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Fernando Alonso won his first Formula 1 World Championship in 2005 with the Renault team, which was titled 'Mild Seven Renault' at that time. Mild Seven was a major tobacco sponsor of Renault from 1994 to 2006. Elf was a previous sponsor, Total was later, and Renault is the manufacturer, not the title sponsor.

Marlboro has been Ferrari's title sponsor for decades, with one of the longest sponsorships in F1 history. The iconic red and white branding has been associated with Ferrari since 1984. Tata has sponsorship connections with Ferrari but is not the title sponsor, while Benson and Hedges and Fiat are not Ferrari's title sponsors.

Hublot became the Official Watchmaker of Formula 1 starting in 2010, replacing TAG Heuer who held the position previously. This partnership marked Hublot's entry into major motorsport sponsorship. The other options are all watch brands but not the F1 official timekeeper for 2010.

Santander, the Spanish banking group, became a major sponsor of the McLaren Mercedes team in 2009. This sponsorship was part of Santander's expansion into motorsport marketing, coinciding with their sponsorship of Fernando Alonso. The other options are banks from UK, Netherlands, and France respectively.

Brawn GP featured promotional livery for the movie 'Terminator Salvation' during the 2009 season. This was part of a promotional partnership between the movie studio and the Brawn GP team, which was notably successful that year. The other movies listed were also released around 2009 but did not have F1 car promotions.

Laszlo Biro and his brother Gyorgy invented the modern ballpoint pen in the 1930s. The key innovation was a tiny ball bearing in the tip that rolled to distribute ink smoothly. This design solved the problem of ink clogging and uneven flow that plagued earlier fountain pens.

John Logie Baird demonstrated the first working television system in 1926. He was a Scottish engineer who developed mechanical television using the Nipkow disc system. Though electronic television later replaced his mechanical approach, Baird is rightfully credited as the inventor of television.

Roger Bacon, a 13th-century English philosopher and scientist, is credited with inventing the magnifying glass. He wrote about the properties of lenses and their ability to magnify objects. His work laid the foundation for the development of optical instruments including spectacles and microscopes.

Sachin Tendulkar, widely regarded as one of the greatest cricketers of all time, was born on April 24, 1973, in Mumbai (then Bombay), India.