Biz Quiz: Dissing Apple's iPad, CEO Haikus, and Staying at the Dirtiest Hotel in America
1. Andreas Haas, the former Apple executive who oversaw the company's ill-fated Newton tablet computer more than a decade ago, had sharp words to say about the Apple iPad this week. What did Haas say about the iPad?
- A. "It's the Newton reborn."
- B. "It's a very expensive pocket calculator."
- C. "It's Steve's mid-life crisis"
- D. "It's a PDA â€" a Personal Digital Ass."
Photo: Wizard of OS
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- Answer: A -"It's the Newton reborn."
2. Shortly after Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda apologized (again) on Japanese television for his company's recent safety recalls, what was he seen doing?
- A. Taking a swig from a metal flask hidden in his pocket
- B. Weeping on the shoulder of an aide
- C. Driving away in an Audi
- D. Tearing up a Toyota floor mat with his bare hands
Photo: Toyota Motor Corporation
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- Answer: C - Driving away in an Audi
- A. Exit strategy:
Run up debt then sell out to
Larry Ellison - B. How was I to know
The intern that I kissed
Was writing a blog - C. Financial crisis
Stalled too many customers
CEO no more - D. Face the bitter truth
Java platform no match for
The damn recession
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- Answer: C - Financial crisis
Stalled too many customers
CEO no more
- A. Rooms smell of urine
- B. Beds are full of bugs
- C. Prostitutes roam the lobby
- D. Hotel located more than 10 miles from tourist attractions
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- Answer: D - Hotel located more than 10 miles from tourist attractions
5. Shiseido, Japan's largest cosmetics company, has proposed a $1.7 billion takeover of U.S. cosmetics company Bare Escentuals. Which one of these is a Bare Escentuals product?
- A. Butt-Be-Gone Reducing Cream
- B. Buxom Lip Polish
- C. Lusty Cougar Body Moisturizer
- D. Man Eater Hydrolyzing Bath Oil
Photo: Shiseido
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- Answer: B - Buxom Lip Polish
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