Answers to Quiz - 22

1) Who created the famous Golden Arches logo for McDonald’s?

Jim Schindler

2) Originally called Brad’s Drink, after its creator Caleb Bradham, a pharmacist in North Carolina, USA, what is this famous drink called today?

Pepsi Cola

3) Which 18^th Century writer first used the term YAHOO to refer to a race of uncivilized and brutal people?

Jonathan Swift in Gulliver’s Travels

4) The logo of Coca Cola was scripted in this distinctive flowing style by Frank Robinson, who was the book keeper of Coca Cola’s inventor John Pemberton. What script does the logo use?

Spencerian Script

5) What iconic figure based on the company’s founder did the cartoonist Tom Browne create in 1909 that has now become the hallmark of excellence in that product category?

Johnnie Walker

6) What word coined by the nine year old nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner in 1920 has yielded the name of a major brand today?

Googol from which Google is derived

7) Why did the Japanese company Toyoda Automatic Loom Works Ltd. change its brand and company name to Toyota in 1936 when it launched its first passenger car?

The number of strokes to write Toyota in Japanese (eight) was thought to bring luck and prosperity

8) Who designed the swoosh logo of Nike?

Carolyn Davidson

9) Which symbol painted by the World War – I Italian ace pilot Count Francesco Baracca on the sides of his planes can be commonly seen in Formula 1 race circuits?

Prancing Horse of Ferrari

10) What are Slats, Jackie and Tanner?

Names of the lions used for Leo, the mascot for MGM productions

QUIZ - 22

1) Who created the famous Golden Arches logo for McDonald’s?

2) Originally called Brad’s Drink, after its creator Caleb Bradham, a pharmacist in North Carolina, USA, what is this famous drink called today?

3) Which 18^th Century writer first used the term YAHOO to refer to a race of uncivilized and brutal people?

4) The logo of Coca Cola was scripted in this distinctive flowing style by Frank Robinson, who was the book keeper of Coca Cola’s inventor John Pemberton. What script does the logo use?

5) What iconic figure based on the company’s founder did the cartoonist Tom Browne create in 1909 that has now become the hallmark of excellence in that product category?

6) What word coined by the nine year old nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner in 1920 has yielded the name of a major brand today?

7) Why did the Japanese company Toyoda Automatic Loom Works Ltd. change its brand and company name to Toyota in 1936 when it launched its first passenger car?

8) Who designed the swoosh logo of Nike?

9) Which symbol painted by the World War – I Italian ace pilot Count Francesco Baracca on the sides of his planes can be commonly seen in Formula 1 race circuits?

10) What are Slats, Jackie and Tanner?

Answers to Quiz - 21

1) In which sport is the Stimpmeter used?

Golf. It is used to measure the speed of a putting green

2) Name the poisonous herb made famous in an Harry Potter novel and which was also linked to the mysterious death of Bob Woolmer, the coach of Pakistan cricket team

Aconite

3) What trophy is awarded to the world mixed team badminton championships that are played every alternate year?

Sudirman Cup

4) In retailing business what are Category Killers?

A large retail chain store that is dominant in its product category. This type of store generally offers an extensive selection of merchandise at prices so low that smaller stores cannot compete

5) What type of geographical formation is a Tomobolo?

A bar of sand connecting one island with another

6) What is aischrolatreia?

The love of obscene words

7) What is the name of the model developed by economists John Hick and Alvin Hansen in 1937 that has been widely adopted as the universal framework for studying macroeconomics?

The IS-LM Model

8) Who invented the electronic music synthesizer?

Robert Moog

9) Which famous photographer was given the epithet ‘eye of the century’?

Henri Cartier-Bresson

10) Name the term coined by Stanley B Prusiner in 1982 to describe infectious agents solely comprising proteins that cause fatal diseases in animals and humans by affecting the structure of the brain or other neural tissue.

Prion

QUIZ - 21

1) In which sport is the Stimpmeter used?

2) Name the poisonous herb made famous in an Harry Potter novel and which was also linked to the mysterious death of Bob Woolmer, the coach of Pakistan cricket team

3) What trophy is awarded to the world mixed team badminton championships that are played every alternate year?

4) In retailing business what are Category Killers?

5) What type of geographical formation is a Tomobolo?

6) What is aischrolatreia?

7) What is the name of the model developed by economists John Hick and Alvin Hansen in 1937 that has been widely adopted as the universal framework for studying macroeconomics?

8) Who invented the electronic music synthesizer?

9) Which famous photographer was given the epithet ‘eye of the century’?

10) Name the term coined by Stanley B Prusiner in 1982 to describe infectious agents solely comprising proteins that cause fatal diseases in animals and humans by affecting the structure of the brain or other neural tissue.

Answers to Quiz - 20

1) Unlike American Presidents, only one British Prime Minister was assassinated. Who was this unfortunate person?

Spencer Perceval

2) What did the Swiss astronomers, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz discover in 1995?

The First Exoplanet, a planet outside our solar system

3) Name the first person to have his genome fully sequenced recently.

James Watson, co-discoverer of the double helix structure of DNA

4) What is Glamping?

Glamorous Camping, living outdoors in luxurious tents

5) The winner of which prestigious literary award is presented along with the cash prize a bronze statuette called Bessie?

The Orange Prize

6) Who created the comic strip character Modesty Blaise?

Peter O'Donnell

7) From which African language does Chikungunya, the mosquito borne disease, derives its name?

Makonde word meaning "that which bends up" in reference to the stooped posture developed as a result of the arthritic symptoms of the disease

8) Name the giant sphere surrounding the solar system, from which all comets are believed to originate.

The Oort Cloud, after the Dutch astronomer who in 1950 postulated its existence

9) Name the anti-consumerism movement, that originated at a San Francisco dinner party in December 2005, whose members take a vow not to buy anything new except, food, medicine and underwear.

The Compact

10) The Smurfs (originally Les Schtroumpfs in French) are a fictional group of small sky blue creatures who live somewhere in the forests of medieval Europe, created by the Belgian cartoonist who used the pseudonym Peyo. What was his real name?

Pierre Culliford

QUIZ - 20

1) Unlike American Presidents, only one British Prime Minister was assassinated. Who was this unfortunate person?

2) What did the Swiss astronomers, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz discover in 1995?

3) Name the first person to have his genome fully sequenced recently.

4) What is Glamping?

5) The winner of which prestigious literary award is presented along with the cash prize a bronze statuette called Bessie?

6) Who created the comic strip character Modesty Blaise?

7) From which African language does Chikungunya, the mosquito borne disease, derives its name?

8) Name the giant sphere surrounding the solar system, from which all comets are believed to originate.

9) Name the anti-consumerism movement, that originated at a San Francisco dinner party in December 2005, whose members take a vow not to buy anything new except, food, medicine and underwear.

10) The Smurfs (originally Les Schtroumpfs in French) are a fictional group of small sky blue creatures who live somewhere in the forests of medieval Europe, created by the Belgian cartoonist who used the pseudonym Peyo. What was his real name?