Friday, August 13, 2010

Quiz of the day

Identify and connect.

1. This company, which originally started off as a metal workshop, was founded in 1912 by Tokuji Hayakawa in Tokyo. The name of the company comes from the name of one its initial products, the Ever -______ mechanical pencil. Today, the company is known for a different range of products altogether. Identify the company.

2. This company headquartered in Newbury, England, is Britain's third largest company and the largest company in terms of revenue in its particular sector. The name of the company is an acronym of voice data ______. Identify the company.

3. This company was established in 1919 in Shanghai by Cornelius Vander Starr, who was in fact the first westerner to sell ____ to the Chinese. The company was forced to move out in 1949 as Mao Zedong led the advance of the Communist People's Liberation Army to Shanghai. It is now headquartered in New York.

4. This company is a provider of risk management services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, human capital and management consulting, and specialty insurance underwriting.Its three lettered name, comes from the Gaelic word meaning 'oneness'. Identify the company.

3 comments:

Mridul said...

1. Sharp
2. Vodafone
3. AIG
4. ?
but 4th will also be a Manchester United sponsor I guess :)

Hawk said...

If Mridul's thought process is correct (which I think it is), then 4 is AON.

A Man United question from Vatsan!!! :O

Arkantos said...

yup, you got em all correct! ironical, isn't it..me asking a ManU question :P (nowadays, i'm just a supporter of football or 'soccer' as these people call it)