Quiz
Quiz
The company X has a long and distinguished history of serving royalty, as well as stars and celebrities. One Prince of Wales hailed X as "Joaillier des Rois, Roi des Joailliers" (Jeweller to Kings, King of Jewellers"). X received an order for 27 tiaras for the coronation of the future British King. King Edward VII was crowned in 1902 and in 1904 he honoured the Company with the Royal warrant of supplier to the Royal Court of England. In 1856 - Princess Mathilde, niece of Napoleon I and cousin to Emperor Napoleon III, made her first purchase from X.
Identify X.
X was founded as AuctionWeb in San Jose, California, on September 3, 1995, by French-born Iranian computer programmer Pierre Omidyar as part of a larger personal site that included, among other things, Omidyar's own tongue-in-cheek tribute to the Ebola virus. One of the first items sold on X was a broken laser pointer for $14.83. December 20, 2010, X says it will acquire a German online shopping club - brand4friends for 150 million Euro ($197 million) to strengthen the company fashion business in Europe. It is subject to regulatory approval and expected to close it in the Q1 2011 Identify X.
Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, X produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel. X developed into a video game company, becoming one of the most influential in the industry The name X can be roughly translated from Japanese to English as "leave luck to heaven. Identify X
X was founded in December 1982 by John Warnock and Charles Geschke, who established the company after leaving Xerox PARC In 1992, X acquired OCR Systems, Inc.; in 1994, the company acquired Aldus Corporation. Indentify X.
In August 2007, the band Pearl Jam performed in Chicago at Lollapalooza which was being web-broadcast by X. The band, while playing the song "Daughter", started playing a version of Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall" but with altered lyrics critical of president George Bush. These lyrics included "George Bush, leave this world alone!" and, "George Bush, find yourself another home!". Listeners to Xs web broadcast heard only the first line because the rest was censored although, Xs spokesman Michael Coe said that the silencing was "a mistake. Identify X.
The name of this company is a portmanteau of Legend and Latin ablative for "new". The Chinese name means "association" or "connected thinking" but can also imply creativity. Which Company are we talking about?