Search:                        
Please support my efforts by ADVERTISING!
Serving a Pleasing Blend of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow™

Vintage Magazines

Electronics World
Popular Electronics
Radio & TV News
QST | Pop Science
Popular Mechanics
Radio-Craft
Radio-Electronics
Short Wave Craft
Electronics | OFA
Saturday Eve Post
Electronics Illustrated

Formulas | Data

Electronics | RF
Mathematics
Mechanics
Physics

Calvin & Phineas

Archive | Sitemap
kmblatt83@aol.com

Resources

Radar | AI
Cogitations
RF Museum
Videos | Pics |
Things | Logos
Radio Datashts
WJ Tech Notes
Day in History

Entertainment

Crosswords
Humor | Podcasts
Quotes | Quizzes
Tech Comics

Parts | Services

1000s of Listings

About RF Cafe
Software: RF Cascade Workbook | RF Symbols for Office | RF Symbols & Stencils for Visio | Espresso Workbook
Anritsu MG36021A Microwave Frequency Synthesizer Module - RF Cafe

Electronics Company Foreign Acquisitions Quiz
RF Cafe Quiz #84

RF Engineering Quizzes - RF Cafe WebsiteAll RF Cafe Quizzes make great fodder for employment interviews for technicians or engineers - particularly those who are fresh out of school or are relatively new to the work world. Come to think of it, they would make equally excellent study material for the same persons who are going to be interviewed for a job. Good luck!

A complete list of RF Cafe Quizzes.

Quiz #84: Electronics Company Foreign Acquisitions - RF Cafe WebsiteThe 20th Century American electronics industry produced some of the most influential companies in technological history, from the laboratories that invented the transistor to the factories that put televisions in every American home. Yet by the end of the century, many of these iconic names had passed into foreign ownership through a series of acquisitions driven by globalization, shifting competitive dynamics, and changing corporate strategies. Finnish, South Korean, French, Dutch, German, Chinese, Japanese, and other international buyers acquired what had once been pillars of American innovation. Bell Laboratories, RCA, Zenith, Magnavox, Sylvania, IBM's PC division, Motorola Mobility, Westinghouse's nuclear operations, Atari, and Fairchild Semiconductor all eventually found themselves under foreign control. Some of these transactions were friendly mergers, others were distressed sales, and a few represented the quiet end of an era for American technological dominance. This quiz tests your knowledge of which companies bought which American electronics giants, the home countries of the acquirers, and the circumstances surrounding these landmark deals. See how many of these historic ownership changes you can correctly identify. 


1. Which foreign company acquired Bell Laboratories through its purchase of Alcatel-Lucent in 2016?






2. Zenith Electronics, a pioneer in television and radio technology, was acquired by which South Korean company in 1995?






3. RCA's consumer electronics division, famous for color television and the RCA connector, was sold to which French company in 1987?






4. Magnavox, known for consumer electronics and the first home video game console (Odyssey), was acquired by which Dutch company in 1974?






5. Sylvania, an American manufacturer of lighting products and electronic components, was acquired by which German company in 1993?






6. IBM's personal computer division, which launched the original IBM PC in 1981, was acquired by which Chinese company in 2005?






7. Motorola Mobility, responsible for the Razr flip phone and early Android smartphones, was acquired by which Chinese company in 2014?






8. Westinghouse Electric Company's nuclear energy division, a key supplier of reactor technology, was acquired by which Japanese company in 2006?






9. Atari, a pioneer in video games and home computers (Atari 2600, 800), was acquired by which French company in 2001?






10. Fairchild Semiconductor, one of the founding companies of Silicon Valley (the "traitorous eight"), was acquired by which company in 1979?






Quizzes from vintage electronics magazines (and many custom RF Cafe-generated quizzes) such as Popular Electronics, Electronics-World, QST, Radio-Electronics, and Radio News were published over the years - some really simple and others not so simple. Robert P. Balin created most of the quizzes for Popular Electronics. This is a listing of all I have posted thus far.

RF Cafe Quizzes

Vintage Electronics Magazine Quizzes

Vintage Electronics Magazine Quizzes
Maury Microwave / Holzworth HSY RF Synthesizers - RF Cafe

About the RF Cafe™ Website ©1996-2026

Kirt Blattenberger - RF Cafe WebmasterRF Cafe began life in 1996 as "RF Tools" in an AOL screen name web space totaling 2 MB. Its primary purpose was to provide me with ready access to commonly needed formulas and reference material while performing my work as an RF system and circuit design engineer. The World Wide Web (Internet) was largely an unknown entity at the time and bandwidth was a scarce commodity. Dial-up modems blazed along at 14.4 kbps while tying up your telephone line, and a lady's voice announced "You've Got Mail" when a new message arrived...

Webmaster: Kirt Blattenberger  |     BSEE - KB3UON - AMA92498  |  USAF Radar Technician

All trademarks, copyrights, patents, and other rights of ownership to images and text used on the RF Cafe website are hereby acknowledged.

My Hobby Website: AirplanesAndRockets.com  | My Daughter's Website: EquineKingdom
Please Support My Advertisers!
Aegis Power | Centric RF | RFCT
Empower RF | Reactel | SF Circuits
Alliance Test | Isotec
Espresso Engineering Workbook

Tennode RF Connectors and Cables - RF Cafe

Johanson Technology Antennas - RF Cafe		 Amplifier Solutions Corporation (ASC) - RF Cafe

Anatech Electronics RF & Microwave Filters - RF Cafe

KR Electronics (RF Filters) - RF Cafe

Please Support RF Cafe by purchasing my ridiculously low-priced products, all of which I created.

RF Cascade Workbook for Excel

RF & Electronics Symbols for Visio

RF & Electronics Symbols for Office

RF & Electronics Stencils for Visio

RF Workbench

These Are Available for Free

Espresso Engineering Workbook™

Smith Chart™ for Excel