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Friday, October 27, 2006

Sanskriti Quiz Round 1 Answers

The answers for the Sanskriti Quiz Round 1 are as follows.

  1. This company is in existence since 1863. Their name ________ & Rossi originated in 1879, when Alessandro _______ and Luigi Rossi were positioned as the directors of the company. In 1922, the company changed to its current name. This brand is almost unavailable in USA because of another popular drink with the same name. Fill in the blanks.# Martini
  2. In 1906, William J. Riley, a 33 year old English immigrant, founded this company which manufactured arch supports and other accessories in Boston, Massachusetts. Despite eschewing expensive advertising campaigns, it has grown significantly and is the fourth largest in its field. ‘Endorsed by no one’ is one of their major selling points. Identify the brand.# New Balance
  3. In 1911, Beiersdorf developed a water-in-oil emulsifier as a skin cream with Eucerit, the first stable emulsion of its kind. The company's owner, Oskar Troplowitz, named the product after the Latin word for ‘snow-white’. Identify the brand.# Nivea
  4. First produced in the 16th century, it is now manufactured in a town in the western Mexican state of Jalisco. It is made from the blue agave ________ weber plant, part of the native lily family. This popular product is primarily available in four variants: oro, blanco, reposado, anejo. Name the product. #Tequila
  5. 6.This company was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney and was a pioneer in arcade games, home video game consoles, and home computers. The company that bears the current name was founded in 1993 as GT Interactive. Their first product was PONG. Identify the company.#Atari
  6. This company was founded by Tsutomu Kato and Tadashi Osanai in 1962 as Keio Electronic Laboratories. In1963, the company's first product, an electro-mechanical rhythm device called the Donca matic DA-20 was released. Identify this world famous brand.#Korg
  7. Research in Motion (RIM) is a Canadian wireless device company headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario. It was founded by Mike Lazaridis, who currently serves as its co-CEO along with Jim Balsillie. What is their most famous product?#Blackberry communication device
  8. This 125,000 sq. ft. datacenter is located Near the US Highway 71 in Joplin, Missouri. The datacenter has a supposed capacity of over 460 terabytes of data. It is a strongly built facility which can withstand many natural and man made disasters. Loaded with generators and the capability to retain data link with their network, it is believed to be the second biggest datacenter in the world after the Pentagon. Which company’s owns it? #Wal-Mart
  9. It was founded on January 22, 1870 by the private banker Adelbert Delbruck and the politician Ludwig Bamberger. Its first branches outside Germany were opened in Shanghai (1872), London (1873), and Yokohama (1872). The current CEO is Josef Ackerman. Identify the company.#Deutsche Bank
  10. This company was a division of Racal Electronics plc in the early 1980’s. In 1982, they started their business in UK. They launched themselves with their current name on Jan 1, 1985. Their logo is called the speechmark logo. Name the company.#Vodafone
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