Biz Bytes #5

1. The Ted Stevens International Airport is the world’s third busiest airport by cargo traffic, surpassed only by Memphis and Hong Kong. Which city is serviced by it?
2. She’s said to be the first Damsel-in-distress in the world, this Greek mythical woman, as divine punishment for her mother’s bragging, was chained to a rock as a sacrifice to a sea monster and later rescued by her future husband. Who?
3. Космодром Байконур in Russian, is an important location in the world’s history. The place has the co-ordinates 45.920°N 63.342°E, shaped like an ellipse, measuring 90 kilometres east-west by 85 kilometres north-south. Which location?
4. It is the only train in India to get the ISO 9000 certification and to have a dining car. It was started on June 1, 1930 as a weekend train for the Britishers during the British rule in India, to ferry race-fans from Mumbai (then called Bombay) to Pune (erstwhile Poona). She was converted to a daily service soon after. She is one of the longest running (if not the longest) trains on Indian Railways to have never run on steam power. From the beginning, the train has been run using electric locomotives. Which train?
5. The site is bounded by Vesey Street to the north, the West Side Highway to the west, Liberty Street to the south, and Church Street to the east. It sits on 16 acres (65,000 m2) of land owned by the Port Authority. Which site?
6. Which are the only states not connected by rail transport in India?
7. He was a classmate of India’s Metro Man – E Sreedharan, he graduated from the prestigious Madras Christian College where he was also a lecturer for quite some time. His firebrand leadership qualities earned him very creative sobriquets like ‘Alsatian’ (rhyming on his last name), by the Indian press. An officer of the Indian Administrative Service, he also held the posts of joint secretary, Ministry of Space; Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Defence, and secretary, Internal Security. He went on to occupy the post of Cabinet Secretary – the senior most position in the Indian Civil Service hierarchy, and member, Planning Commission of India, before being appointed to his most controversial position. He is among the best known public servants of our country. He is often known for his crisp one-liners, be it during his service to his superiors and ministers or while handling the media. He won the prestigious Magsaysay Award for Government Service in 1996. Who?
8. They are an English heavy metal band from Leyton, East London, England, formed in 1975. The band is led by founder, bassist and songwriter Steve Harris. Since forming in 1975 they have released fourteen studio albums, nine live albums, four EPs and eight compilations.
9. It is the only company mentioned by Osama bin Laden in an April 2004 tape in which he claims that “this is a war [in Afghanistan] that is benefiting major companies with billions of dollars.” Internet pundit John Burnett has described its deals as recalling a Vietnam-Era controversy. He claims Vice President Cheney’s ties to the company are reminiscent of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s relationships with Brown & Root. Which firm?
10. It’s the largest city in Europe. It is a major economic centre and is home to the largest number of billionaires in the world; in 2008 it was named the world’s most expensive city for foreign employees for the third year in a row. It is home to many scientific and educational institutions, as well as numerous sport facilities. It possesses a complex transport system, which includes 3 international airports, 9 railroad terminals, and one of the world’s busiest metro systems which is famous for its architecture and artwork. Which city?
11. This film explores business process outsourcing in India. Told from the perspective of an Indian living in the United States, the film provides us with a glimpse into India’s call centers, where telemarketers acquire American names and accents to service the telephone-support industry of the U.S. The film incorporates animation as a way to build in personal narrative in a doodle-like manner. It also includes live action footage which takes the form of cinema verité and innovatively edited interviews, and archival footage that provides contextual analysis to the socio-political history of globalization and capitalism. The film is a wonderful commentary on identity in the new millennium that intersects diasporas with global outsourcing. Which docu-film am I talking about?
12. It is a spaceship which depicts its crew’s mission “to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before” under the command of Captain James T. Kirk. Which space ship?
13. The company produces commercial, military, and corporate aircraft, and provides related aerospace services. From 1999 to 2001 it was Brazil’s largest exporter and is still one of the three main exporters in Brazil. Among all aircraft manufacturers, it has the third largest yearly delivery of commercial aircraft and the third largest workforce (behind Boeing and Airbus). The company’s headquarters, main production facilities, and engineering/design offices are in São José dos Campos, São Paulo. It also has a production plant and flight testing facility in Gavião Peixoto, São Paulo. This facility includes a 16,400-foot (5,000 m) runway, the third-longest in the world. Which company?
14. This city was founded as a commercial trading post by the Dutch East India Company in 1624. The settlement was called New Amsterdam until 1664 when the colony came under British control. What do we now know it as?
15. This company began life as the Société de Prospection Électrique (Electric Prospecting Company) founded in 1926 by two brothers Conrad and Marcel. Andrew Gould is the current Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, with an Indian Ashok Belani as the Chief Technology Officer. Which world leader am I talking about?
16. This movie was filmed primarily in Chicago, as well as in several other locations in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Hong Kong. It used an IMAX camera to film some sequences, including Villain’s first appearance in the film. It was greeted with positive reviews upon release, and became only the second film to earn more than $500 million at the North American box office, setting numerous other records in the process. It is also the fourth highest grossing film worldwide, and only the fourth film to earn more than $1 billion. Which movie?
17. The company is the fourth largest defense contractor in the world, and the largest builder of naval vessels. It employs over 122,000 people worldwide. Its 2007 annual revenue is reported at US$32 billion and ranks #76 on the 2008 Fortune 500 list of U.S. industrial companies?
18. It is a NYSE listed company that manages public prisons and detention centers, and has concessions for many others. The company is the largest private corrections company in the United States. As such, it manages more than 60 facilities with a designed capacity of 85,000 beds. The national military magazine GI Jobs has highlighted CCA as a solid employer for veterans and named it a 50 top military friendly employer in 2006(quite obvious:)). It was incorporated on January 28, 1983, by three businessmen who sought to bring the provision of corrections, a traditionally government-administered service, into the private sector and is based in Nashville, Tennessee. Which company?
19. It is an international fast food corporation headquartered just outside Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. It was founded by Tom Monaghan. There are currently about 8,500 corporate and franchised stores in all 50 US states and 55 countries. It was the second-largest pizza chain behind Pizza Hut in the United States when it went public in 2004 for just under $15 a share. Which pizza chain?
20. In 1923, two brothers—Henry and Helal Hassenfeld—founded Hassenfeld Brothers, a textile remnant company. Over the next two decades, the company expanded to produce pencil boxes and school supplies. In the 1940s, Hassenfeld Brothers produced doctor and nurse kits, its first toys. Hassenfeld Brothers’ first toy hit was Mr. Potato Head, which the company purchased from inventor George Lerner in 1952. The toy was a smash success. In 1964, Hassenfeld Brothers produced the G.I. Joe toy, which they termed an “action figure” in order to market the toy to boys who wouldn’t want to play with “dolls”. The company shortened its name to ______________ in 1968. Fill in the blank?

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