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Question 1 :
"Dedicated to the second best advertising agency in the whole world ; Whoever they might be." Name the book.

And the answer is ... Positioning - Al Ries and Jack Trout.




Question 2 :
What is " Bill Gates tax " ?

And the answer is ... The amount of money out of the price of a new personal computer that goes to Mic-rosoft in the form of operating system licensing fees and other charges.




Question 3 :
Two of the current management jargons in vogue are FIB & FIPB . What do they stand for ?

And the answer is ... Fire In Belly -for young managers ; Fire In Pot Belly - for fat , middle-aged ma-nagers.




Question 4 :
Which product has/had the punchline " men are from mars , woman are just down to earth " ?

And the answer is ... Femina.




Question 5 :
The first clone of Apple II computer appeared in 1979. What was its name ?

And the answer is ... Orange.




Question 6 :
What could have been Neon , Lyric , Pepper or Silk ?

And the answer is ... Java.




Question 7 :
On whose tombstone would you find the inscription : " Here lies a man ; Who knew how to enlist ; in his service; Better men than himself " .

And the answer is ... Andrew Carnegie.




Question 8 :
When Steve Wozniak was 18 yrs old , he used to sell illegal devices that allowed free long distance phone calls. This was at a place called Homebrew Computer Club . To whom did he make his first free phone call ?

And the answer is ... To the Pope at Vatican.




Question 9 :
In IT world who or what is 'NOISE' ?

And the answer is ... The adversaries and enemies of Microsoft: Netscape, Oracle, IBM, Sun, and Everyo-ne else.




Question 10 :
The first U.S. coin to bear the words "United States of America," was a penny piece made in 1727. There was plain spoken motto inscribed on it . What was the inscription ?

And the answer is ... Mind Your Own Business.