130) He is the pioneer in mutual fund industry and often referred as the Father of Index Fund
investing. He created the first S&P 500 Index fund. Identify this person?
John Bogle
131) Which financial services giant is referred as the "Thundering Herd"?
Merrill Lynch
132) What term became popular after the newspaper report of Watergate Scandal in the year
1973?
'Money Laundering'
133) If you file the 'chapter number 11' in USA in the name of your company what would you do?
You'll be filing for bankruptcy
134) What were built under the project 178 ?
FIAT cars Siena, Siena weekend, and Palio
135) Cannaught Plaza Restaurants and Hardcastle Restaurants have had the responsibility for the
entry of Which MNC to India ?
Mc Donalds
136) This famous business personality earn money by repairing toy trains when he was at 13. His
father escaped from the British Police in 1920 and landed in USA with $20 in his pocket and
later married an American school teacher and settled in Philadelphia. His corporate
headquarters is known as "The Mountain". Identify him.
Amar Bose of Bose corp.
137) Big Blue is IBM. Which corporate is referred as 'Big Black' ?
United Parcel Service (UPS)
138) This famous Japanese corporation first started as a tiny cork manufacturer in Hiroshima in
1920, and was known as Tokyo Cork Togyo Co Ltd. How it is known today?
Mazda
139) You may know what is blue collar or white collar worker. What's steelcolar worker? And Open
Collar workers?
Steel collar - robots are doing actual work instead of men; Open collar - someone who
works at home or telecommutes.
140) She was born in St. Petersburg, Russia on Feb 2, 1905. In 1926, she left for Hollywood to
pursue a career as a screenwriter. Cecil B. DeMille gave her a job, first as an extra, then as a
script reader. She sold her first screenplay 'Red Pawn' to Universal Studios in 1932 and also
staged her first play 'Night of January 16th' on Broadway. Her first novel was rejected by
publishers for years, until Macmillan published it in 1936. Identify her.
Ayn Rand
141) This world famous direct marketing company was founded by Rich Devos and Jay Van Andel
in 1959. Name it?
Amway
143) Which successful investor is popularly known as "The Oracle of Omaha"? And his famous
quote is "Rule No.1: Never loss money, Rule No.2: Never forget the Rule No.1"
Warren Buffet
144) Which is the only country having paper currency and have no coins and it introduced cheque
only in 1997?
Vietnam
145) "I knew a trade name must be short, vigorous, incapable of being misspelled to an extent that
will destroy its identity, and in order to satisfy the trademark laws, it must mean nothing". Who
said this and name the brand?
George Eastman
Kodak
146) What was known as the Blue Ribbon Sports company earlier?
Nike
147) Which brand got its name from a Sanskrit word which means "Priceless"?
Amul
148) The Experience Music project in Seattle, Washington is an interactive music museum
designed by architect Frank O Gehry. Who is its founder?
Paul G. Allen [co-founder of Microsoft]
149) In medieval times, as they do even now, merchants used to buy goods in bulk, for example
12 dozen bales of cloth, and sell these at fairgrounds. Now, what word was coined to describe
such merchants?
Grocery
150) One of the risk analysis models used to analyze, say a stock price, is a simulation method
that randomly generates values for uncertain variables over and over to simulate a model.
This model is named after a European city. Which method?
Monte Carlo method
151) ‘The Meghdoot Awards for Excellence’ is awarded to employees of which profession in the
Indian Service Industry?
Postal Service
152) In 1851, when consumers balked at the $75 price tag, this company "originated the world's
first installment plan to make it affordable"? Name the company.
Singer - the Sewing machine company.
153) connect : Bagpiper whisky brand ambassador, Bajaj 2 wheeler and ITC brand mascot...
ITC brand mascot- Sunny mascot
Bagpiper whisky brand ambassador- Sunny's father- Dharmendra
Bajaj 2 wheeler- Bajaj Sunny
154) Who was the first Indian actress to endorse LUX.?
Leela Chitnis
155) The first product made by this company was a car record player. They gave themselves a
name similar to the name of the market leader in record players in those days. Name the
company.
Motorola
156) This product is considered the best of its kind. The first one was completed in September
1968, took four years and $1.5b to build, and the effort almost sank the company and threw
the city of Seattle into a depression. 7000 men worked to make it. What?
