Biz Quiz

[shalinshroff]

LETS TALK OIL!!

1) which major US company at one time filed for bankruptcy as a result for a suit brought against it by Pennzoil?
2)of which company was Richard Cheney , the CEO?
3)(an easy one).. Former name of Exxon Mobil? Who owned it? what was the parent company's name??


shalin...
EDIT: kya karein, pg.com doesnt accept DIC^K as a name...!!

[Moron Matt]

[quote=shalinshroff]LETS TALK OIL!!

1) which major US company at one time filed for bankruptcy as a result for a suit brought against it by Pennzoil?
2)of which company was Richard Cheney , the CEO?
3)(an easy one).. Former name of Exxon Mobil? Who owned it? what was the parent company's name??


shalin...


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A1) Texaco
A2) Halliburton Co.
A3) Parent Company: Esso.
Previous Compay: Socony Mobil Oil Co
Owner:

[shalinshroff]

Originally Posted by Moron Matt

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A1) Texaco
A2) Halliburton Co.
A3) Parent Company: Esso.
Previous Compay: Socony Mobil Oil Co
Owner:

1) ya-ya
2) yup
3)thoda gadbad hai...


shalin...

PS: GOOGLING FULLY ALLOWED.. AS THE AIM IS TO JUST INCREASE KNOWLEDGE ..

[eddy]

Which is the most expensive domain name to be auctioned on the net till date ?

[Moron Matt]

Which is the most expensive domain name to be auctioned on the net till

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Ya Ya Ya!!!!!!!!!!
I got it :-D :-D

It's Business, I mean || Business.com || for whooping $8 Billion



BTW, shalin, what'z the correct ans for Exx Mob ????


|| Matt ||

[eddy]

Business.com is correct ! Trust a moron to get te correct answer b4 anyone else !

[shalinshroff]

Originally Posted by eddy

Which is the most expensive domain name to be auctioned on the net till date ?

business.com...for a cool 4+ million pounds..

while we are at this question, i'll ask a related q:

why a name as queer as altavista.com had a price tag of 3+ million dollars??

shalin..

PS: i myself dont know the answer to my q.


EDIT: hai, hai!! someone pipped me to answering it first!!

[eddy]

busineess.com is correct.....
but the both matt and shalin have quoted different prices!
and i dunno which one is correct

Clarify karo yaar

[shalinshroff]

Originally Posted by Moron Matt

Which is the most expensive domain name to be auctioned on the net till

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BTW, shalin, what'z the correct ans for Exx Mob ????


|| Matt ||

ya, the answers are: ESSO, STANDARD OIL AND JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER in order..


shalin...

[akhil_agrawal]

Originally Posted by nithin

bipasha basu and...... dont know the 2nd 1, john abraham???

gud guess with john abraham..but its SRK....levis 501 range of jeans