MultiQuizine 7

Down with fever, Anyways Here are the questions to MultiQuizine 7, this time its only 5 questions, (i will have 15 in MultiQuizine 8 ;)

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1) This had a humble beginning that started in 1532, a frenchman named Pierre de Lacroix began making paper, As the legend goes, one railny day in a french city of Angouleme, Pierre de Lacroix was inspired to begin the production when he traded this for a bottle of fine champagne. He perfected the formula to produce until he replaced it with rice, causing him to change the name which was a combination of the french word for rice with a word representing the Lacroix family. The Lacroix family changed the name in 1866. The advertising standards Agency upheld a complaint that it had associated its product with cannibis in a print advertisement that bore the caption 'twist and burn' Identify the brand that has an association with Suzuki.

2) If its BUD for Anheuser Busch, the whats it for BID


3) This project was started as a 'Chip Test' at Carnegie Mellon University by Feng-hsiung hsu. The former name of this was named after the fictional computer from the same name from 'The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy' This was done when Feng-hsiung hsu worked with Murray Campbell on parallel computing problems, What resulted?

4) American English and French are the official languages in this organization's logo, it is not an acronym or abbreviation in either official language. Rather the organization adopted the logo based on the greek word which means 'equal'. Recognizing that the initials would be different in different languages, the founders chose it as their official name. This reflects the aim of the organization ' to equalize and standardise among cultures'

5) In March 2008, United Technologies Corporation, a conglomerate agreed to buy this security systems corporation for $2.63 Billion, the slogan of the company is 'We Won't Rest'. Identify the company?