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Daily Quiz 20-Feb-2013 (Business Quiz)Posted onFebruary 22, 2013

1. Name the wholly owned subsidiary of Nokia who is a major provider of base electronic

navigable maps. History

[edit]Karlin & Collins, Inc.

The company was founded in 1985 by Barry Karlin and Galen Collins. Karlin, originally fromSouth Africa,

told interviewers that he started the company after being frustrated with a paper map of theSan Francisco,

Californiaarea. He thought 'Wouldn't it be nice if I had someone sitting next to me in the car who knew the

way?'[

2. Which company is behind the open source projects Bazaar, Upstart and Quickly.

Canonical Ltd.[7]is a UK-basedprivately heldcomputer

softwarecompany founded (and funded) bySouth AfricanentrepreneurMark Shuttleworthto

market commercial support and related services forUbuntuand related projects. Open-sourcesoftware

Mark Shuttleworth (standing) and other Canonical employees discussLaunchpadat a designsprintin Germany

Ubuntu,[8]

aDebian-basedLinux distributionwithUnity(formerlyGNOME) desktop

Bazaar,[9]a decentralizedrevision controlsystem

Storm, an object-relational mapper forPython,[10]part of the Launchpad codebase

Upstart, anevent-basedreplacement for theinitdaemon

Quickly

Ubuntu Software Center

3. Who succeeded John Sculley as the CEO of Apple in 1993 and was nicknamed Diesel? 3.

Michael Spindler.

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Michael Spindler(born 1942 inGermany), nicknamed "the Diesel" for his reputed around-the-clock work

habits, was president andCEOofApplefro m 1993 to 1996.

4. They were brothers who emigrated to the United States from Italy in the early 20th century.

They started created aircraft propellers and the toothpick was one of the more successfulones. Today they are known for their plumbing manufacturing. Who are we referring to?

Jacuzzi is an Italian multinational corporation that produces whirlpoolbathtubsandhot tubspas. Its

first product was a bath withmassaging jets.

[edit]History

Around 1900, seven brothers named Jacuzzi (Italian pronunciation:[jakuttsi]) immigrated to theUnited

Statesfrom theprovince of Pordenone,Friuli,Italy. They eventually settled on the West Coast

inBerkeley, Californiaand becamemachinists.

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Daily Quiz 21-Feb-2013 (Business Quiz)Posted onFebruary 23, 2013

1. What was first produced in 1891 by the company Karl Elsener, and is currently produced

by Victorinox?

1. Swiss Army Knife.

2. Which company produces the G-Shock range of watches primarily for outdoor activities

and sports? 2. Casio.

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3. Which Walt Disney character first appeared in Mickeys Revue in 1932, and was voiced by

Pinto Colvig? Goofy is afunny animalcartooncharacter created in

1932 atWalt Disney Productions. Goofy is a tall,anthropomorphicdog,

Daily Quiz 24-Feb-2013 (Business Quiz)

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1. Which media conglomerate owns Vogue, Golf Digest, Epicurious, The New Yorker

and Ars Technica? Cond NastPublicationsCond Nast, a division ofAdvance Publications, is a magazine publisher. In the U.S., it produces 18

consumer magazines, includingArchitectural Digest,Bon Apptit,GQ,The New Yorker,Vanity Fair,

andVogue

History

Cond Montrose Nastlaunched his magazine empire in 1909 with the purchase ofVogue, which was

first created in 1892 as a New York weekly journal of society and fashion news

2. Which French brand has three words in its name with Malletier as the thi rd word, but is

popularly known by the first two words. 2. Louis Vuitton. Louis Vuitton Malletier, commonly

referred to as Louis Vuitton(/luivwitn/;French:[lwi vi't]), or shortened to LV, is a French fashion

house founded in 1854 byLouis Vuitton

3. Who became the president of IBM in 1952 and was referred to as the greatest capitalist in

history by TIME magazine?

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Thomas Watson, Jr. Thomas John Watson,Jr. (January 14, 1914 December 31, 1993) was anAmericanbusinessman, political figure, and

philanthropist. He was the 2nd president ofIBM(19521971), the11th national presidentof theBoy

Scouts of America Watson was called "the greatest capitalist in history" and one of "100 most

influential people of the 20th century".[1]

James Wilson (businessman)

James Wilson (3 June 1805 11 August 1860) was a

Scottish businessman, economist andLiberalpolitician. He foundedThe Economistand theStandard

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Herbalife criticism

In December 2012, Ackman issued and presented a research report that is critical ofHerbalife'smulti-

level marketingbusiness model, calling it a pyramid scheme.[1

2. Name the company founded by Manoj Bhargava, who joined The Giving Pledge in

September 2012. 5-hour Energy (stylized as 5-hour ENERGY) is a

flavored"energy shot"brand made by Living Essentials inWabash, Indiana, whose parent firm is

Innovation Ventures inFarmington Hills, Michigan.[1]

It is sold in 1.93 -oz (57 mL) containers

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4. The founder of Freeloader Inc., Tribe Networks and

Support.Com is best known as the CEO of another company. Who andwhich company? 4. Mark Pincus, Zynga. Mark PincusMark Jonathan Pincus (February 13, 1966)

[3]is an Internetentrepreneurbest known as the co-founder

ofZynga, which makes online social games. Pincus also founded Freeloader, Inc.,Tribe Networks,

andSupport.com.[4

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Daily Quiz 01-Mar-2013 (Business Quiz)Posted onMarch 1, 2013

1. Which company did KLM, the aviation company, merge with in 2004? 1. Air France.

2. Which company claims to have launched the worlds first business class in airlines in

1979? 2. Qantas.

3. Which CEO of a major technology company co-authored the

lex software for UNIX-like systems? 3. Eric

Schmidt. Early in his career, Schmidt co-authored thelexanalysis software program for theUnixcomputer

operating system. From 1997 to 2001, he was Chief Executive Officer ofNovell. From 2001 to 2011, heserved as the CEO of Google.

3. What was first created by the company Armbruster, based out of

Arkansas in the United States, in 1928? 3. The stretch limousine

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Reed Hastings

Wilmot Reed Hastings, Jr. (born October 8, 1960) is

anentrepreneurand educationphilanthropist. He is theCEOofNetflix, and on the boards ofFacebookand

numerousnon-profit organizations. After high school, he spent a year sellingRainbow vacuum

cleanersdoor to door.

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2. Who was awarded the 2012 Millennium Technology Prize along with Shinya Yamanaka

from Japan? 2. Linus Torvalds.