Boeing 747
157) What principle of stock speculation was first propounded by Thomas F. Woodlock?
the concept that odd otters are always wrong
158) He called his wife ‘The Believer’ because she encouraged him at a time when everyone else
called him crazy...Who is he?
Henry Ford
159) For which corporate Carolin Davidson designed the logo for $30 while she was a student in
Stanford University?
Nike
160) This former maid was the first woman to sell products by mail order, organize a nationwide
door-to-door sales force, and open her own beauty school.
Sarah Walker / Madam C J
161) Known as the 'Queen of Seventh Avenue,' this fashion designer launched her own line in
1984.
Donna Karan
162) The first woman to purchase a seat on the New York Stock Exchangewas:
Muriel Siebert
163) After working as a stockbroker, she founded a catering company that led to a magazine and
TV show devoted to cooking and entertaining
Martha Stewart
164) Her 1989 conviction for income tax evasion and her tough reputation earned this hotel owner
the nickname 'The Queen of Mean.'
Leona Helmsley
165) What cosmetics executive is known for giving pink Cadillacs as incentives for her sales staff?
Mary Kay Ash
166) It was called Racal Telecom when it was formed in 1984 as a subsidiary of Racal Electronics
Ltd. It became an independent company seven years later, at which time it changed its name
to ?
Vodafone
167) Who said this recently: "Although there will always be more work to be done to preserve and
enhance the integrity and strength of our nation's corporations and markets, I believe the time
has come for me to step down and return to the private sector an d my family."
William Donaldson Leaving the SEC
168) KitKat has always been seen in its well known red and white wrapper except between 1945
and 1947 when it sported a blue wrapper. Why was it changed then?
the wrapper was changed to a blue one in 1945 ,when it was made with a plain
chocolate covering instead of milk chocolate owing to acute shortage of milk after
World War 2
169) Dorcas Market Makers Ltd is the marketing arm of which wellness and personal care
company?
Cholayil
170) Such bonds of Latin American countries are issued in US dollars and backed by US Treasury
zero coupon bonds. They are named after a former US Secretary of Treasury. What are we
referring to?
Brady Bonds
171) North American Sports Network is a cable channel that broadcasts baseball, basketball, and
other US sports in Europe. Now, which investor, one of the world's richest people, recently
decided to sell his 70 per cent stake in it?
Allen Paul
172) Acme Clothing bought Acme Global and Acme Hospitality last year. What was it renamed as
this year?
Provogue
173) Byung-Chull Lee's business, started in 1938, initially focused on exporting dried Korean fish,
vegetables and fruit to Manchuria and Beijing. In over a decade, it had its own flour mills and
confectionery machines. Which company are we referring to?
Samsung
174) The currency of which country is zloty, literally meaning 'golden'? (The modern zloty was
introduced in 1924 after the hyperinflation post-World War I. It replaced the country's currency
'mark,' which had been around for eight years.)
Poland
175) Allied Domecq wants to revive the fading Canadian Club whisky, and for that it has unveiled a
strategy wherein 10 lucky winners of a programme will have a chance to compete alongside
champion Chris Moneymaker for a multi-million dollar purse. Chris is a leading player in which
'sport'?
Poker
176) Written by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, the book's baseline reads, 'A Rogue
Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything.' Which book?
Freakonomics
177) Following protests from business leaders and unions, the British Government decided not to
go ahead with the proposal to change the name of the Department of Trade and Industry.
Which two words, separated by a comma, were proposed in the place of 'Trad e'?
Productivity, Energy
178) The weekly Economist compiles two indexes based on the concept of purchasing-power
parity. One is the Big Mac index, which compares the prices of the McDonald's burger around
the world. The second is the 'tall latte index.' What does it compare?
Prices of Starbucks Coffee
179) Which Indian company has joint ventures and alliances with organizations such as Babcock &
Wilcox, Kawasaki Thermal Engineering Company, Eco Tech, Honeywell, Bloom Engineering,
Struthers Wells and Ozone Systems?
Thermax
180) The chief of Mirna Voda, a mineral water company in Zagreb which has launched a brand
called 'Titoz Izvor,' said about the name: "It has nothing to do with politics. It is purely a
marketing move which could help us make a breakthrough in a rather saturated market."
