CRN Quiz of the Year: The results

How well did you do in this year's quiz?

Last week, we launched our CRN Quiz of the Year 2015. If you've not done it yet, there's still time.

But for those of you who did, see how well your results compare to your peers in the industry. Below are the results...

Which channel veteran celebrated 20 years in charge of this UK reseller giant in 2015?

Martin Hellawell, Softcat - 29%
Phil Doye, Kelway - 26%
Mike Norris, Computacenter - 45%

Phil Doye founded Kelway back in 1990 and Martin Hellawell joined Softcat in 2006.

Which distie did Reggie from X Factor's Reggie N Bollie work at before the show?

Steljes - 69%
CMS Distribution - 17%
Hammer - 14%

Reggie was a sales support exec at the distributor until fame called.

The combined turnover of the top 20 UK resellers is £5.53bn. Which country's GDP does this match?

Czech Republic - 42%
Liberia - 32%
The Bahamas - 26%

The figure came from this year's Top VARs report.

Cisco was accused at its May partner conference of "trying to be a bit like Facebook". Why?

John Chambers wore a Zuckerberg-esque hoodie - 4%
All execs wore jeans during their presentations - 62%
The venue was decorated with lots of giant thumbs-up signs - 34%

Most of you got this one right, with just a small portion of you thinking Chambers would keep it casual with a hoodie.

How did one Microsoft partner mark the end of life of Windows Server 2003?

Send Bill Gates a handwritten thank you letter - 26%
Host a 2003-themed party in their offices - 36%
Launch a Windows Server 2003 into space - 38%

On reflection, a 2003-themed party might be quite fun. Britney, anyone?

When HP unveiled the new logo for Hewlett Packard Enterprise, how did it describe it?

A bold and dymanic symbol of our rich heritage - 45%
A powerful expression of who we are - 41%
A beautiful green rectangle - 14%

HP certainly did their best to sell the green rectangle to the world.

How did EMC CEO Joe Tucci describe Michael Dell when talking about the planned merger?

"My brother from a different mother" - 51%
"My homie" - 17%
"My blood brother" - 32%

The majority of you knew the answer to this one.

At which tech firm does NetApp's new CEO George Kurian's (pictured) twin brother work?

Salesforce - 36%
Oracle - 56%
Microsoft - 8%

We expect Mr and Mrs Kurian are very proud of their high-achieving twins.

Which song did Rob Brydon sing as he arrived on stage at this year's Channel Awards?

Delilah - 37%
Islands in the Stream - 32%
Signed, Sealed, Delivered - 31%

The highest number of you wrongly thought Rob Brydon went for Tom Jones.

Which of these tech CEOs has the most Twitter followers?

Michael Dell - 44%
Marc Benioff - 17%
Satya Nadella - 39%

Dell has a whopping 909,000 followers.

IBM had to apologise after one of its Women in Tech campaigns caused offence. What was it called?

Hack a Hairdryer - 59%
Hack a Hoover - 18%
Hack a Handbag - 23%

This was a recent news story, so most of you remembered this embarrassing moment for Big Blue.

When Windows 10 was launched in the summer, its name surprised some. What was it expected to be called?

Windows X - 42%
Windows 8.2 - 9%
Windows 9 - 49%

We are still none the wiser with what was actually wrong with the name "Windows 9".

Richard Branson spoke out against handshakes this year. How does he try to greet people instead?

Salute - 5%
Hug - 47%
High five - 48%

Although the highest number of you got this one right, almost half of you would prepare to hug Richard Branson.

How much money did Mark Zuckerberg say he will give away in the next three years?

$1bn - 11%
$2bn - 16%
$3bn - 73%

Quite the donation.

Which firm was picked at enterprises' least favourite software vendor, according to a May IDC survey?

Microsoft - 27%
Oracle - 46%
Adobe - 27%

Oh dear, the highest number of you got this one right.