From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > ** Game 9, Round 9 - History - Mergers and Acquisitions   
      
   > 1. Exxon Corp. acquired what oil company in 1998 to become one of   
   >    the largest corporations in the world by market capitalization?   
      
   Mobil   
      
   > 2. SmithKline Beecham was acquired by what company in 2000 to   
   >    form the largest drug company in the world, which """now"""   
   >    trades under the symbol GSK?   
      
   Glaxo   
      
   > 3. Time Warner was acquired by what technology company in 2000?   
      
   AOL   
      
   > 4. The Pixar animation company was acquired by what entertainment   
   >    giant in 2006?   
      
   Disney   
      
   > 5. Chrysler Corp. was acquired by what European car company in 1998?   
      
   Daimler   
      
   > 6. In 2008, Sirius Radio acquired what competing satellite radio   
   >    company?   
      
   XM   
      
   > 7. German company Mannesmann AG, with its significant Internet and   
   >    telecommunication holdings, was acquired by what British company   
   >    in 2000?   
      
   British Telecom   
      
   > 8. In 1999, educational software firm The Learning Company was   
   >    acquired by what toy company?   
      
   Hasbro; Mattel   
      
   > 9. Skype was acquired by what company in 2011?   
      
   Microsoft   
      
   > 10. YouTube was acquired by what company in 2006, for a bargain   
   >    $1,650,000,000 US?   
      
   Google   
      
   > ** Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Masters   
      
   > * A. Master Chefs   
   >    A1. He """is""" a celebrity chef and restaurateur of Austrian   
   >        origin.  In 1981, he published his first cookbook, "Modern   
   >        French Cooking for the American Kitchen".  His first   
   >        restaurant, Hiroshima, served Asian cuisine.  According to   
   >        "Forbes" magazine, he """is""" the third-richest chef with   
   >        total earnings of around $20,000,000 in 2012.  Who """is"""   
   >        he?   
      
   Wolfgang Puck   
      
   >    A2. This Scottish chef """has been""" the host of famous   
   >        TV shows such as "Hell's Kitchen", "Kitchen Nightmares",   
   >        and "MasterChef".  "Forbes" magazine has listed him as the   
   >        richest chef in the world, in 2012, with total earnings of   
   >        about $38,000,000.  Who """is""" he?   
      
   Gordon Ramsey   
      
   > * B. Masterpieces of Literature   
      
   >    B1. Who wrote "Remembrance of Things Past"?   
      
   Marcel Proust   
      
      
   > * C. Master of Ceremonies   
      
   >    C1. Who was the 1955-79 host of the Miss America pageant?   
      
   Bob Barker   
      
   > * E. Master Theory   
      
   >    E1. Within 2 years, when did Einstein publish his paper on the   
   >        "Special Theory of Relativity"?   
      
   1915   
      
   >    E2. Within 10 years, when did Darwin publish "On the Origin of   
   >        Species by Means of Natural Selection"?   
      
   1839   
      
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   Dan Blum					         tool@panix.com	   
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