kennedy mania

1. This company was established in 1843 and the same year, the founders got their royal warrant. This famous brand's name comes from Gaelic seamhas, meaning 'a narrow place in a river'. Identify.
2. Joanna Ferrone and Sue Rose created him. Rose first developed the character in 1985 on a napkin in a resaurant. Identify the brand mascot.
3.In 1906, William J. Riley, a 33 year old English immigrant, founded this company which manufactured arch supports and other accessories in Boston, Massachusetts. Despite eschewing expensive advertising campaigns, it has grown significantly and is the fourth largest in its field. ‘Endorsed by no one’ is one of their major selling points. Identify the brand.
4. A world of energy.
5. Research in Motion (RIM) is a Canadian wireless device company headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario. It was founded by Mike Lazaridis, who currently serves as its co-CEO along with Jim Balsillie. What is their most famous product?
6. This advertising icon created in 1989 by TBWA Chiat/Day ad agency. Since then it has become a potent spokesperson for the brand popping up in cartoons, conversations, and political campaigns throughout America. In a backlash to the ubiquitous commercial, late night talk show host David Letterman smashed it with a baseball bat. Name the character.
7. Which famous company's history dates back to 1982 when two Xerox PARC employees were developing a page description language called InterPress, which Xerox was reluctant to commercialize?
8. Inspired by life!
9. Which product links Schipol Airport, Madison Square Gardens, Saint Peter Basilica and the Sistine Chapel?
10.This is not a created brand character but he is a real character. Which businessman has recently been spotted in the print commercials of Samsonite brand of suitcases?