SOME GK QUESTIONS..........

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126. The San Francisco Chronicle described this person as having ‘the determination of Bjorn Borg, the grunt of Jimmy Connors and the laugh of Woody Woodpecker’. Who?
126. Monica Seles

127. In 1979, the Nobel Prize winners for medicine Sir Geoffrey Hounsfield and Allan Cormack were neither doctors nor physiologists. Why were they then awarded the Nobel Prize?
127. For inventing the CAT scan.

128. What, during the French Revolution, were called Liberty, Equality and Fraternity?
128. The King, Queen and Jack on a pack of cards.

129. Which is the most famous publication of the company Bennett and Coleman?
129. The Times of India

130. In 1935, Carl Van Ossietzsky, German journalist and pacifist won the Nobel Prize by beating a much more famous person whose nomination for the Prize was vehemently opposed by the British. Who?
130. Mahatma Gandhi

131. Sage Bhagiratha performed penance to bring Ganga to earth. Sage Kashyapa performed penance to bring which river to earth?
131. Saraswathi

132. Devonshire House is one of the most popular haunts of Bangaloreans. By what name is it better known?
132. Galaxy Theatre

133. She was the first winner of the Asian Women’s amateur Table Tennis title but is better known for her professional life. Who?
133. Kiran Bedi

134. The controversial movie ‘Fire’ is the first of director Deepa Mehta’s ‘Elements’ trilogy. Name the other two.
134. Earth and Water

135. Which two cricketers and singer have been signed on to endorse Coca Cola in addition to Saurav Ganguly and Javagal Srinath?
135. Robin Singh, Anil Kumble and Daler Mehndi

136. Which celebrity made her Hindi film debut in the small role of the wife of tribal Raghubir Yadav in the award winning ‘Massey Saheb’?
136. Arundhati Roy

137. Who was awarded the Bank of Sweden Prize for 1998?
137. Amartya Sen (The Bank of Sweden Prize is the Economics Nobel)

138. Recently a Dubai based company launched a range of perfumes called ‘SK’. After whom is it named?
138. Shahrukh Khan

139. In the world of comics whose mind ‘works faster than a computer’?
139. Chacha Chaudhary

140. Which Kannada movie won the National Award for Best Film in 1998?
140. Girish Kasaravalli’s ‘Thayi Saaheba’

141. Where in Bangalore would you find the following words inscribed ‘Government’s work is God’s work’?
141. On the Vidhana Soudha

142. What is advertised with the line ‘Nothing else matters at nine’?
142. Star News

143. In the world of Indian classical music how are Lalitha and Haripriya better known?
143. Hyderabad Sisters

144. In the name of the popular computer iMAC, What does the ‘i’ stand for?
144. Internet

145. It was earlier called as ‘The Statuette’. How do we know it today?
145. The Oscar

146. Who or what did Shakespeare describe as ‘the green eyed monster’?
146. Jealousy

147. In the Mahabharata, other than the Kauravas who else had a hundred brothers?
147. Shakuni

148. Whose autobiography is titled ‘Wings of Fire’?
148. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

149. Who edits the women’s magazine ‘New Woman’?
149. Hema Malini

150. Which cricketer is slated to star opposite Madhuri Dixit in a forthcoming film?
150. Ajay Jadeja

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1. What was born in a pub in London during a barroom argument on which bird was the fastest in the British Isles?
1. The Guinness Book of Records

2. Which king, the son of Sage Pulyasta was an accomplished veena player and his royal flag bore it as his insignia?
2. Ravana

3. What according to the Indian government is the only 3 wheeler that you can drive without a license?
3. The Road Roller

4. Persis Khambatta and Protima Bedi both died on the same day. A month earlier they had been interviewed together on a Television show. Name the show and the host.
4. ‘Not a nice man to know’ hosted by Kushwant Singh on Star Plus

5. What name is derived from the Persian for ‘Huge sheet of water’?
5. India. Since the Persians couldn’t pronounce Sindhu, they referred to it as ‘the huge sheet of water’ or ‘India’.

