Quirvana 8

Hi all,

Here are the answers to Quirvana 8.

1. Founded by Jehan Jacques _________ in 1735, this watchmaker has never produced quartz watches in the past and never will, nor have they ever produced watches with digital displays. Fill in the blank. BLANCPAIN
2. In 1761, a cabinet-maker Kaspar _______ produced his first product the bleyweissstefft, in Stein near Nuremberg. How do we know this company today? FABER-CASTELL
3. What was first produced for the first time in late 1768 in Edinburgh by Colin Macfarquhar, a bookseller and printer, and Andrew Bell, an engraver under the pseudonym ‘Society of Gentlemen’? ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
4. Connect Lexington, Charlemagne, Bagehot and Buttonwood.
   THEY ARE COLUMNS IN ‘THE ECONOMIST’
5. What was founded in Rochester, New York in 1851 as ‘The New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company’? WESTERN UNION
6. Which product, first produced in Hungary in 1974 is available in variants like Pocket, Revenge and Professor’s ?RUBIC'S CUBE
7. Identify the gentleman.

YVES SAINT LAURENT

8. Identify the person and what is his contribution to the world?


DOUGLAS ENGLEBART - INVENTED THE COMPUTER MOUSE

9. What does this map represent ?


RED ZONES DENOTE COUNTRIES WHERE PEOPLE DRIVE ON LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD AND YELLOW ZONES DENOTE RIGHT SIDE.


And the scores are:

Sangeeta Banerjee 7
Brijesh K Nair 7
Arjit Mukhopadhyay 7
Shiv Anant Tayal 6
Julian Justin 5
Keshav Sridharan 5
Dinkar Ayilavarapu 5
Neo M 4
Harikrishna A 4
Chandan Shahi 4
Divyanshu Srivastava 3
Hussain Poonawala 2