Quiz of the Day - 18 June 2012

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We turn to advertising for today's daily quiz.

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The poster, displayed on the right hand side and titled "Underground to Wood Lane to anywhere", was created for the International Advertising Exhibition at the White City and held between November 29 to December 4, 1920. This advertising poster by Frederick Charles Herrick was meant to highlight the subway transportation to the exhibition site at White City, London, and shows an assemblage of characters representing various advertising trademarks and emblems. 

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Please identify all characters in the poster, which are/were used as brand image or emblem for particular products or businesses. Also, tell us the names of particular brands, which these characters represented.

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Please send in your answers to shovon76[at]gmail[dot]com. You can also leave your answers by simply commenting on this post. The comments are moderated for a period of 24 hours, after which these are published. The answers to the question will be published tomorrow as an addition to the same post.

Cheers!
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Answer: Its the answer time, albeit a bit late. Anyway, I was hoping that someone might actually get a right entry. Unfortunately, that was not to be the case.
So, here are the answers -

• We have Bibendum, commonly known as the Michelin Man towards the left bottom corner, representing Michelin tyres.
• We have the Kodak Girl towards the right.
• We have Nipper at the bottom, representing HMV.
• We have Johny Walker in the middle, representing the eponymous Scotch whisky.

Rajat and Ayesha got at least two of these characters right.

Bloody Sunday - Quiz of the Day - 17 June 2012

We take up business quiz questions for this week's daily quiz. The first question is on an iconic brand and a personal favourite.
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This gentleman started to sell whisky in his grocer's shop in Ayrshire, Scotland. The brand became popular, but after his death in 1857 it was his son Alexander and grandson Alexander II, who were largely responsible for establishing the whisky as a popular brand. Initially, whisky sales represented eight percent of the firm's income, but by the time Alexander was ready to pass on the company to his own sons, that figure had increased to between 90 and 95 percent.

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In 1865, Alexander produced their first blend,  Old Highland. Alexander also introduced the iconic square bottle in 1870. This meant fewer broken bottles and more bottles fitting the same space. The other identifying characteristic of the bottle is the label, which is applied at an angle of 24 degrees, which means that the text on the label could be made larger and more visible.

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In the first half of the twentieth century, their famous tagline "Born 1820—Still going Strong!" was created, along with the Striding Man, a figure used in their advertisements to this day, in honour of the founder.

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Which brand am I talking about?

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Please send in your answer to shovon76[at]gmail[dot]com. You can also answer by simply commenting on this post. The comment will be moderated for a period of 24 hours. The answer, along with the names of the persons with the right answer, will be published tomorrow.

Cheers!
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Answer: The answer is Johny Walker, one of the finest blended Scotch whiskys.
Congratulations to Anshuman, Anindya Mozumdar and Rakhi Dey for getting the answer correct.