Saturday, October 10, 2009

Cogito Ergo Sum VI

1. Identify 2.3. 4. Started off as an arm of Timely Publications in 1939, and by the 1950s had generally become known as Atlas X [X being the product category]. In news recently after a media and entertainment conglomerate announced a deal to acquire it. Name the company.
5. The first commercial building in Mumbai to be electrified. The cost of construction was £250000 (£127 million today) with its dome made from the same steel as used in the Eiffel Tower.
6. Breaking away from tradition, this women's perfume brand had a man's name. Its ad created a furor in the late '60s featuring a lady patting a man's backside. Name the brand.
7. Doctor's Associates was founded by Fred De Luca and Peter Buck, Ph.D. in 1965, the sole reason the name included doctor was due to the fact that Peter Buck was a Ph.D. This is a holding company of a very famous brand?
8. It was the 57th anniversary of the first patent on the X 3 days ago. Inventors Norman Woodland and Bernard Silver filed the patent on October 1949, and it was granted,No 2612994 on October 7, 1952
9. Named after an Emperor who allegedly burnt his city so he could build a palatial complex, it is a German company founded in 1995 by Richard Lesser
10. Which company has bought Nortel Networks’ CDMA and LTE business for $1.13 billion?
11. The word X has roots in the trade and ownership of animals. The first use of the word X in English is by novelist William Makepeace Thackeray in his novel, The Newcomes in 1854.
12. One of the world’s largest printer and peripheral manufacturer its name was derived from “Child of electronic printer”

Questions Contributed by MojoJojo aka Niket & Kuldeep.
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