QUIZ - 14

1) Why is Google’s cafeteria at its headquarters in Mountain View named as Café 150?

2) What is the Israeli system of self-defence, which in Hebrew means ‘Contact Combat’?

3) The world’s most expensive coffee is derived from berries processed in the digestive system of the Palm Civet, a small cat like creature found in the island of Sumatra. Name this coffee.

4) What symbol that is widely used today was originally developed by Harvey Ball in 1964 to ease the tension between the employees of two insurance companies that had merged?

5) Which company has developed ‘T9 Text Input’, the global standard for mobile text messaging?

6) Which New York hotel tycoon in 1919 created a $25000 prize for the first non-stop flight from New York to Paris, which was eventually won by Charles Lindbergh?

7) Name the Sun God, the chief God of the Inca Pantheon.

8) The asteroid, which astronomers in 2004 believed was on a collision path with our planet, was named after the Egyptian God of Destruction. What is its name?

9) In Greek mythology who was condemned to stand forever in water under trees laden with fruits, but never able to reach out to them?

10) Which celebrated advertising personality said ‘The consumer isn't a moron; she is your wife’ ?