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Mint Quiz # 38
Mint Quiz # 38
First Published: Sat, Mar 15 2008. 02 27 AM IST

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1. In 1991, this firm was caught submitting false bids to the US, in an
attempt to purchase more Treasury bonds than permitted by one
buyer. It was fined $290 million, the largest ever fine levied on an

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investment bank at the time, which led to its weakening and acquisition. Which company?

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2. Fortune named it Americas Most Innovative Company for six consecutive years. This firm claimed
revenues of $111 billion in 2000. At the end of 2001 it was revealed that its reported financial condition
was sustained mostly by institutionalized, systematic, and creatively planned accounting fraud. Which
company?

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3. This company (1711 c1850s) was an English company granted a monopoly to trade with South
America under a treaty with Spain. The government and the company convinced the holders of around
10 million of short-term government debt to exchange it with a new issue of stock in the company.
Rumours of possible profits led to overheated speculation in this companys shares. However, when the
voyages were delayed and little actual profit resulted, the share price collapsed. Which company?

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4. William E. _____ studied at Yale University and worked initially in the timber industry, there he also
acquired knowledge of wooden structures. He founded a company on July 15, 1916, together with
George Conrad Westervelt, a Navy engineer, and named it after their initials. Soon the name was
changed to Pacific Aero Products. In 1917, the company got its present name. Which company?
5. On 25 February, 2008, the Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400 took off from Heathrow Airport and landed
at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. What unique distinction does this flight hold?
6. He was one of the luminaries at the Moscow-based Central Aero and Hydrodynamics Institute from
1929 to his death in 1972. During his career, he designed and oversaw the design of more than 100
types of aircraft, some of which set 78 world records. Which aircraft is named after him?
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7. This website was originally intended to be called cadabra, which was short for abracadabra, but the

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suggestion was dropped in favour of the present name because it was thought that it would sound like
cadaver. Which website?
8. This website, with the tag line news for nerds, stuff that matters, was given its name to confuse
people who tried to pronounce its full URL. Which website?
9. The website line56.com is a B2B website. It gets its name from line 56 of a certain play of William
Shakespeare. Which line?
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6. Anton Tupolev. Tupolev aircraft are named after him

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7. Amazon.com

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8. Slashdot. The name was chosen to confuse people who tried to pronounce its full URL
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9. To be or not to be is line 56 of Hamlet. The name was chosen as it was a B2B site
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