RULES

● A question with four hints

● First hint is most difficult, second easier and so

on...

● If you crack the question at 1st hint: +40, 2nd hint:

+30, 3rd: +20, 4th +10.

● A question can be attempted only once.

● DONT shout the answers.

As a child, he started making

money by selling chewing

gums, Coca cola, and weekly

magazines door-to-door.

Later in his life, he eventually

purchased 7% stake in Coca cola

amounting to $1.02 B.

1.1

His famous company

shares its name with

one of Cat woman, and

wife of Shakespeare.

1.2

He is also known as

"Wizard of Omaha" or

"Sage of Omaha".

1.3

Consistently one of the richest

guys in the world, he

dethroned Bill Gates in 2008.

After donating billions to

charity, he again become

second richest man in 2009.

1.4

Andy Bechtolsheim, co-founder

of X was the first investor of

Google, even before it was

formed.

Incidentally, X derives its name

from alma mater of Google

founders.

2.1

One of the most widely used

language, Y, was developed here.

Y Desktop System - was code named

"Mad Hatter."

Also interestingly, this company used

Y as its NASDAQ tickr symbol.

2.2

Headquartered at Santa

Clara, California, other co-founders of

Company include Vinod Khosla, Bill

Joy, and Scott McNealy.

Some of products made in this

company, X are Virtual Box, Vi

editor, Star Office, The C shell. (by no

means this list is exhaustive)

2.3

It was acquired by Oracle Corporation.

Some of notable figures who have worked

in X are James Gosling, Richard

Stallman...

Paul Graham in his one of article said that

X is the most notable exception to the rule

that if the company have hacker culture, it

will perform wonders.

2.4

A's father was a former Olympic Boxer

from Iran, and fiercely competitive.

When A was just 9 years old, his father

tried to wager football legend Jim Brown

to play the match against A for a bet of $

10,000 against his house. The match

which was eventually played, for lot less

wages, was won by A.

3.1

Winner of BBC Overseas Sports

Personality of Year Award

1992, A battled with Pete

Sampras (eventual world

champion) five times in 1995 -

winning three of them.

A is described as multi-surface

specialist.

3.2

A is first of two male players to

achieve singles Career Golden

Slam, one of four male players to

achieve Career Grand Slam in

Open Era, and the only male

player to win all four grand slams,

Olympic Gold medal and ATP Tour

World Championship.

3.3

In his autobiography "Open", A told that he

was tested positive for banned substances

at some point in his career, he hated tennis

during his career, and thought that Pete

Sampras was robot.

He was married to Brooke Shield, American

Actress and Model from 1997-99.

A later married Steffi Graf - German Tennis

player and former world no. 1.

3.4

A physical chemist by professional background, X entered the politics

in 1989, following historic developments that year in the country “C”.

X had thesis on "Quantum chemistry", and is receipt of awards such

as : Vision for Europe Award, honorary doctorate from Hebrew

University, Leipzig University, University of Technology in Wroclaw.

Also, X has received Presidential Medal of Freedom from US

President Barack Obama in 2009.

On 31 May, 2011 - Indian Government awarded X Jawaharlal Nehru

Award - for international Understanding.

To wind up this long clue, X was named fourth most powerful person

by Forbes Magazine in 2011.

4.1

In Wikileaks, " X is an un-imaginative person... "

Perhaps, the most controversial decision of X

career was to hand over M100 Media award

personally to Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard.

On the other hand, X had fiercely declared that

"Islam is part of C" and

"C will see more mosques."

X and the cabinet had supported the idea of

Islamic education and classes in school.

X had acquired the nickname of "Mutti" in career.

4.2

In 2007, X was president of European

Council, and chaired G8. X is seen as playing

a central role in current Euro crisis in Europe

and international observers called X "the

decider."

For several years, X is called "the de facto

leader of EU."

In only democratic election held in once

existing country, X had won and had became

deputy spokesperson.

4.3

In 1998, X was named Sec-

general, and in 2005 The

Chancellor of Germany.

Forbes named X as the Most

Influential Woman in recent

years.

4.4

Born in Ryan, Oklahoma to as father who was

bus driver, truck driver and mechanic; X

childhood was downbeat.

X was non-athletic, shy and scholastically

mediocre. He was taunted by other children for

his mixed ethnicity (Irish, Cherokee Native

American). And like all others, X day-dreamed

about beating up his tormentors.

He had described his life in autobiography:

"Against All Odds: My story"

5.1

This God-fearing X debuted in Dean Martin's film -

"The Wrecking Crew."

In Movie "Way of Dragon" he was nemesis to

Bruce Lee.

His' first starring role was 1977's Breaker!

Breaker!, and subsequent films such as Good

Guys Wear Black (1978), The Octagon (1980), An

Eye for an Eye (1981), and Lone Wolf McQuade

proved his increasing box office bank-ability

5.2

X created the martial art Chun Kuk Do, which is

based primarily on Tang Soo Do and includes

elements from every combat style he knows.

Like many other martial arts, Chun Kuk Do

includes a code of honor and rules to live by.

These rules are from X's personal code.

X' official website lists celebrity clients at his

Martial Art schools; among them Steve

McQueen, Chad McQueen, Bob

Barker, Priscilla Presley, Donny Osmond and

Marie Osmond.

5.3

Due to his tough guy image, X

became part of Internet

phenomenon known as "X

facts", much in similar way like

Indian hero Rajnikanth.

5.4

X's Advisor and former Carnegie Tech prof

wrote a letter of recommendation for X

which was only one line long - "This Man is

genius."

X was accepted by Harvard University; but

the chairman of the mathematics

department of Princeton, Solomon

Lefschetz, offered him the John S. Kennedy

fellowship, which was enough to convince X

that Harvard valued him less. And thus he

went to Princeton.

6.1

With Erdos Number (you all know what it

means right?) 3, this man is known as

"Phantom of Fine Hall" - a shadowy

figure who would scribble arcane

equations on blackboards in the middle

of the night.

The legend appears in a work of fiction

based on Princeton life, The Mind-Body

Problem, by Rebecca Goldstein.

6.2

Most famously known for his work in Game

theory, X has won 1994 Nobel Memorial

Prize in Economic Sciences. Slyvia Nasar

wrote a biography of his life, which was

turned into major motion picture loosely

based on it with Russel Crow in lead.

While in truth, X was never asked to give

acceptance speech for his Nobel prize, in

movie, the fictional speech is given and is

titled - "Logic in Love"

6.3

X suffers from Schizophrenia - and was

admitted to several hospitals for treatment.

However, he didn't like medical treatment

much, and in his own words only took

medication under pressure.

Apart from Slyvia' Nasar novel based

movie, other documentary exploring life of

X is: "A Brilliant Madness."

6.4