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Business and Innovation
QuizBy- Abhijeet Lele
Date: 24th Oct 2015
1. Google’s driverless cars have a rooftop sensor X which is responsible for
capturing and scanning a 360 degree view. What is X?
Ans.LIDAR- Light Detection and
Ranging
2. X is a chain of member-based workshops that lets people of all skill levels come in and use industrial tools and equipment to build their own projects. X was founded by Jim Newton
and Ridge McGhee in California, USA. Identify X?
Ans. TechShop
3. X is the largest industrial
conglomerate in Western Africa headquartered in Lagos with current business interest and
presence widespread in cement, sugar, oil, food sectors. Identify X?
Ans. Dangote
4. A website engineer X at
Amazon.com, Inc. wrote a white paper about his idea of
computing power at cloud which later became foundation behind
development of Amazon Web Services (AWS). Name X?
Ans. Benjamin Black
5. In 2008, Peter Diamandis, Ray
Kurzweil and Salim Ismail founded a university X in NASA
Research Park, California. X aims to develop global network of
innovation ecosystems alongside a coalition of entrepreneurs, business leaders. Name X?
Ans. Singularity University
6. In 1984, Elon Musk developed a video game X and got its source code published in magazine Y.
Elon got $ 500 from publisher as reward for this publication?
Identify X and Y?
Ans. X Blaster
Y PC and Office Technology
7. In search of answer for the
question “Do managers matter?” X launched an internal
research initiative Y? Since then, Y has given consistent
insights on what activities by a manager really matter for X.
Identify X and Y?
Ans. X Google
Y Project Oxygen
8. In 1983, X a former employee of Procter & Gamble realized that
personal computer will replace paper and pencil based personal accounting and cofounded a computer software
company Y? Today, Y develops financial and tax preparation
software for individuals and small businesses. Identify X and Y?
Ans. X Scott CookY Intuit Inc.
9. In 1968, a scientist Dr. Spencer Silver at X was attempting to develop a
super-strong adhesive but instead he developed a low tack reusable and pressure
sensitive adhesive. This innovation helped X to
launch what we know today as Y. Identify X and Y?
Ans. X 3MY Post-it notes
10. X is a private space exploration company founded in September,
2000 by Y. Today, Y is giving nightmares to human resource
department of SpaceX by poaching employees. Identify X
and Y?
Ans. X Blue OriginY Jeff Bezos
11. X is a performance based
mobile advertising network founded by Naveen Tewari and backed by Soft Bank. X
is headquarted in Bangalore, India and is giving head on
competition to giant ad network provider, Google.
Identify X.
Ans. InMobi