This company holds the title of the world’s largest restaurant chain by number of locations, surpassing McDonald’s and Subway. It also went public in 2025.
Can you name the company?
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Mixue Ice Cream and Tea
Mixue (pronounced mee-schway) is a chain which sells ice cream and tea based drinks known for their affordability. It is primarily based out of China with its logo the Snow King, an internet sensation in the country.
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Agilitas is a sports company which acquired the rights to the brand Lotto in India and other geographies last year.
The company was again in the news recently for onboarding a sportsperson as an investor and co-creator.
Identify the sports person.
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This tech company is known for naming (one of their) products after scientists & mathematicians like Marie Curie, Nikola Tesla, Alan Turing, Ada Lovelace & many more.
In keeping with this tradition, the company recently announced that their upcoming product will be named after Richard Feynman.
Id the company.
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The origin of this word comes from the Arabic root arafa, meaning ‘to know, to find out‘ (same root as Arafah/Arafat). The word was used in the Persian & later in the Ottoman empire to depict a ‘table of prices’. From there, the word was picked up by Latin speaking traders and was used in Italy and France, to denote a mandated price.
Which ‘unpopular’ word am I talking about?
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According to “Housewife’s Corner” in an 1848 newspaper, the real recipe for “making Doncaster X is one pound of butter, one pound of sugar and a quarter of a pound of treacle, boiled together.” Food historians have several theories regarding the name and origin of this confectionery, but none is conclusive. One explanation is the meaning “to cut or score” for the word.
What is X?
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X was initially designed by John Socha for the original IBM PC. The purpose of X was to prevent phosphor burn-in on CRT and plasma computer monitors. The term X is named so because of this protection quality.
Identify X.
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X is said to have been derived from the biretta, a similar-looking accessory worn by Roman Catholic clergy. This itself was a development of the Roman pileus quadratus, which consisted of a superimposed square with a tump (small mound). The red biretta symbolized royal power, and was generally worn in the 14th and 15th century by what was essentially the elite of the society.
What modern day accessory did the biretta lead to?
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The first recorded signs of X are from the Chinese Han dynasty & are believed to have helped to finance projects like the Great Wall of China.
The first instance in Europe was in the Roman empire, and the funds accrued were used for city repairs.
The word X itself comes from the Dutch word for ‘fate’ and has been described as ‘a form of voluntary tax’.
What am I talking about?
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There are 11 which are known to exist, with 8 whose names are revealed.
What is the most famous entry of this list and therefore what is this a list of?
Mahoutokoro – located on a volcanic island
Uagadou – located in Africa
Castelobruxo – deep within forests of Brazil
Ilvermorny – in the American Midwest
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This term has been in use in Greek since Herodotus (4th Century BCE). From there it entered English via Latin. It appeared in Old English as early as 9th Century and re-emerged in the 17th Century.
Tianzhu or Tenjiku was used in Chinese and Japanese to refer to the same thing.
What am I talking about?
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In the 1st-century Mediterranean world, extending _________ was one of many methods used to divert the ever-present threat of the evil eye. In Greek, the gesture was known as the katapugon. In Latin, it was called the digitus impudicus. The first documented appearance of __________in the United States was in 1886 when Old Hoss Radbourn, a baseball pitcher for the Boston Beaneaters, was photographed giving it to a member of the rival New York Giants.
What am I talking about?
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The ____ hypothesis, proposes that organisms interact with their inorganic surroundings on Earth to form a self-regulating, complex system that contributes to maintaining the conditions for life on the planet. Topics of interest include how the biosphere and the evolution of life forms affect the stability of global temperature , ocean salinity, oxygen in the atmosphere and other environmental variables that affect the habitability of Earth.
Fill in the blank, which is also a figure from Greek mythology.
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What popular diet gets name from the Greek word for “old Stone Age” as it is based on the foods presumed to be available during the Stone Age?
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The Aegean Sea was traditionally known as X, which in Greek means ‘chief sea’. In English, this word now refers to something else in the field of geography. This is derived from the way the Aegean Sea looks like.
What is X ?
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This river in Milan gets its name from a Greek word that means “light, quick and nimble”.
A brand was launched from a factory next to the river, and named after the river, since the founder wanted his new product to have the same attributes as the name stood for.
Which now-defunct brand once hugely popular in India are we talking about?
Show AnswerLambretta scooters
The name is derived from the word Lambrate, the suburb of Milan named after the river Lambro which flows through the area, and where the factory was located. Lambretta was the name of a mythical water-sprite associated with the river which runs adjacent to the former production site.In 1972, the Indian government bought the machinery of the Milanese factory, creating Scooters India Limited (SIL) in order to produce Lambretta scooters and also Lambro three-wheelers, the latter under the name Vikram for the domestic market.
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X in music is a self contained piece of work that is episodic yet integrated, free-flowing in its structure.
The term X is derived from the Greek word rhaptein, which means ‘to sew’, as in to sew a song together.
However, most of us know X from a bombastic song released by a British rock band.
What am I talking about?
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Pierre de Coubertin, was a member of a French aristocratic family, an educator & a historian. He was influenced by the benefits of physical education & believed that men who received it would be better prepared to fight in wars. France had been humiliated in the Franco-Prussian War recently.
As a result of this belief, he championed a particular cause from the world of sports. What was his contribution?
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X was the King of Paurava, an ancient state within the territory of modern day Punjab located between the Jhelum and the Chenab rivers. X fought Y in the Battle of the Jhelum River in 326 BC.
Who are X and Y?
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The Roman/Greek versions: golden or lead tipped
The Hindu version: has five fragrant flowers from the Ashoka tree, white and blue lotus flowers, Jasmine and the flowers from the Mango trees.
What am I talking about?
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Gilbert Baker, a designer & activist, was asked to create a symbol for a particular movement. Baker was inspired by the hippie movement & world peace movement of 1960s.
The designer also cited the Rolling Stones song “She’s a Rainbow” as a source of inspiration.
The design was released in 1978 & has been used widely ever since.
What did Baker design?
Show AnswerPride/Rainbow Flag
The original flag had 8 stripes, with a meaning to each one of them. Over the years, number of stripes has been reduced to 6, and that's how we know it today.
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