6. Which animal is the largest member of the Pig family?
6. The Hippopotamus

7. This vehicle was used for all general purposes during the World Wars and it was said that it could do anything but talk. What?
7. The General Purpose Vehicle or the Jeep (from GP)

8. In Tirupati, the Hundi receives millions of rupees every year. What is the mythological reason for the Hundi to be there in the first place?
8. Once Vishnu was reborn on earth to take back Lakshmi who had come away after a fight. In that birth he needed money to marry her and he borrowed it from Kubera since he had none. Till today his devotees are helping him pay back the loan by contributing to the Hundi.

9. Nowadays, there is this trend of conducting marriages at weird locales, like on a plane. But, for a wedding conducted on a plane, the rule is that Sikh rites have to be followed even though it is a Hindu wedding. Why?
9. Because the Sikh rites of marriage don’t need the marriage to be conducted in the presence of Agni or fire.

10. Complete the lines – “Till earth and sky stand, presently at God’s great judgement seat, _____________”.
10. “East is East and West is West and the Twain shall never meet” from Rudyard Kipling’s ‘Ballads of the East and West’

11. In the world of Children’s fiction, if you followed the directions “Second to the right and straight on till morning”, where would you go?
11. Neverland (Peter Pan)

12. The road outside the Chicago Art Institute in Chicago was originally called Michigan Avenue. Now it has been renamed after an Indian. Who?
12. Swami Vivekananda

13. Captain Haddock is the President of an organization called SSS. What odes SSS stand for?
13. Society of Sober Sailors

14. The chief architectural planner of the 1893 World Columbian Exposition in Chicago, David H. Burnham wanted to produce a homegrown structure that would rival the Eiffel Tower. He conducted a competition. The winner was George Washington Gale. What did he invent?
14. The Giant Wheel or the Ferris Wheel

15. What practice evolved when Eskimos murdered the captain of the ship Heartsease in 1612?
15. The practice of flying the flag at half-mast.

16. The San Francisco Chronicle described this person as having ‘the determination of Bjorn Borg, the grunt of Jimmy Connors and the laugh of Woody Woodpecker’. Who?
16. Monica Seles

17. In 1979, the Nobel Prize winners for medicine Sir Geoffrey Hounsfield and Allan Cormack were neither doctors nor physiologists. Why were they then awarded the Nobel Prize?
17. For inventing the CAT scan.

18. What, during the French Revolution, were called Liberty, Equality and Fraternity?
18. The King, Queen and Jack on a pack of cards.

19. Which is the most famous publication of the company Bennett and Coleman?
19. The Times of India

20. In 1935, Carl Van Ossietzsky, German journalist and pacifist won the Nobel Prize by beating a much more famous person whose nomination for the Prize was vehemently opposed by the British. Who?
20. Mahatma Gandhi

21. Sage Bhagiratha performed penance to bring Ganga to earth. Sage Kashyapa performed penance to bring which river to earth?
21. Saraswathi

22. Devonshire House is one of the most popular haunts of Bangaloreans. By what name is it better known?
22. Galaxy Theatre

23. She was the first winner of the Asian Women’s amateur Table Tennis title but is better known for her professional life. Who?
23. Kiran Bedi

24. The controversial movie ‘Fire’ is the first of director Deepa Mehta’s ‘Elements’ trilogy. Name the other two.
24. Earth and Water

25. Which two cricketers and singer have been signed on to endorse Coca Cola in addition to Saurav Ganguly and Javagal Srinath?
25. Robin Singh, Anil Kumble and Daler Mehndi

26. Which celebrity made her Hindi film debut in the small role of the wife of tribal Raghubir Yadav in the award winning ‘Massey Saheb’?
26. Arundhati Roy

27. Who was awarded the Bank of Sweden Prize for 1998?
27. Amartya Sen (The Bank of Sweden Prize is the Economics Nobel)

28. Recently a Dubai based company launched a range of perfumes called ‘SK’. After whom is it named?
28. Shahrukh Khan

29. In the world of comics whose mind ‘works faster than a computer’?
29. Chacha Chaudhary

30. Which Kannada movie won the National Award for Best Film in 1998?
30. Girish Kasaravalli’s ‘Thayi Saaheba’

31. Where in Bangalore would you find the following words inscribed ‘Government’s work is God’s work’?
31. On the Vidhana Soudha

