A horse dance song by Korean Pop Star, Psy, and is the most watched video on YouTube.
What is Gangnam Style?
100
This golden cake with cream filling, a popular selling product of former company Hostess, is no longer produced in the US, raising concerns of many hungry Americans.
What is a Twinkie?
100
New York Nick’s player, Jeremy Lin, unexpectedly lead a winning streak which coined this term.
What is Linsanity?
100
This soccer star could have gone pro, but instead decided to use his talents as a HDD Cost Expert.
Who is Peter?
100
This widely successful social network company had a $104 billion IPO and acquired online photo sharing company, Instagram all in 2012.
What is Facebook?
200
This company sponsored Felix Baumgartner in a supersonic freefall 39,045 meters from the ground.
Who is Red Bull?
200
The last date on the Mayan calendar, prompting many to believe it to be the end of the world.
What is December 21, 2012?
200
In 2012, this beloved bay area team won its second world series in 3 years.
Who are the San Francisco Giants?
200
This HGST Executive can be found rocking out on his bass guitar in downtown Campbell occasional Sundays during the Farmer’s Markets.
Who is Tom?
200
This Korean based company, one of Apple’s largest competitor, has fought the Silicon Valley based company in many lawsuits over patents.
What is Samsung?
300
This movie adapted from a novel by Suzanne Collins features actress, Katniss Everdeen fighting for her life.
What is the Hunger Games?
300
This company announced they would no longer publish their printed encyclopaedia editions to focus on their online version.
Who is Encyclopaedia Britannica?
300
He is the most decorated Olympian after winning 6 medals at the 2012 London Olympics.
Who is Michael Phelps?
300
She is a former Google executive balancing the life of being a new mother and CEO of Silicon Valley based company, Yahoo!.
Who is Marissa Mayer?
300
This enjoyable HGST summer event celebrated the accomplishments of the company’s employees.
What is Engineering Day?
400
An English singer songwriter and winner of 6 grammy awards in 2012, including, Album of the Year.
Who is Adele?
400
This monarch held her Diamond Jubilee, celebrating the 60th anniversary of her accession.
Who is Queen Elizabeth II?
400
This Detroit Tigers player was the first triple crown winner since 1967, but could not lead his team to victory in the 2012 world series.
Who is Miguel Cabrera?
400
This Chinese entity approved the HGST and WD marriage, but put their foot down by saying the newlyweds could not bonk, have kids or live in one home for two years.
What is MOFCOM?
500
This movie is the 3rd top grossing movies of all time, coming in under Avatar and Titanic.
What is the Avengers?
500
Egypt's first democratically elected president and former chairman of the Freedom and Justice Party.
Who is Mohamed Morsi?
500
This HGST Executive and CrossFit champion introduced the high intensity exercise program to the company and can be found sweating in the class.
Who is Mike?
500
HGST’s new HDD platform that allows the company to design seven-platter drives in a standard 3.5-inch form factor which will cost-effectively extend the capacity and cost-per-gigabyte curve for many product generations to come is filled with this periodic table element.