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Quiz Circuit: Silicon Valley - Answers

1. "People can share the location they are at with friends by “checking in” through an sms (or a smartphone app). Points are awarded for checking in at various venues. Users can then connect their accounts to their Social Networking Sites accounts, which can update when a check in is registered. By checking in a certain number of times, or in different locations, users can collect virtual badges. In addition, users who have checked in the most times at a certain venue will be crowned “Mayor” until someone surpasses their number. Various venues now offer special deals to users who are “mayors”. " This is a description of which website?
Foursquare

2. Dustin Moskowitz and Chris Hughes are co-founders of which very popular website?
Facebook

3. Which site claims that it is the largest Search Engine in China?
Baidu

4. What is the designation of David Filo at Yahoo?
Co-founder and Chief Yahoo

5. Here is a fun question: What is 'Duck Duck Go'?
It is a general purpose Search Engine

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Quiz Circuit: Biz Quiz - Answers

1. "The Voice of India's Business Community" This is the tag line of which industry body?
FICCI.

2. Who inaugurated the ASSOCHAM's first conference?
Lord Chelmsford.

3. What is common to: Mr Venu Srinivasan, Mr K. V Kamath, Mr Sunil Bharti Mittal, Mr R Seshasayee and Mr Yogesh C Deveshwar?
Past Presidents of the CII.

4. Who is the current President of ASSOCHAM?
Swati Piramal.

5. Which organisation publishes "Footfalls" on the Retail sector?
FICCI.

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Quiz: Business

Aloha Everyone,

Time for another quiz. This time on Business. See how many you can crack, without 'googling'. ;-)

1. What is the "cash for clunkers" program? ... Ans.) The federal "cash for clunkers" program - (Car Allowance Rebate System) - offered $3,500 to $4,500 to people who traded in an old car for a new one with higher fuel economy. The subsidy was intended to increase vehicle sales. It was also meant to prop up the American auto industry. Of course it is a different issue that the brand that was at the top of the list was Toyota!!! So much for improving American auto industry.

2. The online e-commerce giant eBay has, very recently, agreed to sell the majority stake in a ‘unit’ of its company. Name the unit. ... Ans.) eBay agreed to sell its Internet phone unit Skype for $1.9 billion. It still retains a 35-percent stake.

3. How did we know the Syndicate Bank pre-nationalization? ... Ans.) Canara Industrial and Banking Syndicate Ltd.

4. Who is the Director-general of the WTO? ... Ans.) Pascal Lamy

5. What was founded in 1960 with a handshake between Mark McCormack and golf legend Arnold Palmer? ... Ans.) IMG, the sports management group

And that is time up...

Please put down your answers in the Comments section.

Ciao