answers to quiz 1

1. A person by name Harry Pickup sold his cleanser in 1920s. Then Reckitt and Coleman impressed by the product’s action bought the formula and registered it as a trade name. What?

2. This appeared in a company's annual report - "A billion hours ago, human life appeared on earth. A billion minutes ago, Christianity emerged. A billion __________ ago was yesterday morning". Fill in the blank.

3. The Flying Dutchman is (the captain of) a phantom ship. Fanny Blankers-Koen is sometimes referred to as the Flying Dutchwoman. Who's known as the Non-Flying Dutchman?

4. In 1887- Dr. L.L. Zamenhoff publishes a book - Linguo Internacia- under a
pseudonym. The pseudonym means "one who hopes". What he developed came to be
known by this name. What did he develop?

5. Which politician's name when translated into Sanskrit means 'compassion and
money’?

6. This famous product was originally called Soundabout in the US, Freestyle in
Sweden & Stowaway in Britain. Akio Morita was leery of using a different name
for each country & when sales were less encouraging, he changed it to this.

7. 1933 - 2 young cartoonists called Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster - both aged
18 invented a wonderful new cartoon character. No one was interested till 1938
when Harry Donenfeld offered Siegel and Schuster $10 a page. He also asked them
to sign a rights release form, which they did, thus losing the syndication,
movie, radio and TV rights to their creation. Which legendary cartoon character
is this?

8. Fredrik Idestam founded this company in 1865 in Finland.
Which company? Clue- Is this what computers have become?

9. What is common to American fighting man, Hungarian freedom fighter, US
scientists, Twenty-five and under, The middle Americans, The computer, The peace
makers, Endangered earth, American women and YOU?


10. Which famous person has the middle name "walker" and an autobiography titled
"A charge to keep”?



Answer
1. Harry Pickup – Harpic
2. Coca Cola
3. Dennis Bergkamp, for his fear of flying.
4. Esperanto
5. Karunanidhi
6. Walkman
7. Superman
8. Nokia
9. All are non-personality Times Man of Year.
AMERICAN FIGHTING MAN (1950)
HUNGARIAN FREEDOM FIGHTER (1956)
US SCIENTISTS (1960)
TWENTY FIVE AND UNDER (1966)
THE MIDDLE AMERICANS (1968)
THE COMPUTER (1982)
THE PEACE MAKERS (1988)
ENDANGERED EARTH (1993)
AMERICAN WOMEN (1975)
10.George W Bush Jr.