Answers to last week's quiz (#310)

1. The Corn Laws were trade laws designed to protect cereal producers in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland against competition from less expensive foreign imports between 1815 and 1846. What was founded to campaign against these laws and by whom?
   The Economist was established by James Wilson, a hat maker from the small Scottish town of Hawick, to campaign against the Corn Laws. It started as a weekly newspaper and today it is regarded as a newsmagazine.
    
2. Octra, Mint, My and Gateway were alternate names shortlisted by its founders. By what name is this entity known today?
   Yes bank, founded by the Late Ashok Kapur and Rana Kapoor
    
3. The sales of Ray Ban's aviator rose by 40 per cent in the seven months following the release of the film Top Gun in 1934. Similarly, what was the impact of the Academy Award-winner It Happened One Night, starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert,in the US?
   Nationwide travel by bus, since the movie prominently featured a Greyhound bus in the story.
    
4. After a decade of development at its laboratory, which sits above a 333-metre-deep mineshaft used as a test bed, the company has devised a system that should be able to raise an elevator a kilometer (3,300 feet) or more. This is twice as far as the things can go at present. Name the company.
   The Espoo headquarted Finnish lift maker Kone
    
5. During the 1840s which saw growth in commerce and migration of labour, what were the 'Coffin Ships' and why were they called so?
   These were ships that carried migrant labour from China to the Caribbean. Each of these overcrowded ships carried eight coffins on board in the anticipation of death during the long voyage of 3-4 months to the Caribbean.
    
6. This organisation's motto is 'developing business leadership' and it also uses this baseline "be job givers and not job seekers". Name this organisation.
   The DICCI (Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry). It was founded in 2005 by Milind Kamble, a civil engineer and entrepreneur based in Pune
    
7. This brand runs on the philosophy 'live the life you love' and asks its customers to find their mellow mood. Name the company and the brand?
   The Marley Beverage Company. It was created in partnership with the family of Bob Marley, paying homage to their father and patriarch by launching a range of healthy drinks. It is a partnership with Viva Beverages (US)
    
8. How has Jay-Z already able to sold one million copies of his yet-to-be-released new album, Magna Carta Holy Grail, which isn't available to the public until July 7th?
   Jay-Z has spun a deal with Samsung so that the first million owners of Samsung's Galaxy S3, Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note 2 can download the free Magna Carta app from the Google Play store, which will give them exclusive access to the new album for free starting July 4, 2013
    
9. Name the Southeast Asian country where Coke's brand messaging reportedly centers on the drink as 'delicious and refreshing and note open Happiness'. It is one of its recent expansions.
   Myanmar
    
10. Identify and describe the logo.
    

This is the logo for the Google I/O an annual developer-focused conference held by Google in San Francisco, California. The "I" and "O" stand for input/output, and "Innovation in the Open"

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