From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > ** Game 9, Round 9 - History - Mergers and Acquisitions   
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   Glaxone   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Walt Disney & co   
      
   > 5. Chrysler Corp. was acquired by what European car company in 1998?   
      
   Mercedes   
      
   > 7. German company Mannesmann AG, with its significant Internet and   
   >    telecommunication holdings, was acquired by what British company   
   >    in 2000?   
      
   BT   
      
   > 9. Skype was acquired by what company in 2011?   
      
   EBay   
      
   > 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   
   >   
   > * D. Master League   
   >   
   > These two questions are about the Premier League in British soccer.   
   >   
   >    D1. Who were the first champions, in the 1992-93 season?   
      
   Arsenal   
      
   >    D2. Who were the champions of the 2011-12 season?   
      
   Manchester United?   
      
   > * E. Master Theory   
   >   
   >    E1. Within 2 years, when did Einstein publish his paper on the   
   >        "Special Theory of Relativity"?   
      
   1921   
      
   >    E2. Within 10 years, when did Darwin publish "On the Origin of   
   >        Species by Means of Natural Selection"?   
      
   1861   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)