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!!:)
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Comment by Antariksh — June 4, 2009 @ 10:04 pm |
@ bharat : LOL
Comment by thequarkysoupy — June 5, 2009 @ 12:09 am |
Original credit for the pun goes to Eeshan, I think
Comment by Antariksh — June 5, 2009 @ 12:12 am |
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 |
@antariksh..dint know that.
Comment by bharat jakati — June 5, 2009 @ 12:24 am |
answers:
mozilla
hotmail
reebok
ask.com askjeeves.com jeeves
hewlett packard
b
b
backrub
Comment by thequarkysoupy — June 5, 2009 @ 2:09 pm |