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Famous Duos

Renowned pairings have elevated the bar in every genre whether it is literature, technology,
medicine, television, or any other. They have formed partnerships to create things that have
changed the way we think or act.
Read the descriptions and write the names of these partners. You may use the Clue Box.

1. These two brothers were writers who popularised
folklore. They created characters like Snow White, Hansel
and Gretel, and Cinderella, that are popular even today.

_________________________

2. Their father gave them a toy helicopter when they were
not even teenagers. This stirred their interest in flying,
later, they went on to build the first plane.
_________________________

3. This Indian duo, both IIT alumni, were the founders of
Flipkart, one of the largest e-commerce companies, started
from a Bengaluru flat. Even though they share the same
last name, they are not related.
_________________________

4. The Russian-American duo met in 1995, and together
founded the search engine, Google. They started Google
more than 20 years ago as science graduate students at
Stanford University. _________________________

5. They were childhood friends who shared a love for
computers. They teamed up to translate their passion into
a business idea that led to the formation of Microsoft.

_________________________

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Paul Allen and Bill Gates, Binny Bansal
and Sachin Bansal, Wilbur Wright and Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, the duo who began
Orville Wright, Larry Page and Sergey Apple’s computer in 1976, are among the most well-
Brin, Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm known revolutionaries of telecommunication.

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