1 From which country does the airline Olympic Air originate?

2 Who is the only Indian actress to endorse Coke and Pepsi?

3 With which brand do you associate the line ‘Broadcast Yourself’?

4 Why did Michael Jordan and some of his team mates drape themselves with the American flag post winning the basketball gold at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992?

5 What inspired the name of the cigarette brand 555?

6 JF Kennedy Jr. jocularly said that the campaign line of an iconic brand led him to marriage. What was the line?

7 The film critics called it ‘the longest toothpaste ad in the country’. Name the Bollywood movie.

8 Which brand was born when Lt General John MacCready of the US Army briefed Bausch & Lomb?

9 Which magazine ran a cheeky advertising campaign called ‘We’re going rabbit hunting’?

10 Which book did Harrods, UK refuse to sell at its store?

11 Lee Byung Chull traded in rice but today his company is a global conglomerate. Name the firm.

12 Two employees of which firm are the first to know the results of the Academy Awards/Oscars?

13.Which brand was created by Anita Roddick in 1976 but sold to L’Oreal in 2006?

Answers to last week’s quiz

1. Nestle’s condensed milk

2. They are all Rolls Royce cars

3. Amelia Earhart

4. Puma ( It was called Ruda

before the change of name )

5. Cathay Pacific

6. Ford’s takeover of Mazda

which was based in Hiroshima

7. Sony

8. Construction (He used the monies he earned to fund terrorism)

9. Smarties (Also called the Children’s Booker)

10. Motorola

11. Hillary Clinton

12. Monaco (incidentally it is the second smallest country and the most densely populated country in the world)

13. Shoes

Please send responses to cat.a.lyst@thehindu.co.in

Questions set by Rajan Krishnan, The Philosopher’s Stone

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