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Quiz | Easy as Sunday Morning: The Origin of the Company!
In 1893, drugstore owner Caleb Bradham invented a drink that contained sugar, caramel, nutmeg, and kola nut extract. Its purpose was to help with indigestion or upset stomach.
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1 / 10 | William _______ established a factory in New York in 1806 to manufacture soap and candles in his own name. A hundred years later, they started selling toothpaste in tubes. When they merged with another company that made soap from palm oil and olive oil, they became the largest soap manufacturer in the world. Which company is this?
2 /10 | On January 25, 1881, the two inventors came to an agreement and formed the Oriental Telephone Company. It was founded to sell telephones in the rapidly growing Asian market. Who were these inventors who patented the ability to transmit sound and store it?
Answer: Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell
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3 / 10 | On January 25, 1964, some track and field athletes from the University of Oregon founded a company. Called Blue Ribbon Sports, its purpose was to distribute Japanese shoes made by Onitsuka Tiger. In 1971, using a waffle iron, he created a new sole for track shoes, which he sold under the name of the Greek goddess of victory. Which billion dollar company is this?
4 /10 | Launched in 2005, this e-commerce site was started to help craftsmen and artists sell their wares across the world. The company’s name is inspired by two words, translating to ‘oh, yes’, which the founder heard in an Italian film. Mention the name of the company.
5 /10 | This company named Western India Vegetable Products Limited was started in Bengaluru in 1945 to manufacture vegetable oil. It eventually moved into manufacturing computer hardware and software and became one of the top IT companies in the country. By what name do we know it better now?
6 /10 | In 1893, drugstore owner Caleb Bradham invented a drink that contained sugar, caramel, nutmeg, and kola nut extract. Its purpose was to help with indigestion or upset stomach. What did they name the company?
7 /10 | Originally the founders of this company wanted to call it ‘Twitch’. While searching in the dictionary, he came across a word whose definition was ‘a brief burst of unexpected information’, and he thought it was perfect. Which service got its first name from this entry?
8/10 | In 1952, the government was concerned that Indian women were spending too much foreign exchange on beauty products. Therefore, the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru convinced JRD Tata to manufacture them in India. Which cosmetic company was founded that was named after the French word for Goddess Lakshmi?
9 /10 | In 1953, the Rocket Chemical Company was trying to create a product that could prevent corrosion. This is achieved by water displacement. Ultimately he succeeded in his 40th attempt. Which product, which eventually became the name of the company, was born this way?
10 / 10 | In 1976, a tech entrepreneur who was on a fruit diet went to an orchard. There, he realized that what he saw would make an excellent name for his new company. At first, it seemed like fun; Second, it would appear in the phone book ahead of its rival Atari. Mention the name of the company.
