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1 Which car manufacturer produces the Picanto model?
A Kia
2 What is Marks & Spencer’s casual menswear label?
A Blue Harbour
3 What was the name of the herbicide used by the US in the Vietnam War to kill plants and remove leaves from trees that provided cover for the Vietcong soldiers?
A Agent Orange (a herbicide mixture, much of which contained a dangerous chemical contaminant called dioxin. Production of Agent Orange ended in the 1970s and is no longer in use. The dioxin contaminant however continues to have harmful impact today.)
4 Which multinational consumer goods company owns over 400 brands including Marmite, Surf, and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream?
A Unilever (it’s the world’s third-largest consumer goods company after Procter & Gamble and Nestlé)
5 In which seaside town is the ‘Comedy Carpet’, one of Britain’s largest pieces of public art.
A Blackpool (October 2011)
6 What do the letters ‘HP’ stand for on a bottle of HP Sauce?
A Houses of Parliament
7 What colour dye has been made from the leaves of the yellow-flowering plant woad since at least the Early Middle Ages?
A Blue
8 Which eighteenth-century English landscape architect designed over 170 parks, many of which still endure today?
A Lancelot Brown aka Capability Brown
9 What colour is the lowest stripe on the flag of the United States?
A Red
10 Which unsaturated hydrocarbon substance is responsible for the orange colour of carrots?
A Carotene (it is responsible for the orange colour of many other fruits and veggies)