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Workers and Parasites

Part 1 - THOSE EVIL PARASITE COMPANIES

Here are some well-known companies who have all exploited the heroic Worker. Below you will find the origins of their horrible names. Please shine the light of Truth on the names of these shameful corporations!

Fun With Language

  1. Which Internet service chose its name based on the fact that the term contains the embedded name of an Internet programming protocol?

  2. What company name is a combination of the Danish words "play well"?

  3. Which fast-food chain is named for the literal enunciation of the acronym of its founders, NOT, as is popularly believed, for an acronym of their best selling product?

  4. What company's original name was Tote'm (as in tote away merchandise)?

  5. It sounds like a sequel, but which company's name is taken from "Son Of Electronic Printer"?

  6. Which toy company was founded by the Brothers Hassenfeld?

Veni, Vidi, Vici

  1. What Internet company name is based on the Latin term for a family of spiders?

  2. Which athletics equipment company is a slightly changed acronym for the Latin phrase meaning "A Sound Mind In A Sound Body"?

  3. Which car manufacturer is named for the Latin translation of the founder's last name?

  4. Which car company name is Latin for "I roll"?

How's Your Japanese?

  1. Which automotive products company is an English translation of the Japanese founder's last name?

  2. Which electronics company is named after the Japanese name for a Buddhist god, but was slightly altered to avoid being offensive to Buddhists?

  3. Which company name is a compressed form of "Japanese Optical" in that language?

  4. The first two-thirds of this company's name can be translated from the Japanese for "Heaven Blesses Hard Work". Which name?

  5. We won't insult you by asking you to tell us which company is named for the highest mountain in Japan. However, if you are the sensitive type, we will insult you by asking you which car manufacturer was started by this company.

  6. Which American-founded company got its name from a Japanese term from the game "Go"?

  7. Which Japanese company name is English, and is named for the company's first product, a pencil?

  8. What company name that sounds Japanese was actually founded by an American to import products TO American military bases in Japan?

...And How's Your Korean?

  1. Which company is "Three Stars" in Korean?

  2. Which company name means "modern age" in Korean?

  3. Which company's name is Korean for "Great Universe"?

Sorry, We're Fresh Out Of Name Ideas

  1. Which company name came about as the founder made good on his threat to give the company a boring name if his employees couldn't come up with a better name by 5 PM of the naming deadline?

  2. Which company name is based on a race of people from "Gulliver's Travels"?

  3. Which defunct company was once the Connecticut Leather Company?

  4. Which company was named for the creek that ran behind the houses of the two founders?

  5. Which car company was named for the founder, AND his exclusive salesman?

  6. Which old-time entertainment device company has a name that sounds like a clever abbreviation, but is based on the founder's actual last name?

  7. Which company, which was recently purchased , was named for a nickname the founder was given because of his curly hair?

  8. Which computer-related company was partially named for a college team cap given to the founder by his grandfather, and later lost?

  9. Which company was originally named for a mathematical term, but had its spelling changed after the founders were given a check from an investor with a misspelling?

Part II - OUR HARD-WORKING COMRADES

In this section, we celebrate the non-parasitic workers who have distinguished themselves in more than one field of endeavor. Below you will find descriptions of the two jobs each hero has held Ð please name the person who succeeded (or didn't succeed) in both fields. Example: Noted comedian/director/auteur, AND jazz clarinetist on Monday nights = Woody Allen

  1. 80's hair band singer AND Emergency Medical Technician trainee

  2. Art-rock band leader/singer AND owner of England's biggest salmon fishery

  3. Heavy metal singer AND cable network announcer

  4. Jazz band saxophone player AND economist

  5. Air Force General's Aide AND shipbuilder

  6. Variety show co-host/singer AND U.S. Senator

  7. Talk show host AND co-owner of racecar team

  8. Ô70's sitcom star AND professional poker player

  9. Ô70's TV supporting actor AND U.S. Congressman

  10. 1930's Hollywood sexpot AND inventor of "spread spectrum" encoding technology used in WWII submarines

  11. NCAA football coach AND U.S. Congressman

  12. Movie actor AND professional bridge player/columnist

  13. NBA player AND smooth jazz saxophone player

  14. Major league outfielder AND jazz guitarist

  15. Kansas City Royals publicist AND nationally-syndicated radio pundit

  16. NFL Hall Of Fame wide receiver AND U.S. congressman

  17. WWE Champion AND CNBC financial analyst

  18. Olympic gold medalist AND best-selling parental-advice author

  19. Porn star AND member of the Italian Parliament

  20. Satirical singer AND math professor