The following simple tweet by a ‘financial analyst’ sent the stock prices of meme stocks like GameStop & AMC to shoot up by ~50-70% in a single day.
Can you identify the individual behind the tweet, or his claim to fame?
Category: Business
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Rapidfire round. These are the original names of which famous companies?
1. Pete’s Super Submarines
2. Brand’s Drink
3. Jerry’s Guide to the World Wide Web
4. Cadabara
5. Backrub
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X is an oil which is derived from a special variety of rapeseed, modified to have lesser erucic acid, and hence be healthier. The name of the oil is a portmanteau which includes the country of its origin, which is Canada.
Can you guess the name of the oil?
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In 1950s, Marcel X started a business of manufacturing stationary items in France & then expanded it globally. He named the company Y, by dropping a letter from his surname X, to avoid sounding like a curse word in the English language.
The company has since then, sold 100 billion units of this product, making it the best selling product in its category.
Identify the company Y. Bonus points for getting the founder’s name X.
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Can you identify the brand behind the ad?
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X is owned by The Wonderful Company, headquartered in the US, where the product is especially popular. It is is marketed as an artisanal product, and is named after the country of its origin.
The positioning of the product has in turn promoted the tourism industry in the country X, which is now seen as exotic and natural.
Hint: Check the exports data (2021) of the country.
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Company X recently announced retirement of its product Y, especially at a time when its product category has seen a lot of coverage. This has been been due to the dated hydraulic architecture of Y.
Known for doing choreographed dancing & being pushed around, the product is named after a mythical character holding the weight of the heavens.
Identify the company X & the product Y.
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William X created an all-steel vacuum flask in 1913 and started mass producing the flasks under his own surname (X). The products continued to exist over the years, but gained mainstream attention in the last 5 years.
The company hired a former Crocs executive, worked with influencers & went viral on social media multiple times.
Can you identify the company & the products that they make?
Show AnswerThe company is Stanley, makers of Stanley Cup.
The company has gone from annual sales of US$70 million in 2019 to $750 million in 2023.
Here's Forbes' take on the Rise of Stanley.
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Loss aversion theory states that people are more sensitive to losses, as compared to gains, i.e., a loss of 100 is more painful as compared to the happiness gain of 200.
While historically economics assumed everyone to be a rational decision maker, it was the integration of psychology & economics (like above) that led this famous economist to win the Nobel Prize in 2002.
Identify this person, who is also an author of a NYT bestseller book.
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Anguilla is a small island in the Caribbean with a population of about 16000 residents.
The island became a beneficiary of the recent AI tech boom, adding $32m or about 10% in its annual GDP.
How did AI helping Anguilla?
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Connect the following companies to the world of sports. Also can you identify the missing company?
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Sweden was the first to introduce this policy in July 2009.
EU implemented this policy in June 2014.
Japan implemented policy in 2016, and recently became the last economy in the world to have this.
What am I talking about?
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There are two brands named in the Eagles song Hotel California.
Can you name them both?
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When started, this company initially had no name and the co-founders just named all their files NV, as in “next version”. When the company was being incorporated they chose the Latin word for “envy” for the company name.
Identify the company.
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The “X Meter” is a phenomenon where there was a sudden influx of business for providers of X in areas with concentrated US government activity (like Washington DC, where the White House and the Pentagon are located) just before major world events in the 1980s and 90s (notable examples being the first Gulf War and the US invasions of Panama and Grenada.)
This was first noticed in 1990 just prior to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, when CIA personnel gathered at the Pentagon to discuss the ongoing issue, and one Frank Meeks realized a lot of his business traffic during that time (especially at night) was directed at the Pentagon. Business continued to boom right into 1991, with business spikes very reliably tied to major announcements from the White House and the Pentagon, a series of events the public dubbed the “X Meter”. Similar trends were spotted in hindsight in the 80s.
Naturally, the powers that be weren’t too amused by this trend being publicized, and government offices were instructed to change their tactics to break this pattern.
What is the X in question?
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One sponsor of this team went to jail for failing to appear before a court.
The next sponsor is merging its business with a competitor after losing market share.
The one after that had to break its business due to geo-political reasons.
Another sponsor has lost its valuation by 90%.
Which sports team have all these businesses sponsored?
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On March 5, 2023, Nickelodeon presented its second-ever Lifetime Achievement Award. The first one was awarded in 2014 to Dan Schneider, for his work creating and producing multiple shows at Nickelodeon.
Who won last year?
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Los Angeles Lakers are one of the most celebrated basketball teams in NBA. However my question is, why is the team called Lakers, when Los Angeles area is not known for its lakes.
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Connect the following images to a luxury business.
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This 2015 movie was based on the story of a person who predicted something which very few people could. He currently goes by the name Cassandra on X/Twitter, after the mythological character cursed to predict the future, but never heard by anyone.
Identify the movie & person whose story it tells.
