Q 01/05

Nokia is the biggest company and brand ever to come from which country?

A) Norway

B) Sweden

C) Finland

D) Denmark

Answer · why

C) Finland

At its peak in 2000 it accounted for 4% of the country's GDP and 21% of its exports.

Q 02/05

What kind of business was Nokia when it was established in 1865?

A) A rubber factory

B) A telegraph company

C) A pulp mill

D) A shipyard

Answer · why

C) A pulp mill

Mining engineer Fredrik Idestam built it on the Tammerkoski rapids near Tampere.

Q 03/05

Nokia took its name from what?

A) An old Finnish word for a signal fire

B) A Finnish town where its second mill stood

C) A river spirit in Finnish mythology

D) The surname of its founding engineer

Answer · why

B) A Finnish town where its second mill stood

The town of Nokia lies about 15 km west of Tampere on the Nokianvirta river.

Q 04/05

Which three companies merged in 1967 to form the modern Nokia Corporation?

A) A pulp company, a rubber works and a cable factory

B) A radio maker, a TV maker and a computer firm

C) A mine, a railway and a power utility

D) A bank, a shipyard and a paper mill

Answer · why

A) A pulp company, a rubber works and a cable factory

The new group was organised into forestry, cable, rubber and electronics.

Q 05/05

Besides phones, which safety product did Nokia make from the 1930s into the early 1990s?

A) Seat belts

B) Respirators

C) Fire extinguishers

D) Life jackets

Answer · why

B) Respirators

It also produced the M61 gas mask and military communicators for Finland's defence forces.