A Bunch of Banana Sticker Questions

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1. The Chiquita banana sticker was developed in the early 1960s to build "brand awareness" among consumers. By 2006, how were Chiquita's stickers stuck to the bananas? By a squad of specially trained capuchin monkeys One at a time, by a patented robotic system One at a time, by people Just before being sold, by the grocery store produce clerks

2. What is the stylized logo shown on Chiquita banana stickers? The Chiquita parrot A partially peeled pineapple The Dole Sunburst Miss Chiquita

3. My meager collection of ten different banana stickers includes one I brought home from a trip. Where did I buy the banana with a blue oval Fyffes sticker? Buenos Aires, Argentina Filchner, Antarctica Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA London, England

4. Bananas have been stickered since the 1930s, but banana stickering didn't become widespread until the 1960s. Around this time, one could mail away for a free set of stickers to be affixed to another type of food. What was this a promotional campaign for? Raisins Watermelons Lucky Charms cereal Asiago cheese

5. Which beloved fictional character was pictured on some banana stickers in 2006? Joey Ramone Curious George Peter Rabbit Montgomery Burns (from The Simpsons)

6. What is the name of the character featured on some Dole banana stickers? Bobby Banana Pamela Plantain Miss Chiquita Bananarama

7. What does a BanaCol sticker indicate? The grocer selling the bananas has completed six courses and attained certification from the U.S. Banana Marketing Board, nicknamed "Banana College". None of these The bananas are certified "Colchicum", a premium hybrid variety. The bananas are from BanaCol, a Colombian marketer of bananas and plantains.

8. A banana sticker that is red, green, and yellow comes from a company which produces, in addition to bananas: canned pears from South Africa, feed grains in Argentina, poultry in Jordan, a beverage called "Fruitini Squeezie", and my favorite -- canned Fruit Cocktail in heavy syrup. What is the company? Del Monte Chiquita Progresso Wal-Mart

9. The PLU (Product Lookup Number) now printed on most banana stickers in the USA, for use by the checkout cashier, is 4011. On some other banana stickers, the number shown is 94011. What is signified by 94011? It indicates the bananas are certified organic. It is part of a promotion by a banana company to get more people to collect banana stickers. It is the zip code of Burlingame, California (USA), a major banana-processing center for the United States. There is no difference between a 4011 and a 94011 banana.

10. Banana stickers may be trivial items for most people, but a surprising number of us harbor a few stickers in our cupboards, on our refrigerators, or even in large, meticulously cataloged collections. There REALLY was a Banana Label Collectors' Convention in Munich in 2001. How many attended? You've got to be kidding --- there was NO conference for banana sticker collectors! 582 approximately 4,500, as the banana meeting was part of the larger ECECPIS '01 (European Conference and Exhibition for Collectors of Produce Identification Systems) 19