Business and Innovation - Quiz by By- Abhijeet Lele

1. Business and
Innovation
Quiz
By- Abhijeet Lele
Date: 24th Oct 2015

2. 1.
Google’s driverless cars have a
rooftop sensor X which is
responsible for capturing and
scanning a 360 degree view.
What is X?

3. Ans.
LIDAR- Light Detection and
Ranging

4. 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?

5. Ans. TechShop

6. 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?

7. Ans. Dangote

8. 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?

9. Ans. Benjamin Black

10. 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?

11. Ans. Singularity University

12. 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?

13. Ans.
X Blaster
Y PC and Office Technology

14. 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?

15. Ans.
X Google
Y Project Oxygen

16. 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?

17. Ans.
X Scott Cook
Y Intuit Inc.

18. 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?

19. Ans. X 3M
Y Post-it notes

20. 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?

21. Ans.
X Blue Origin
Y Jeff Bezos

22. 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.

23. Ans. InMobi