1. This company was founded on April 1, 1972 by five IBM engineers - Dietmar Hopp, Klaus Tschira, Hans-Werner Hector, Hasso Plattner, and Claus Wellenreuther (all from Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg). Their first client was the German branch of Imperial Chemical Industries in Östringen, where they developed mainframe programs for payroll and accounting. Instead of storing the data on punch cards mechanically, as IBM did, they stored it locally. Therefore, they called their software a real-time system, which could also be standalone software that could be offered to other interested parties. Which company? 2. This 2009 movie became the first film to gross more than $2 billion. It was nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, and won three - …show more content…
Whose silhouettes are shown in the picture (Pic 53) taken in Redcar, England? (Hint: They first appeared together in the silent short film Putting Pants on Philip) 2. In a strange turn of events, Charlie Chaplin's movie Limelight, which was produced in 1952, won an Academy Award in 1972 -- twenty years after its first release. Why was there a delay of 20 years? 3. Which mountain range in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwestern Germany is bounded by the Rhine valley to the west and south; and has its highest peak as the Feldberg with an elevation of 1,493 metres? 4. This English decathlete won the decathlon gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984, and broke the world record for the event four times. His rivalry with West German athlete Jürgen Hingsen was legendary in the sport throughout the 1980s. The pair consistently traded world records, but this athlete always had the upper hand in the major events, remaining undefeated in all competitions for nine years between 1979 and 1987. He was also an ambassador for the London 2012 Summer Olympics, focusing during the bid stage on the benefits that hosting the Olympics would bring to education and sport in schools. Who is