Q. On a freezing winter day in 1961, 7-year-old X came home from school in Brooklyn to find his parents in tears. His dad, a deliveryman, had broken his ankle and was out of a job, with no health insurance. His family's fear scarred X. Later, as he grew, he vowed to build "the kind of company my father never got a chance to work for." Identify X and the company that he started.
A. X - Howard Schultz
1. e-Bay : Paypal :: Google :____________
a. Google Checkout
2. The name X is a combination of the words 'Tiger' and 'Iguana'. It was chosen by the public by voting through magazines and internet. The other names it could have been were Namib, Rockton, Samun and Nanuk. What is X?
a. X - Tiguan. This is a miniature SUV to be produced by Volkswagen.
3. Where would you find efavirenz 600 mg/ emtricitabine 200 mg/ tenofovir disoproxil fumarate 300 mg)?
a. The new medicine ATRIPLA, the First Once-Daily Single Tablet Regimen for Adults with HIV-1 Infection. This product has been developed through the collaboration between Bristol-Myers Squibb and Gilead Sciences. The collaboration is the first of its kind in the 25-year history of the AIDS epidemic.
4. 'bwin' is the new brand name for which company?
a. betandwin. BETandWIN.com Interactive Entertainment AG, which came into the market in 1999 as a new on-line sport-betting enterprise developed into one of the world's leading on-line gaming companies. Yet the brand name did not fulfill the desired requirements regarding a differentiation from the competition. Just like betandwin had already, numerous on-line gaming companies decided to use the word "bet" themselves as part of their brand names: Betfair, Bet365, Sportingbet, Centrebet, Betsson, Canbet, Betinternet and bet-at-home, just to name a few.
5. X was founded in 1991 by Craig Sams and his wife, Josephine Fairley. In 1994 the company began purchasing cocoa from Mayan farmers in Belize for their Maya Gold chocolate bar, and were awarded the 1994 Worldaware Business Award for good business practice. In May 2005 Cadbury-Schweppes bought X for an undisclosed sum, estimated to be around £20m. Cadbury has pledged to run the company as a separate business. Name the company.
a. Green's and Blacks.
6.
Identify the individual. (Refer: pic1)
a. Abishek Kumarasubramanian. This IIT, Madras student won the Code4bill contest. He has been selected for a one-year internship with Bill Gates and will work directly with his technical assistants' team in the United States after winning the contest. The Code4bill contest was announced by Bill Gates during his last visit to India.
7. A. Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from St. Stephen's College, Delhi.
B. Completed his Ph.D at the age of 22 at the Tufts University and was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters in International Affairs by the University of Puget Sound.
C. Working for the UN since 1978 and has been the executive assistant to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.
D. Named as 'Global Leader of Tomorrow' by the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
E. Was appointed the United Nations Coordinator for Multilingualism.
Given above are a few of the achievements of this person. Who is this distinguished personality?
a. Shashi Tharoor. In June 2006, the Indian Government announced its support for Tharoor's candidature as Kofi Annan's successor for the post of UN Secretary General.
8. 'The Expected One'. What is it and why is it in the news now?
a. 'The Expected One' is the debut novel by Kathleen McGowan, who is an American author, musician and self-proclaimed descendent of Jesus and Mary Magdalene. She had apparently submitted her proposal to publishers in 1997, 6 yrs before Dan Brown published The Da Vinci Code, but was laughed out for her idea of Jesus being married to Mary Magdalene. She published the book herself last year after selling shoes on eBay to pay for research. Only 2500 copies were sold, but Touchstone Books is releasing the book on July 25th with a first print of 250,000 copies. But the author's reluctance to publish evidence of her claim to be descended from Jesus has fuelled scepticism.
9. This Chennai-based company is launching the Book Monster Club for children in the age group of 1-14 years. The books will be sold only to club members and not through retail stores. Which company?
a. Manoj Prakashan
10. India Post has launched its first water-proof and tear-resistant envelope, developed in partnership with this company, right in time for Raksha Bandhan. Name the company.
a. DU PONT
Bonus Question (2 points)
Q. a. His only failing grade in school at the age of 14, was an 'F' in music class.
b. In 1961, he joined the US Army and was a trainee paratrooper. His military records show that he was considered an incompetent soldier, repeatedly caught sleeping while on duty and missing at midnight bed-check. Superiors noted that he needed constant supervision even for basic tasks and lacked motivation.
c. It is believed that his constant use of LSD was an integral part of his creative process.
d. He was found dead in a basement flat in London. He died amid circumstances which have never been satisfactorily explained. He had spent the night with his German girlfriend, and likely died in bed after drinking wine and taking 9 Vesperax sleeping pills, then drowning in his own vomit.
Who is he?
A. Jimi Hendrix
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