There were 6 sets and an optional 7th and this was the format :
a. Fact / Snippet / Trivia
b. Pic
c. Anagram
d. Fact / Snippet / Trivia
1.
a. He is the richest Irish citizen in the world and has been nicknamed ‘Phantom of Bombay House’ by his Tata Group colleagues.
b.
b.
c. Paltry lions, Jim
d. His eponymous company owns Eureka Forbes Ltd and was a former chairman of Associated Cement Companies.
2.
a. This entrepreneur was a teacher, a bookkeeper, a traveling salesman and then a sewing machines salesman before he joined National Cash Register. The famous misquote – “There is a world market for maybe five / fifty computers in the world” is attributed to him.
b.
c. Show not a mast
d. He joined the Computing Tabulating Recording Corporation in 1914 and renamed it International Business Machines.
3.
a. A Freemason, this man founded an erstwhile state named after him. He once famously said about the British – “I contend that we are the finest race in the world and that the more of the world we inhabit the better it is for the human race”.
b.
c. Delhi soccer
d. He was the founder of the diamond company De Beers.
4.
a. This person’s birth name is Israel Beer Josaphat. His meeting with Carl Gauss early in his life influenced his career.
b.
c. A purer lute
d. The company he founded (named after him) merged with the Thomson Corporation in 2008 forming a newsgroup to rival Bloomberg and CNBC.
5.
a. This person’s father was once Chief Justice of India. Her paternal grandfather was the Chief Justice of the dominion of Hyderabad. Her maternal grandfather was a Commander-in-Chief of the Hyderabad army.
b.
c. Ha ! US has Ash in NZ
d. She is known for the eponymous herbal cosmetics and beauty products company that is now sold at stores across the world. She has over 400 franchises in 138 countries.
6.
a. This person co-owns the Washington Redskins NFL Team. An accomplished aviator, he was friends with both George Bush and John Kerry during his youth but campaigned for the former during the 2004 US Presidential election.
b.
c. Frisk med thrice
d. He founded the logistics service company Fedex.
7.
a. Long after having achieved success with his company, this person committed suicide in 1932 due to declining health and left a note saying ‘To my friends, my work is done. Why wait?’
b.
c. Ego’s great! Amen
d. His fondness for the letter ‘K’ led him to register the trademark ‘Kodak’.
Zed
