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- Q: Which car manufacturer produces the Picanto model?
A: Kia - Q: What is Marks & Spencer’s casual menswear label?
A: Blue Harbour - Q: What herbicide did the US use during 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 a harmful impact today.) - Q: 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) - Q: In which seaside town is the ‘Comedy Carpet’, one of Britain’s largest pieces of public art?
A: Blackpool. It sits on the Tower Festival Headland along the promenade, right in front of the famous Blackpool Tower. Unveiled in October 2011. - Q: What do the letters ‘HP’ stand for on a bottle of HP Sauce?
A: Houses of Parliament - Q: What colour dye is made from the leaves of the yellow-flowering plant woad since at least the Early Middle Ages?
A: Blue - Q: Which eighteenth-century English landscape architect designed over 170 parks, many of which still endure today?
A: Lancelot Brown, aka Capability Brown - Q: What colour is the lowest stripe on the flag of the United States?
A: Red. Both the uppermost and lowermost stripes are red. - Q: 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 vegetables).