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Quiz: The week in quotes

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October 31, 2008, 10:00 AM — What was ahead of its time? What is making moves to keep up with the times? What made most observers say 'It's about time'? Think you know? Take the quiz and prove it.

You know the drill: Match the quote to the quoted then check your answers in the answer key.

The quotes

1. "I don't think there is any question we have gotten more frequently than, 'What about TiVo and Netflix working together?'"

2. "This may be the biggest book deal in publishing history."

3. "Obviously, this is going to help with our costs, but it also enables us to put much more emphasis on the Web and basically put our reporting assets and our editorial assets where we think growth will be in a very tough industry in the future, which we think is the Web."

4. "It didn't work very well. The marketplace was too far ahead of its time."

5. "I can tell you that it is absolutely not correct that Microsoft 'forgot' to register the trademark. It is up to the Patent Office to update its database, but you will see it listed there shortly, if not already."

6. "Although it's not shifting the iPhone audience all that much, it is still indicating a larger trend that we might be seeing more of in the future."

The quoted

A. A Microsoft spokeswoman in an email refuting reports that Microsoft forgot to register "Windows Azure," the name of its new cloud computing platform, with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

B. Authors Guild executive director Paul Aiken on an agreement reached by Google, the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers

C. John Yemma, Editor of the Christian Science Monitor, following the announcement that it will become the first national newspaper to drop its daily print edition and focus on publishing online

D. TiVo CEO Tom Rogers following the announcement of a TiVo/Netflix partnership

E. WabiSabiLabi director of strategy Roberto Preatoni on the possible shutdown of the company's online marketplace for security vulnerabilities

F. ComScore Mobile analyst Jen Wu commenting on surveys showing that lower-income U.S. consumers are flocking to Apple's iPhone