Never Been Bizzed 1
1.Despite the high tech image of NASDAQ, they have brought down the electronic exchange twice.Once,they knocked out the power in 1994, and the NASDAQ system failed to roll over to its battery backup, causing an interruption in trading of one half hour.In 1987, they entered a transformer and caused a power surge, halting trading for 8 minutes.Other instances of downtime have occurred when computer systems have unexpectedly rebooted or software upgrades have gone awry. What?Squirrels.
2.This term was coined by journalist Don Hoefler in 1971. He used it as the title of a series of one of the articles in a weekly trade newspaper Electronic News which started with the January 11, 1971 issue. Which term?Silicon Valley.
3.The word was coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871). In the book, Humpty Dumpty explains to Alice words from Jabberwocky, saying, "Well, slithy means lithe and slimy .....................You see it's like a _______________........." Carroll often used such words to a humorous effect in his work.It is also said it comes from Middle French formerly referred to a large travelling bag or suitcase with two compartments.Portmanteau.
4.Three Frenchmen fighting the British soldiers in the Sunderbans, West Bengal sought refuge in a temple, wounded and dying. The temple was of Goddess Laxmi.This gave rise to something else,What?The brand name,Lakme.
5.In 1788, a nineteen-year-old Welshman, named Thomas.P, came to Madras to seek his fortune. At that time banking was his principal business, but he also bought and sold commodities such as Madeira wine, books, real estate and Bengal lottery tickets.The company he started still bears his name and is the second oldest commercial house in India and one of the oldest in the world. As a company, they first began operations in sugar production. It then diversified into fertilisers and other farm inputs. Sulphuric acid was used in the production of these fertilisers and the first ceramic products made by them were jars to store this acid. It is this division that went on to become X in 1952.What is X ? Identify the company.X is Parryware.Company obviously is Parry's.
6.It was a product developed by Roche in 1933. Initially it contained phenacetin as the active ingredient,thus had trouble from chemists. But later phenacetin was replaced by acetaminophen, a proven safe and effective drug that was easier on the stomach than aspirin.Which product?Saridon.
7.In markets like Andhra Pradesh, retailers refer to it as ‘Virtual Gold’ –‘Bangaram’ and ‘Sona’.This widely used product has existed since 1935. Which one?Zandu Balm.
8."It takes AGES to be as good as ____" was the tagline for which product or atleast the company?SEGA
9."Once you go ___. You'll never go back" tagline for?Also complete the blank.Apple Macintosh computers,in the 1990's.Blank is Mac.
10."More reasons to shop at _________"What? WM Morrison's .The slogan is intended to be read in a Northern English accent, which makes "More reasons" sound similar to "Morrisons"
2.This term was coined by journalist Don Hoefler in 1971. He used it as the title of a series of one of the articles in a weekly trade newspaper Electronic News which started with the January 11, 1971 issue. Which term?Silicon Valley.
3.The word was coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871). In the book, Humpty Dumpty explains to Alice words from Jabberwocky, saying, "Well, slithy means lithe and slimy .....................You see it's like a _______________........." Carroll often used such words to a humorous effect in his work.It is also said it comes from Middle French formerly referred to a large travelling bag or suitcase with two compartments.Portmanteau.
4.Three Frenchmen fighting the British soldiers in the Sunderbans, West Bengal sought refuge in a temple, wounded and dying. The temple was of Goddess Laxmi.This gave rise to something else,What?The brand name,Lakme.
5.In 1788, a nineteen-year-old Welshman, named Thomas.P, came to Madras to seek his fortune. At that time banking was his principal business, but he also bought and sold commodities such as Madeira wine, books, real estate and Bengal lottery tickets.The company he started still bears his name and is the second oldest commercial house in India and one of the oldest in the world. As a company, they first began operations in sugar production. It then diversified into fertilisers and other farm inputs. Sulphuric acid was used in the production of these fertilisers and the first ceramic products made by them were jars to store this acid. It is this division that went on to become X in 1952.What is X ? Identify the company.X is Parryware.Company obviously is Parry's.
6.It was a product developed by Roche in 1933. Initially it contained phenacetin as the active ingredient,thus had trouble from chemists. But later phenacetin was replaced by acetaminophen, a proven safe and effective drug that was easier on the stomach than aspirin.Which product?Saridon.
7.In markets like Andhra Pradesh, retailers refer to it as ‘Virtual Gold’ –‘Bangaram’ and ‘Sona’.This widely used product has existed since 1935. Which one?Zandu Balm.
8."It takes AGES to be as good as ____" was the tagline for which product or atleast the company?SEGA
9."Once you go ___. You'll never go back" tagline for?Also complete the blank.Apple Macintosh computers,in the 1990's.Blank is Mac.
10."More reasons to shop at _________"What? WM Morrison's .The slogan is intended to be read in a Northern English accent, which makes "More reasons" sound similar to "Morrisons"
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