosen by invitation, with a female team and 5 male teams provided by each country. He made a cameo in WWE and is a global businessman. His background music is "Money, money........". Identify the person.

16.Gimme X. X founded by Gottfrid Svartholm and Frederick Neij,

who are known by their nicknames ”anakata” and “TiAMO” respectively. X claims to be a non profit entity based in the Seychelles, however this is disputed.

X is an online index of digital content of entertainment media and software, where visitors can search, download and contribute magnet links and torrent files.

Recently X has setup a campaign to raise money to buy sea land and designate it as ‘Micronation’ in an attempt to circumvent international copyright law.

17.

X is a leading smartphone maker worldwide. It is known for its . Even the firm admits it has enjoyed higher margins from selling millions of fluffy promotional toys—in the form of a bunny —than it has from handsets.

Which company am I talking about?

18. Chelembra bank robbery was one of the

most planned bank robbery in Kerala history and it was inspired by the movie Dhoom. The thieves were clever enough to deviate the attention of the investigation team by writing something on the wall of the bank. They also left 1kg of looted gold in an Hyderabad hotel to further deviate them.

So whom did they deviate attention to / what did they quote on the wall?

19.

Usually, football teams are paid hefty sums for endorsing brands. Strangely in 2006 this football club paid a hefty sum to enter into agreement with X and on the occasion of their 10th anniversary in 2016, the contract was extended a further 4 years. Whom did the club pay to get itself associated with?

20*.

In 1988, Pepsico gained entry into India through a joint venture with Punjab government owned Punjab Agro Industrial Corporation (PAIC) and Voltas India Limited. Under Until 1991, under what brand name did they sell their products which mean "waves" in Hindi?

And the ANSWER is…..

1. C-17 globemaster is a high-wing, 4 engine, T-tailed

military transport aircraft that can carry large equipment, supplies troops directly to small airfields to harsh terrain anywhere in the world. IL-76 is a medium range transport aircraft by Ilyshin Aviation complex which serves the same purpose.

During demonetization, these aircrafts were used to take care of the cash crunch-to ferry currency notes from government printing presses at Nasik and Mysuru as a request from the finance ministry

The point of the question is C-17 Globemaster and IL-76 were used for some other purpose which was a cause of ‘National interest and a State agony’. What was the cause?

J.Jayalalitha’s Funeral

2.Put Funda

Longyearbyen, Norway- northernmostMcMurdo station, Antarctic-

southernmost

Khunjerab Pass, Pakistan- highest

Ein Bokek, Dead sea- lowest

ATMs

3.

Who owns the domain name 466453.com?

4. ID X

Park Tae-Joon, a former prime minister and ex-army officer is the founder of the world famous company X. It is a leading company in it’s field and has setup it’s factory in India in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha and has entered into an MoU with government of karnataka.

5*. _____ is an individual or business that offers secured loans to

people, with items of personal property used as collateral. If an item is put for a loan, within a certain contractual period of time he may redeem it for the amount of the loan plus some agreed-upon amount for interest.

Inspite of early Roman Catholic Church prohibitions against charging interest on loans, there is some evidence that the Franciscans were permitted to begin this practice as an aid to the poor. St.Nicholas is considered to be the patron saint of these people. Crusaders, predominantly in France, brokered their land holdings to monasteries and diocese for funds to supply, outfit, and transport their armies to the Holy Land.

Their symbol is three spheres suspended from a bar. The three sphere symbol is attributed to the Medici family of Florence, Italy, owing to its symbolic meaning of Lombard, under the name of Lombard banking. FITB.

PAWN BROKER

6.ID X

Mark Waugh scored a fine century on debut for Australia against England in 1990-91. But a couple of years later in Sri Lanka, he ran into trouble, bagging successive pairs of ducks in Colombo and Moratuwa. 4 ducks in a row earned him the temporary nickname X. Waugh’s teammates generously pointed out that if there had been another test he had a chance to be renamed ‘Olympic’.

AUDI

7.

The company that owns the distillery claims that it was founded in 1866. However, in the 2004 biography "Blood& Whiskey: The life & times of X" author Peter Krass maintains that land & deed records show that the distillery was actually not founded until in 1875?

