Answers to last week's quiz (#357)

1. In order to honour this country's 1.3 million migrant workers, a non-profit organisation and Coca-Cola decided that they wanted to provide a gesture of appreciation to these people. They used drones to deliver Coke cans. Around 2,700 photos and handwritten notes were collected from everyday citizens and attached to cans of Coke, then flown by custom delivery drones to, in some cases, as high as the 35th story of construction sites. Name the country and this special campaign.
   Singapore city. Coca-Cola and non-profit organisation Singapore Kindness Movement along with the agency Ogilvy & Mather Singapore, used drones to deliver Coke cans for the 'Happiness from the Skies' campaign.
    
2. Who sells bakery items, paper cups, greeting cards, leather shoes, wallets, mineral water, nursery products, detergent powder, candles, mosquito net, rain coats, ready-made garments, honey and masala powder under the brand name "FREEDOM"?
   Freedom is the brand of the Tamil Nadu State Government's Prison bazaars. Products manufactured by inmates in prisons across the state.
    
3. This company got one of its first breaks after bagging a sizable order in the mid-1950s from India's defence department for wire harnesses for trucks and tanks. Later during the late 50s after securing and delivering several orders this company's present name was coined by the entire family of its promoters at the dinner table. Name it.
   Finolex.
    
4. Which brand's candies were the first ones to be used in space? They were included in the astronauts food supply.
   M&M candies from Mars. They were chosen by the first space shuttle astronauts in 1982.
    
5. In a recently held Annual General Meeting of a company there was a newspaper throwing competition. Name it.
   The AGM of Berkshire Hathaway.
    
6. Wearing Hawaiian shirts (clothing) on Fridays at work and on holidays is a fashion trend. Name the person who was actually responsible for creating and popularising Hawaiian clothing.
   Indian born businessman Watumull Jhamandas Mirchandani was responsible for creating Hawaiian clothing. He started his business in Hawaii in 1914 selling imported goods from the orient.
    
7. Which company has been awarded a patent in the US for the process of taking a picture of an object against a white background?
   Amazon.
    
8. Who has invented and unleashed a swarm of teensy two-wheeled robots that can traverse a surface and create dynamic animations realtime?
   The Scientists at Walt Disney. They call it Pixelbots.
    
9. Which company uses this trademarked baseline "Global Trade starts here"?
   Alibaba.com, the Chinese e commerce giant.
    
10. The first image on the left is one of its older logos and the second image to the right is the representation of its current logo. Name the company.
    Gen Re, the reinsurance company owned by Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway.

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