What's with the name?
Its named after late Yugoslav leader Tito
181) About what did Warren Buffett refer to when he wrote this: "From 1733 to 1758, Ben Franklin
dispensed useful and timeless advice through Poor Richard's Almanack. Among the virtues
extolled were thrift, duty, hard work, and simplicity. Subsequently, two centuries went by
during which Ben's thoughts on these subjects were regarded as the last word. Then Charlie
Munger stepped forth."
Poor Charlie's Almanack , an assortment of Mungers ideas
182) Kleenex and Huggies are brands of which company?
Kimberly Clark
183) In 1993, a Director at this Ahmedabad-based pharma company, while travelling in interior
Gujarat, saw deep cracks in the heels of women working in the fields. "Some of them had
difficulty in walking and the mud, stones and dirt aggravated the problem." Which product was
created based on this experience?
Krack Cream Paras Company
184) "The histories of the family (which founded the business) and of the company are directly
linked to one region: eastern France, Montbeliard. The Lion, the emblem of the make, is also
on the coat of arms of Franche-Comte, the birthplace of the family." Which company?
Peugeot
185) A company called SeaCode has presented an "innovative service" called 'Hybrid-Sourcing.'
According to the plan, workers from countries such as India and Russia would get paid
around $22,000 a year, which is about a third of the market rate. As what wil l the workers be
classified, and why is this scheme so unique?
"Seamen”, The Californian company plans to have its engineering facility just beyond
the three-mile limit off the US coast and will have foreign software programmers.
186) Complete the name: Peter Ferdinand ... Drucker
187) Recently, the Sanctuary group, which manages artistes such as Beyonce, took over Twenty
First Artists, originally co-owned by three people, including Frank Presland and Keith Bradley.
Who was the other?
Elton John
188) Who has recently become the majority shareholder in Crisil?
Standard & Poor (S&P)
189) The same two key words are used to describe the following two phenomena: (i) This kind of
liability is one wherein the injury or harm takes time to become known, and the gap between a
claim and the circumstances that caused it could be decades. (ii) T he phrase coined by Chris
Anderson to describe how products that are in low demand can collectively make up a market
share that rivals or exceeds the relatively few current bestsellers or blockbusters if distribution
is adequate. Can you name them?
Long Tail
190) In an interview to a daily, he said: "I live on my farm most of the time, coming to Mumbai only
for shootings." He was asked about his decision to be the brand ambassador of Mahyco
Monsanto's Bt Cotton products. Who's he?
Nana Patekar
191) The origins of this company go back to 1901, when Englishman William Knox D'Arcy got to
explore the oil resources of Persia, thanks to a concession he obtained from the Shah of
Persia. It took years to make the discovery, and when it was made, the Angl o-Persian Oil
Company was formed, which is now called what?
British Petroleum
192) Pepsi lost its bid to trademark one of its product's brands in the European Union. A EU court
ruled recently that the name could be confused with a German potato chips brand, marketed
by Intersnack Knabber-Geback. Which is this brand, and what is Pepsi 's?
Ruffles
193) Complete the name: Cara Carleton Sneed ....
Fiorina
194) Under what brand name does Bengal Waterproof Ltd, whose subsidiaries include Bihar
Rubber Company Ltd and Bensri Rubber Products, sell its products?
Duckback
195) Which pioneering industrialist said: "There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the
best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages
possible"? He sure practised what he preached!
Henry Ford
196) Charles Simonyi, along with Butler Lampson, is said to have developed the first WYSIWYG,
pronounced 'wizzy-wig' or 'wuzzy-wig', document preparation programme. What does it stand
for?
What You See Is What You Get
197) Which country's Postal Department, for the first time, dressed up its postmen as Santa
Clauses in an effort to match up with the Christmas promotions of private players?
India
198) What is Santa Claus Effect w.r.t US teenager behavioral pattern?
The phenomenon of most US teenagers losing their virginity during Christmas
Holidays!
199) What was Mrs. Weasley's Christmas gift to Harry Potter on his first Christmas at Hogwarts
School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?
A bright emerald-green hand-knit sweater
200) Name the world’s first bicycle brand
Boneshaker (1866) manufactured by Swift cycle company at Coventry, England
investing. He created the first S&P 500 Index fund. Identify this person?
