October 16, 2006

The Ignoramus' Quiz No.13

1. In China, returning emigres from the West are referred to as 'bananas.' Why?

2. The corporate university of which Fortune 500 company is referred to as 'Harvard-on-the-Hudson'?

3. If you 'have an earworm', what are you suffering from?

4. The line "Would you buy a used car from this man?" was first used to discredit whom?

5. How did the music album come to be called 'album'?

For the answers, please visit: ten things i didn't know until last week.

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Iqbal Mohammed is Head of Innovation & Strategy at a digital innovation agency serving the DACH and wider European markets. He is the winner of the WPP Atticus Award for Best Original Published Writing in Marketing & Communication.
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