TRIVIA: ORIGINS OF BRAND NAMES

DID YOU KNOW THAT.....

1. ...BMW in cars is an acronym for Bayerische Motoren Werke or Bavarian Motor Works?

2. ...Starbucks Coffee was named after Starbuck, a character in Herman Melville's whaling novel Moby-Dick?

3. ...Sony came from the Latin word "sonus" meaning sound, and "soony" a slang word used by Americans to refer to a bright youngsters?

4. ...Samsung in electonics means three stars in Korean?

5. ...Sanyo literally means "Three Oceans?"

6. ...the Vodafone name is made up of VOice, DAta, TeleFONE?

7. ...Alcatel was a shortened form of Societe Alsacasienne de Constructions Atomiques, de Telecommunications et d'Electronique

8. ...Nike of sports wearing apparel particularly of shoes was named after the Greek goddess of victory?

9. ...camera brand Nikon was originally named Nippon Kogaku, meaning "Japanese Optical?"

10. ...the name Apple in computers came from the favorite fruit of its co-founder Steve Jobs and/or for the time he worked at an apple ochard?