32. What is advertised with the line ‘Nothing else matters at nine’?
32. Star News

33. In the world of Indian classical music how are Lalitha and Haripriya better known?
33. Hyderabad Sisters

34. In the name of the popular computer iMAC, What does the ‘i’ stand for?
34. Internet

35. It was earlier called as ‘The Statuette’. How do we know it today?
35. The Oscar

36. Who or what did Shakespeare describe as ‘the green eyed monster’?
36. Jealousy

37. In the Mahabharata, other than the Kauravas who else had a hundred brothers?
37. Shakuni

38. Whose autobiography is titled ‘Wings of Fire’?
38. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

39. Who edits the women’s magazine ‘New Woman’?
39. Hema Malini

40. Which cricketer is slated to star opposite Madhuri Dixit in a forthcoming film?
40. Ajay Jadeja

41. What was born in a pub in London during a barroom argument on which bird was the fastest in the British Isles?
41. The Guinness Book of Records

42. Which king, the son of Sage Pulyasta was an accomplished veena player and his royal flag bore it as his insignia?
42. Ravana

43. During the late 80s the Times of India group had launched a super premium tea brand which met with a quick death in the market. Name the brand.
43. Editor’s Choice

44. Which industrialist began his career ass an attendant for Burmah Shell Gas in Aden(Yemen)?
44. Dhirubhai Ambani

45. If IBM is the Big Blue, Coca Cola the Big Red, what is Big Black?
45. United Parcel Service
46. Whose first foray into business was the founding of the ‘Laugh-O-gram’ corporation in 1921 which went bankrupt barely two years later?
46. Walt Disney

47. Which company started as a playing card company in 1889 in Japan and literally means ‘Leave luck to Heaven’?
47. Nintendo

48. Which product was launched with the adline ‘It helps a school girl to maintain her complexion’?
48. Palmolive Soap

49. Which brand employs Mercury, the swift messenger of the Gods, a connotation of speed, as its trademark?
49. Good Year

50. The name of which Japanese company literally means ’50 Bells’?
50. Isuzu

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51. In the mid 80s, the Beatles’ song ‘revolution’ was licensed for a TV commercial, the first time ever that a Beatles’ song had been licensed for advertising purposes. Name the brand
51. Nike

52. Which was the first commercial symbol to be displayed at Madame Tussaud’s wax museum?
52. The Singapore Girl of Singapore Airlines

53. Derived from the Japanese word for ‘great Prince’, it found its way into English, after foreigners mispronounced it, as something else which came to mean ‘a man of great wealth’. What word?
53. Tycoon from ‘taikon’

54. Which company has its headquarters in Crewe, Cheshire, CWI, 3pl, England?
54. Rolls Royce

55. Who once advertised with the slogan ‘Nothing improvises the circulation of a magazine like a dirty picture’?
55. The Sportstar, the picture in question was the infamous ball tampering incident where Mike Artherton is seen pulling out some sawdust from his pocket and rubbing it on the ball

56. David Whitebread is a little known stage actor and part time model. What is he best known as?
56. The Onida Devil

57. Which ad agency keeps a bowl of fresh apples in the reception areas of its offices all over the world?
57. Leo Burnett

58. Which celebrity owns ‘Unsquashable Inc”?
58. Jahangir Khan

59. Who said ‘I have done more than anyone else to change the face of mankind’?
59. King Camp Gillette

60. Warner Communications & American Express paid Manhattan Design 1000 dollars to design a logo. What?
60. MTV logo
61. In the 1880s a person called Richardson sold this ointment in USA. It was named after his son-in-law. What?
61. Vicks

62. What is the Roman word for ‘To roll over’?
62. Conglomerate (Latin for Roll over is Volvo)

63. Which brand had the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra play at its Indian Launch?
63. Seagram

64. Which media baron was born Jan Ludwik Hoch and died under mysterious circumstances abroad his yacht ‘Lady Ghislaine’?
64. Robert Maxwell

65. Who recently launched a website ‘India 2002’?
65. Harshad Mehta

66. Which computer company recently taken over by Samsung, was founded in 1980 and derives its name from the combination of first letters of first names of the founders?
66. AST, from Albert Wong, Safi Qureshi and Tom Yuen