John Bogle
131) Which financial services giant is referred as the "Thundering Herd"?
Merrill Lynch
132) What term became popular after the newspaper report of Watergate Scandal in the year
1973?
'Money Laundering'
133) If you file the 'chapter number 11' in USA in the name of your company what would you do?
You'll be filing for bankruptcy
134) What were built under the project 178 ?
FIAT cars Siena, Siena weekend, and Palio
135) Cannaught Plaza Restaurants and Hardcastle Restaurants have had the responsibility for the
entry of Which MNC to India ?
Mc Donalds
136) This famous business personality earn money by repairing toy trains when he was at 13. His
father escaped from the British Police in 1920 and landed in USA with $20 in his pocket and
later married an American school teacher and settled in Philadelphia. His corporate
headquarters is known as "The Mountain". Identify him.
Amar Bose of Bose corp.
137) Big Blue is IBM. Which corporate is referred as 'Big Black' ?
United Parcel Service (UPS)
138) This famous Japanese corporation first started as a tiny cork manufacturer in Hiroshima in
1920, and was known as Tokyo Cork Togyo Co Ltd. How it is known today?
Mazda
139) You may know what is blue collar or white collar worker. What's steelcolar worker? And Open
Collar workers?
Steel collar - robots are doing actual work instead of men; Open collar - someone who
works at home or telecommutes.
140) She was born in St. Petersburg, Russia on Feb 2, 1905. In 1926, she left for Hollywood to
pursue a career as a screenwriter. Cecil B. DeMille gave her a job, first as an extra, then as a
script reader. She sold her first screenplay 'Red Pawn' to Universal Studios in 1932 and also
staged her first play 'Night of January 16th' on Broadway. Her first novel was rejected by
publishers for years, until Macmillan published it in 1936. Identify her.
Ayn Rand
141) This world famous direct marketing company was founded by Rich Devos and Jay Van Andel
in 1959. Name it?
Amway
143) Which successful investor is popularly known as "The Oracle of Omaha"? And his famous
quote is "Rule No.1: Never loss money, Rule No.2: Never forget the Rule No.1"
Warren Buffet
144) Which is the only country having paper currency and have no coins and it introduced cheque
only in 1997?
Vietnam
145) "I knew a trade name must be short, vigorous, incapable of being misspelled to an extent that
will destroy its identity, and in order to satisfy the trademark laws, it must mean nothing". Who
said this and name the brand?
George Eastman
Kodak
146) What was known as the Blue Ribbon Sports company earlier?
Nike
147) Which brand got its name from a Sanskrit word which means "Priceless"?
Amul
148) The Experience Music project in Seattle, Washington is an interactive music museum
designed by architect Frank O Gehry. Who is its founder?
Paul G. Allen [co-founder of Microsoft]
149) In medieval times, as they do even now, merchants used to buy goods in bulk, for example
12 dozen bales of cloth, and sell these at fairgrounds. Now, what word was coined to describe
such merchants?
Grocery
150) One of the risk analysis models used to analyze, say a stock price, is a simulation method
that randomly generates values for uncertain variables over and over to simulate a model.
This model is named after a European city. Which method?
Monte Carlo method
151) ‘The Meghdoot Awards for Excellence’ is awarded to employees of which profession in the
Indian Service Industry?
Postal Service
152) In 1851, when consumers balked at the $75 price tag, this company "originated the world's
first installment plan to make it affordable"? Name the company.
Singer - the Sewing machine company.
153) connect : Bagpiper whisky brand ambassador, Bajaj 2 wheeler and ITC brand mascot...
ITC brand mascot- Sunny mascot
Bagpiper whisky brand ambassador- Sunny's father- Dharmendra
Bajaj 2 wheeler- Bajaj Sunny
154) Who was the first Indian actress to endorse LUX.?
Leela Chitnis
155) The first product made by this company was a car record player. They gave themselves a
name similar to the name of the market leader in record players in those days. Name the
company.
Motorola
156) This product is considered the best of its kind. The first one was completed in September
1968, took four years and $1.5b to build, and the effort almost sank the company and threw
the city of Seattle into a depression. 7000 men worked to make it. What?
