1. What is the name of this mascot? (Please refer to the pic on left)
a) Spirit of Ecstacy
b) The Lonely Fairy
c) Silver Princess
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The correct answer is Spirit of Ecstacy
Designed by Charles Robinson Sykes, The Spirit of Ecstasy has adorned the radiators of Rolls-Royce motor cars since 1911. This wonderful mascot was modeled after a young woman who had bewitching beauty, intellect and esprit - but not the social status which might have permitted her to marry the man with whom she had fallen in love.
Image: The Spirit of Ecstary hood ornament and badge of Rolls Royce are shown on the Centenary Phantom | Photograph: Steve Parkin/AFP/Getty Images
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The correct answer is Spirit of Ecstacy
Designed by Charles Robinson Sykes, The Spirit of Ecstasy has adorned the radiators of Rolls-Royce motor cars since 1911. This wonderful mascot was modeled after a young woman who had bewitching beauty, intellect and esprit - but not the social status which might have permitted her to marry the man with whom she had fallen in love.
Image: The Spirit of Ecstary hood ornament and badge of Rolls Royce are shown on the Centenary Phantom | Photograph: Steve Parkin/AFP/Getty Images
2. Which is the world's oldest airport?
a) Heathrow
b) College Park
c) Dusseldorf
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The correct answer is College Park.
College Park Airport in Maryland, USA was established in 1909 after Wilbur Wright came to the field to train two military officers to fly in the government's first aeroplane.
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College Park Airport in Maryland, USA was established in 1909 after Wilbur Wright came to the field to train two military officers to fly in the government's first aeroplane.
3. Which corporate honcho wrote the book - Every Street Paved With Gold?
a) Bill Gates
b) Henry Ford
c) Kim Woo Chang
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The correct answer is Kim Woo Chang
Kim Woo-jung founded the Daewoo Group in March 1967. It became one of the Big Four chaebol in South Korea. By 1999, Daewoo, the second largest conglomerate in South Korea holding interests in approximately 100 countries, went bankrupt, with debts of about 80 billion won ($84.3 million).
On May 30, 2006 a court in Seoul sentenced Kim to 10 years in prison after convicting him on charges of fraud and embezzlement.
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Kim Woo-jung founded the Daewoo Group in March 1967. It became one of the Big Four chaebol in South Korea. By 1999, Daewoo, the second largest conglomerate in South Korea holding interests in approximately 100 countries, went bankrupt, with debts of about 80 billion won ($84.3 million).
On May 30, 2006 a court in Seoul sentenced Kim to 10 years in prison after convicting him on charges of fraud and embezzlement.
4. Designed by Jaques Heim it was originally called the Atome. What is it?
a) Socks
b) Bikini
c) Hairpin
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The correct answer is Bikini.
Jacques Heim and Louis Reard, a couple of Frenchmen, designed what Heim called atome, "the world's smallest swimsuit", and what Reard later called the bikini, named thus after the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, the site of atomic bomb testing.
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Jacques Heim and Louis Reard, a couple of Frenchmen, designed what Heim called atome, "the world's smallest swimsuit", and what Reard later called the bikini, named thus after the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, the site of atomic bomb testing.
5. Which of the following is not a Ford brand?
a) Aston Martin
b) Volvo
c) Mercury
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The correct answer is Aston Martin.
Aston Martin is no longer a Ford brand. It was part of Ford's Premier Automative Group but was sold off due to persistant losses. Ford cars include Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, Mazda and Volvo. It recently sold its Jaguar and Land Rover brands to Tata Motors for $ 2.3 billion.
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Aston Martin is no longer a Ford brand. It was part of Ford's Premier Automative Group but was sold off due to persistant losses. Ford cars include Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, Mazda and Volvo. It recently sold its Jaguar and Land Rover brands to Tata Motors for $ 2.3 billion.
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