67. Who heads a Delhi based beauty company called ‘Naturence Research Labs’?
67. Manoj Prabhakar

68. Who actually built a bridge in Sri Lanka for the film ‘Bridge on the River Kwai’?
68. Larsen and Toubro

69. What US Presidential election campaign slogan was lifted in an Indian softdrink jingle to claim that a coke replacement had arrived?
69. ‘Happy days are here again’ by Thums Up

70. This brand of alcohol advertised abroad with the line ‘I thought the Kamasutra was an Indian restaurant until I discovered ________. Their ads also cautioned ‘Remember whatever happens do not over do it’.
70. Smirnoff

71. This brand manufactured by Kazuo Tazima gets its name from three words – Machine, Instrument, Optical. Which brand?
71. Minolta

72. Which company gets its name from a fruit which used to be exported to England from a Moroccan port?
72. Tangerine

73. Hasbro has a tie up with Funskool India to market its toys and games in India. Name the
parent company of Funskool.
73. MRF

74. The ad featuring Moon Moon Sen’s daughter Riya Dev Varma for Nirma lime Soap looks very similar to the Liril ad. Could it be because it was directed by the same person? Who directed them?
74. Kailash Surendranath

75. Name the newspaper started by industrialist Vijaypath Singhania of the J.K. Group.
75. The Indian Post
76. What does TIMES stand for in the name of TIMES Television, the Television division of Bennett and Coleman Ltd.
76. Television for Information, Music, Entertainment and Sports

77. A Bombay based jewellery house launched a range of earrings called H.B. a couple of years ago. Why were they called H.B.?
77. After Henry Blofeld the popular cricket commentator known for his penchant for earrings

78. When Henry Ford died, amongst his last possessions was a test tube. What did it supposedly contain?
78. The last breath of Thomas Alva Edison

80. Which Indian businessman was part of the design team at Intel that designed the Intel 80486 microprocessor?
80. Rajeev Chandrasekhar of BPL

81. In which merchant bank did P.G.Wodehouse work for two years?
81. The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation

82. To which company did the shipment of tea destroyed by the American colonists during the Boston Tea Party in 1773 belong?
82. The East India Company

83. What was advertised with the slogan “You press the button and we do the rest”?
83. Kodak

84. What is an unrhymed Japanese poem of 3 lines, containing 17 syllables called? It is also the name of an Indian saree range.
84. Haiku

85. Honda advertised in the 1960s with the line “You meet the nicest people on a Honda”. Which Indian automobiles advertised two decades later with the same line?
85. Kinetic Honda and Contessa

86. Which brand created a sensation by sticking a Ford Cortina to a billboard at a busy junction in London?
86. Araldite

87. During Wimbledon 1995 Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi played a mock tennis match at Trafalgar Square in London. Why?
87. To shoot a commercial for Nike

88. Which Indian brand combined the Coke and Pepsi ad slogans to come up with the line “The real thing is the choice of the new generations”?
88. London Pilsner Beer

89. What was launched in 1959 in Kansas by the Carney Brothers?
89. Pizza Hut

90. The highest ever wicket partnership in England was between Herbert Sutcliffe and Percy Holmes in 1923 against Essex in Leyton. How is this significant to the present day corporate world?
90. They scored 555 runs giving 555 cigarettes their name

91. Complete this line “There is but one cup to win, eleven proud people, twelve proud nations, lean to win the cup ________ .
91. Share the Magic

92. What food item was patented in 1830 and called ‘Dr. Miles compound Tomato extract’?
92. Tomato Ketchup

93. Which Indian clothing brand gets its name from Greek for ‘Circle of Animals’?
93. Zodiac

94. Which industrialist – Philanthropist donated $800,00 for the land on which the U.N. General Assembly has been built?
94. John D. Rockefeller Jr.