Boeing 747
157) What principle of stock speculation was first propounded by Thomas F. Woodlock?
the concept that odd otters are always wrong
158) He called his wife ‘The Believer’ because she encouraged him at a time when everyone else
called him crazy...Who is he?
Henry Ford
159) For which corporate Carolin Davidson designed the logo for $30 while she was a student in
Stanford University?
Nike
160) This former maid was the first woman to sell products by mail order, organize a nationwide
door-to-door sales force, and open her own beauty school.
Sarah Walker / Madam C J
161) Known as the 'Queen of Seventh Avenue,' this fashion designer launched her own line in
1984.
Donna Karan
162) The first woman to purchase a seat on the New York Stock Exchangewas:
Muriel Siebert
163) After working as a stockbroker, she founded a catering company that led to a magazine and
TV show devoted to cooking and entertaining
Martha Stewart
164) Her 1989 conviction for income tax evasion and her tough reputation earned this hotel owner
the nickname 'The Queen of Mean.'
Leona Helmsley
165) What cosmetics executive is known for giving pink Cadillacs as incentives for her sales staff?
Mary Kay Ash
166) It was called Racal Telecom when it was formed in 1984 as a subsidiary of Racal Electronics
Ltd. It became an independent company seven years later, at which time it changed its name
to ?
Vodafone
167) Who said this recently: "Although there will always be more work to be done to preserve and
enhance the integrity and strength of our nation's corporations and markets, I believe the time
has come for me to step down and return to the private sector an d my family."
William Donaldson Leaving the SEC
168) KitKat has always been seen in its well known red and white wrapper except between 1945
and 1947 when it sported a blue wrapper. Why was it changed then?
the wrapper was changed to a blue one in 1945 ,when it was made with a plain
chocolate covering instead of milk chocolate owing to acute shortage of milk after
World War 2
169) Dorcas Market Makers Ltd is the marketing arm of which wellness and personal care
company?
Cholayil
170) Such bonds of Latin American countries are issued in US dollars and backed by US Treasury
zero coupon bonds. They are named after a former US Secretary of Treasury. What are we
referring to?
Brady Bonds
171) North American Sports Network is a cable channel that broadcasts baseball, basketball, and
other US sports in Europe. Now, which investor, one of the world's richest people, recently
decided to sell his 70 per cent stake in it?
Allen Paul
172) Acme Clothing bought Acme Global and Acme Hospitality last year. What was it renamed as
this year?
Provogue
173) Byung-Chull Lee's business, started in 1938, initially focused on exporting dried Korean fish,
vegetables and fruit to Manchuria and Beijing. In over a decade, it had its own flour mills and
confectionery machines. Which company are we referring to?
Samsung
174) The currency of which country is zloty, literally meaning 'golden'? (The modern zloty was
introduced in 1924 after the hyperinflation post-World War I. It replaced the country's currency
'mark,' which had been around for eight years.)
Poland
175) Allied Domecq wants to revive the fading Canadian Club whisky, and for that it has unveiled a
strategy wherein 10 lucky winners of a programme will have a chance to compete alongside
champion Chris Moneymaker for a multi-million dollar purse. Chris is a leading player in which
'sport'?
Poker
176) Written by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, the book's baseline reads, 'A Rogue
Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything.' Which book?
Freakonomics
177) Following protests from business leaders and unions, the British Government decided not to
go ahead with the proposal to change the name of the Department of Trade and Industry.
Which two words, separated by a comma, were proposed in the place of 'Trad e'?
Productivity, Energy
178) The weekly Economist compiles two indexes based on the concept of purchasing-power
parity. One is the Big Mac index, which compares the prices of the McDonald's burger around
the world. The second is the 'tall latte index.' What does it compare?
Prices of Starbucks Coffee
179) Which Indian company has joint ventures and alliances with organizations such as Babcock &
Wilcox, Kawasaki Thermal Engineering Company, Eco Tech, Honeywell, Bloom Engineering,
Struthers Wells and Ozone Systems?
Thermax
180) The chief of Mirna Voda, a mineral water company in Zagreb which has launched a brand
called 'Titoz Izvor,' said about the name: "It has nothing to do with politics. It is purely a
marketing move which could help us make a breakthrough in a rather saturated market."
