1. In 1901 Daimler sold the first Mercedes car. As the car was meant for the French market as well, Daimler had been given the advice to find a name for it that did not sound TOO German. What was his source of inspiration? his wife's name the Spanish word merced = favour ; grace the Spanish word mercado = market an important customer's daughter's name

2. Many manufacturers of cars used their own names as brandnames. To which brand in this list does that NOT apply? Buick Dodge Ford de Soto

3. About what invention was it said: you cannot make people sit on an explosion? airplane hydrogen bomb rocket missiles motor car

4. Who were, literally speaking, the first 'strikers' ? weavers coal miners sailors fruit pickers

5. What was - in the literal sense of the word - the first method of 'sabotage' ? unplugging the machines clogging the machines with your wooden shoes disrupting railway tracks destroying looms

6. When the English imported a new and fatter type of chicken they called it turkey because that was where they thought it was from. What did the French - who called it dinde or dindon - think it came from? Indre et Loire in France Native Americans or Red Indians India Daindon in Normandy

7. The Dutch call the same bird 'kalkoen' . What was their concept of the origins of the bird? Caledonian bird Calcutta bird Calabrian bird Cairo bird

8. As soon as the Berlin Wall had fallen a new type of tourist souvenir turned up. Soviet medals and military uniform caps were sold near the Brandenburger Tor. Also those Russian dolls that fit into each other got a new popularity -especially those on the Gorby theme. What is the name for such dolls? babushkas blinis chapkas matryoshkas

9. Sometimes a simple idea goes a long way. What was it that the Gideons International introduced? Christian television broadcasts well-trained guidedogs for the blind anti-cursing ads Bibles in hotelrooms

10. The invention of ice-cream - as of so many other things - has been attributed to the Chinese. Which of these recipes was the precursor of modern ice-cream? mix of fruit and finely ground ice tiny bits of fruit on a frozen plate a mix of milk, cooked rice and snow frozen orange juice