Jack Daniels

8.

This independence era silver coinage of India features a powerful king from that era, who also founded an Indian bank. This coinage belonged to which princely state?

(Image slide follows)

9.ID X.

Mr X’s family owns a huge business conglomerate. Mr X was involved in a big controversy which might trigger a claim under the Directors & Officers (D&O) insurance cover. The term was adopted into Gujarati from a Portuguese word, meaning "master" or "teacher“.

Cyrus Mistry

10*. “The concept of X has been a long cherished aspiration that of

creating independent India's first planned hill city. A realisation of a superior living space, where all the three tenets of life 'Shanti', 'Sukh' and 'Santhushti' can be experienced and cherished in a cosmic environment that exudes natural beauty and radiates energy. This is indeed a world created for the love of life, where life can be lived, relished and celebrated” as given by the official site of X’s parent company.

X is also connected by air from Mumbai and is equipped with its own airstrip. The city is spread over 10,600 acres (4,300 ha) of hilly terrain. It is one of India’s best planned city. The largest lake is 1.5 km in length . It also boasts of a PGA 18 hole golf course . Recently Supreme Court of India asked to attach this specific asset in order to compensate the concern of consumers due to the weird act of the owner.

ID X. (Image slide follows)

Aambey Valley

11.

What is common for these car brands? Porsche Bugatti Ferrari Rolls-Royce Pagani Ford

Named after their founders Henry ford Enzo ferrari Henry Royce- Charles Rolls Ferdinand Porsche Horacio Pagani

12. This place is founded by public health scientist

Smarajit Jana in 1992 but is now largely run by a particular group of people. This place is reputedly south Asia’s and India’s largest red- Light district, located in the North Calcutta. Currently this place is under Durbar Mahila Samanwaya committee.

The point in my question is, during demonetisation this place was again back in news because of the problem of giving change after a particular act.

About which place am I talking about?

Sonagachi

13.

This team is owned by X. The team was on a roll last year winning a major title. Beginning of the last season, the odds of the team winning the title was 5000/1. Some lucky fans made a lot of fortune by the end of the season. X runs a worldwide chain of duty free shops. Plenty of clues…..Gimme “X”?

King Power

14.Put Funda

Gillette

15*.

In 2006, he sponsored a bridge tournament for a tournament named after him. Modelled on the Ryder cup in golf- held immediately before it in the city- the teams are chosen by invitation, with a female team and 5 male teams provided by each country. He made a cameo in WWE and is a global businessman. His background music is "Money, money........". Identify the person.

Donald Trump

16.Gimme X. X founded by Gottfrid Svartholm and Frederick Neij,

who are known by their nicknames ”anakata” and “TiAMO” respectively. X claims to be a non profit entity based in the Seychelles, however this is disputed.

X is an online index of digital content of entertainment media and software, where visitors can search, download and contribute magnet links and torrent files.

Recently X has setup a campaign to raise money to buy sea land and designate it as ‘Micronation’ in an attempt to circumvent international copyright law.

Pirate Bay

17.

X is a leading smartphone maker worldwide. It is known for its . Even the firm admits it has enjoyed higher margins from selling millions of fluffy promotional toys—in the form of a bunny —than it has from handsets.

Which company am I talking about?

Xiaomi

18. Chelembra bank robbery was one of the

most planned bank robbery in Kerala history and it was inspired by the movie Dhoom. The thieves were clever enough to deviate the attention of the investigation team by writing something on the wall of the bank. They also left 1kg of looted gold in an Hyderabad hotel to further deviate them.

So whom did they deviate attention to / what did they quote on the wall?

Jai Mao

19.

Usually, football teams are paid hefty sums for endorsing brands. Strangely in 2006 this football club paid a hefty sum to enter into agreement with X and on the occasion of their 10th anniversary in 2016, the contract was extended a further 4 years. Whom did the club pay to get itself associated with?

UNICEF

20*.

In 1988, Pepsico gained entry into India through a joint venture with Punjab government owned Punjab Agro Industrial Corporation (PAIC) and Voltas India Limited. Under Until 1991, under what brand name did they sell their products which mean "waves" in Hindi?

Lehar