What's with the name?
Its named after late Yugoslav leader Tito
181) About what did Warren Buffett refer to when he wrote this: "From 1733 to 1758, Ben Franklin
dispensed useful and timeless advice through Poor Richard's Almanack. Among the virtues
extolled were thrift, duty, hard work, and simplicity. Subsequently, two centuries went by
during which Ben's thoughts on these subjects were regarded as the last word. Then Charlie
Munger stepped forth."
Poor Charlie's Almanack , an assortment of Mungers ideas
182) Kleenex and Huggies are brands of which company?
Kimberly Clark
183) In 1993, a Director at this Ahmedabad-based pharma company, while travelling in interior
Gujarat, saw deep cracks in the heels of women working in the fields. "Some of them had
difficulty in walking and the mud, stones and dirt aggravated the problem." Which product was
created based on this experience?
Krack Cream Paras Company
184) "The histories of the family (which founded the business) and of the company are directly
linked to one region: eastern France, Montbeliard. The Lion, the emblem of the make, is also
on the coat of arms of Franche-Comte, the birthplace of the family." Which company?
Peugeot
185) A company called SeaCode has presented an "innovative service" called 'Hybrid-Sourcing.'
According to the plan, workers from countries such as India and Russia would get paid
around $22,000 a year, which is about a third of the market rate. As what wil l the workers be
classified, and why is this scheme so unique?
"Seamen”, The Californian company plans to have its engineering facility just beyond
the three-mile limit off the US coast and will have foreign software programmers.
186) Complete the name: Peter Ferdinand ... Drucker
187) Recently, the Sanctuary group, which manages artistes such as Beyonce, took over Twenty
First Artists, originally co-owned by three people, including Frank Presland and Keith Bradley.
Who was the other?
Elton John
188) Who has recently become the majority shareholder in Crisil?
Standard & Poor (S&P)
189) The same two key words are used to describe the following two phenomena: (i) This kind of
liability is one wherein the injury or harm takes time to become known, and the gap between a
claim and the circumstances that caused it could be decades. (ii) T he phrase coined by Chris
Anderson to describe how products that are in low demand can collectively make up a market
share that rivals or exceeds the relatively few current bestsellers or blockbusters if distribution
is adequate. Can you name them?
Long Tail
190) In an interview to a daily, he said: "I live on my farm most of the time, coming to Mumbai only
for shootings." He was asked about his decision to be the brand ambassador of Mahyco
Monsanto's Bt Cotton products. Who's he?
Nana Patekar
191) The origins of this company go back to 1901, when Englishman William Knox D'Arcy got to
explore the oil resources of Persia, thanks to a concession he obtained from the Shah of
Persia. It took years to make the discovery, and when it was made, the Angl o-Persian Oil
Company was formed, which is now called what?
British Petroleum
192) Pepsi lost its bid to trademark one of its product's brands in the European Union. A EU court
ruled recently that the name could be confused with a German potato chips brand, marketed
by Intersnack Knabber-Geback. Which is this brand, and what is Pepsi 's?
Ruffles
193) Complete the name: Cara Carleton Sneed ....
Fiorina
194) Under what brand name does Bengal Waterproof Ltd, whose subsidiaries include Bihar
Rubber Company Ltd and Bensri Rubber Products, sell its products?
Duckback
195) Which pioneering industrialist said: "There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the
best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages
possible"? He sure practised what he preached!
Henry Ford
196) Charles Simonyi, along with Butler Lampson, is said to have developed the first WYSIWYG,
pronounced 'wizzy-wig' or 'wuzzy-wig', document preparation programme. What does it stand
for?
What You See Is What You Get
197) Which country's Postal Department, for the first time, dressed up its postmen as Santa
Clauses in an effort to match up with the Christmas promotions of private players?
India
198) What is Santa Claus Effect w.r.t US teenager behavioral pattern?
The phenomenon of most US teenagers losing their virginity during Christmas
Holidays!
199) What was Mrs. Weasley's Christmas gift to Harry Potter on his first Christmas at Hogwarts
School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?
A bright emerald-green hand-knit sweater
200) Name the world’s first bicycle brand
Boneshaker (1866) manufactured by Swift cycle company at Coventry, England
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