Eli/Lilly Questions [Quiz #4]

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1. Chemist Eli Lilly founded the eponymous pharmaceutical company in:
a) 1876 b) 1896 c) 1916 d) 1936
a) 1876
2. In 1953, the US Central Intelligence Agency gave Eli Lilly a $400,000 grant to supply what chemical substance? What did the CIA use it for? [half point each]
LSD; mind-control experiments
3. Eli Lilly made news in August 2008 when it agreed to purchase what controversial product line from what chemical giant? [half point each]
Polisac, including the articificial hormone rBGH to boost milk production in cows, purchased from Monsanto.
4. “Eli” is a nickname for a student of which college or university? Where does the nickname come from? [half point each]
Yale; the nickname comes from benefactor and namesake Elihu Yale.
5. Who invented the cotton gin? What is a cotton gin? [half point each]
Eli Whitney; a cotton gin is a machine that separates the cottonseed from the fiber surrounding it.
6. Match the person with the description: [half point each; one number doesn’t match any letter]
(a) Eli Manning
(b) Eli Wallach
(c) Eli Sunday
(d) Eli Stone

(1) title character of ABC lawyer show
(2) NFL quarterback
(3) preacher character in the movie There Will be Blood
(4) Actor in movies like The Magnificent Seven, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, and Nuts who continues to act into his 90s.
(5) architect who designed the Burj Dubai, set to become the world’s tallest building
(a)(2); (b)(4); (c)(3); (d)(1)
7. Match the person with the description: [half point each; one number doesn’t match any letter]
(a) Evangeline Lilly
(b) Lilly Ledbetter
(c) Kristine Lilly
(d) Lilly Truscott

(1) losing plaintiff in a sex-discrimination case and speaker at the 2008 Democratic National Convention
(2) fictional character Hannah Montana's best friend, aka Lola
(3) actress on TV's Lost
(4) president of Argentina since 2005
(5) captain of US women's national soccer team
(a)(3); (b)(1); (c)(5); (d)(2)
8. Lille is a city of over 200,0000 people in what country?
France