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June 4, 2009

Brand-etymology quiz

Filed under: Brain Teasers — Nidhi Shanbhag @ 3:26 am

Quiz on the etymology of company names…all are guessable…kindly dont google!

1. Web Browser X was named as a portmanteau of Y , its predecessor and a hollywood blockbuster Z.ID X,Y,Z

2. The email service named after the html language?

3. Puma isnt the only sports brand named after an animal . which is the other one?

4. An internet search engine X is a shortened form of its orginal name Y, which paid tribute to a character Z from PG wodehouse novels .id XYZ

5. The wright brothers decided which one of them would fly first based on a coin toss .A similar method was employed by X and Y , co-founders of an electronics giant, to decide the order in which their names would appear. name the company X-Y

MCQ:

6. Quantas is

a.a portmanteau b. an acronym c. derived from an aboriginal word meaning flight

7. SUN is

a.the translation of the founders name . b. an acronym     c.a name depicting awesome sunny qualities,

and finally

8.What do a spa and Google have in common??

hint:- a spa provides a “service” ..that plays a role in the history of google  (etymologically).

cheers!

answers by 4 pm friday!!:)

16 Comments »

  1. Add it to your bookmarks toolbar, and all you need to do is click on the button to convert all TextArea text.

    Comment by Antariksh — June 4, 2009 @ 10:04 pm | Reply

  2. @ bharat : LOL

    Comment by thequarkysoupy — June 5, 2009 @ 12:09 am | Reply

  3. Original credit for the pun goes to Eeshan, I think

    Comment by Antariksh — June 5, 2009 @ 12:12 am | Reply

  4. silicon valley??

    just kidding..onpxeho?
    i had to wiki this one out..the search engine was, in its formative stages, thus known.

    Comment by bharat jakati — June 5, 2009 @ 12:14 am | Reply

  5. @antariksh..dint know that.

    Comment by bharat jakati — June 5, 2009 @ 12:24 am | Reply

  6. answers:
    mozilla
    hotmail
    reebok
    ask.com askjeeves.com jeeves
    hewlett packard
    b
    b
    backrub

    Comment by thequarkysoupy — June 5, 2009 @ 2:09 pm | Reply


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