95. Ken Follett has written a book ‘On the wings of Eagles’ which deals with the true story of how 40 odd employees of an American Company EDS corporation escaped from Iran when caught in the Islamic Revolution. Who owns EDS and appears throughout the book?
95. Ross Perot

96. 17 year old Rudyard Kipling roamed India as Assistant Editor of the Civil and Military Gazette, Lahore. He then wrote ‘Soldiers Three’ a series of short tales that launched a pervasive, nation wide enterprise which exists to date. What?
96. The A.H.Wheeler publishing House and chain of bookstores

97. What is a ‘Sen’ in monetary terms?
97. 1/100th of a Yen

98. Which brand derives its name from the Japanese God of Mercy?
98. Canon from Kwanon

99. Following the super success of Food World, the Spencers Group has launched two other chains of superstores. Name them.
99. Music World and Health&Glow

100. Which Indian newspaper advertises with the line “Why settle for anything else”?
100. The Statesman

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101. Ads for which Indian product feature the following – a raunchy novel titled ‘fantasies’, perfume and a registered postal package?
101. VIP Frenchie

102. Which Indian newspaper claims along with its price on the masthead that ‘One Paise goes to charity for every issue sold”.
102. The Afternoon Despatch and Courier

103. This was the classification of the highest quality of ships, by the Lloyds shipping Registrar of the world famous insurance association Lloyds. It has now become a phrase in the language meaning something of superior quality. What?
103. The term ‘A-1’

104. Sachin Tendulkar was named after his brother Ajit's favourite music director. Who?
104. Sachin Dev (S D ) Burman

105. Who is known as the 'Terror of MM Hills'?
105. Veerapan

106. In which Indian city did Shivaji marry?
106. Bangalore
107. Which British General was responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
107. General Dyer

108. What is the Sanskrit word for 'refined'?
108. Sanskrit

109. In telephone terminology what does ISD stand for?
109. International Subscriber Dialing

110. Which Indian author's first names are Rasipuram Krishnaswamy?
110. R.K.Narayan

111. Name the wife of Agni.
111. Swaha

112. By what name do we know the Hindi actor Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia better?
112. Akshay Kumar

113. Which place in Bangalore was originally known as South Parade?
113. Mahatma Gandhi Road

114. Two wards in the Tihar Jail in New Delhi were named after Indian cricketers by supercop Kiran Bedi. Who?
114. Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli

115. To avenge whose death did Bhagat Singh shoot and kill General Saunders?
115. Lala LAjpat rai

116. Why did Pakistan supposedly name its missile 'Ghauri'?
116. Because it thought India had named Prithvi after Prithviraj Chauhan

117. From which ancient Indian work do we get the lines 'Satyameva Jayate'?
117. Mandokya Upanishad

118. This product is manufactured only by one company - The Mysore Paints & Varnishes Ltd.What?
118. Voter's Indelible Ink

119. Whose ashes are supposedly stored at the Renkoji Temple in Japan?
119. Subhash Chandra Bose

120. Which actor and director both made their debut in the Kannada film 'Pallavi Anu Pallavi'?
120. Maniratnam and Anil KApoor

121. What is the name of the play by Girish Karnad dealing with Basavanna and his Sharanas?
121. Ghatashraddha

122. Who founded the Mysore Bank now known as the State Bank of Mysore?
122. Sir M. Vishweshvarayya

123. Who is the Indian God of Medicine?
123. Dhanvantri

124. Which of India's greatest freedom fighters got his name because his familywere originally sellers of perfume?
124. Gandhi from gandha
125. The Chipko movement was found to save trees from destruction. By what name was it known inKarnataka?
125. Appiko Movement

126. The letters that he wrote to his daughter from jail were published as a book 'Letters from afather to a daughter' . Name both.
126. Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira GAndhi

127. Which state has the distinction of having the most Jnanpith Award winners?
127. Karnataka

128. Who promotes Kannada theatre through his troupe called Rangayana?
128. B V Karanth

129. Which great writer and poet introduced and promoted the sport of Judo in India?
129. Rabindranath TAgore

130. Who wrote the book "The God of Small Things' which won the Booker Prize last year?
130.

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EVEN MORE QUESTIONS..............KEEP SOLVING...............


Whose counsel was requested by the parents of Helen Keller for her education?
Alexander Graham Bell

In 1871 who founded the German Empire and served as its chancellor for 19 years?
Otto von Bismarck

Who was the first actor to receive two consecutive Academy Awards in the Best Actor category?
Spencer Tracy

On which day was Abraham Lincoln shot?
Good Friday

On the flag of which country would you find the image of a dragon?
Bhutan

Which international tennis team tournament was started in 1900?
Davis Cup

Which film director is the niece of the producer-director Guru Dutt?
Kalpana Lajmi

What makes reindeer different from other species of deer?
Both the male and the female have antlers

Which was the world's first national park?
Yellowstone National Park

A program written in a high level language is translated into executable machine instructions by which of these?
Compiler

Q1 What is the Russian parliament known as?
A1 Duma

Q2 What is Quinine ?
A2 It is a medicine used to cure malaria.

Q3 What is the official Chinese newspaper known as?
A3 The Peoples Daily

Q4 Who was the first Indian to award an Oscar?
A4 Ms Persis Khambhatta

Q5 Which is the only movie to be officially blessed by the Pope?
A5 Benhur

Q6 How did the 3 stripes originate on the back of the squirrel?
A6 It is said to have occurred when Lord Shri Ram moved his hand over
the back of the squirrel.

Q7 Which director of Indian origin has directed Signs?
A7 Manoj Night Shyamalan.

Q8 Which is the coolest planet in the solar system?
A8 Pluto

Q9 What is the leader of opposition known in Britan?
A9 Shadow prime minister

Q10 What is the emblem of the United Nations ?
A10 The branch of an olive tree

Q11 Which organization is known as the organization of Brettenwood?
A11 World Bank and IMF

Q12 Name the US state made of 20 islands?
A12 Hawaii

Q13 Who is the author of James Bond ?
A13 Ian Fleming

Q14 Which community owns the lotus temple at Delhi?
A14 Bahaii

Q15 Which is the driest desert in the world?
A15 Atacama

Q16 What is the name of the operation that Indian army had undertaken
in Kargil in 1998?
A16 Operation Vijay

Q17 Who is known as the "little brown sage "
A17 M.K Gandhi

Q18 Which is the only country not to have its name on the stamps?
A18 U.K

Q19 Which is Asia's largest desert?
A19 Gobi

Q 20 Capital of Etophia?
A20 Addis Ababa

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BUSINESS

Q1 In TVS what does VS stand for?
A1 Venu Srinivasan Iyengar

Q2 Whose signature do we find on a one rupee note?
A2 Secretary -Ministry of Finance

Q3 Who is the person accredited with the success of Harley Davidson?
A3 Lee Lynch of Carmichael Lynch

Q4 Which company has products that have "NOW" in their names ?
A4 Polaris Software (Network of the World)

Q5 Relate "Kwik –Fit " to Ford?
A5 Kwik-Fit is the Repair and Service chain run by Ford.
Q6 Kobetwo with 3d torrision system & lacing griddle is a range of
shoes from ?
A6 Adidas

Q7 Name the only other branded product at Barista coffee house ?
A7 Evian mineral water

Q8 Ten sports is owned by ?
A8 Taj Television (Abdul Reheman Bukhatir)

Q9 Which company has a vision 4*4 (its target for the year 2004)?
A9 Wipro

Q10 With which product did Shahrukh Khan start endorsing
(advertisements)?
A10 Bhrama Putra (Tea)

Q11 Name Israel's international airline ?
A11 EL AL

Q12 Devkaran Nanji was the founder of ?
A12 Dena Bank

Q13 Which two south based dailies which launched their publication in
Mumbai recently?
A13 Malayala Manorama , Mathrubhumi

Q14 What does "Shogososhas" mean in Japanese ?
A14 It means a conglomorate- a Japanese conglomorate.

Q15 What does a 2 sole 24 mean in Italy ?
A15 Italian financial newspaper

Q16 Which product did Earl E Dickson invent?
A16 Band aid

Q17 Oil king of America?
A17 John D Rockfeller

Q18 Name the packaged ready to eat food from the ITC stable?
A18 Kitchens of India

Q19 Who is known as the "Oracle of Omaha"?
A19 Warren Buffet

Q20 Who owns Berkshire Hathway?
A20 Warren Buffet

Q21 Which Co is listed as KO on the NYSE?
A21 Coke

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