THE BIG QUESTIONS
Do you know anything about a record I’ve just found at the back of a cupboard - it has the crazy title of We Cannae Go Tae Argentina. – J
Released on Nevis Records, it was a novelty song by a group calling themselves Company Policy. Produced by Jim Mclean (no, not the football manager) it was released in 1978, just before Scotland’s ill-fated World Cup appearance in Argentina. The b-side is even sillier - it’s Hampden, You’re A Midden.
It’s name I see all over, on tins of beans and soups , of course, ketchup bottles. But who was Mr Heinz? – M
That was Henry J Heinz, who started what is now one of the world’s largest companies when he began selling his mother’s homemade horseradish in the 1870s in Pittsburgh.
At a time when most products came in brown glass bottles to hide the poor quality ingredients, Heinz used clear glass to show off his product.
As his company expanded, he created more products, including baked beans. The advertising slogan, “Beanz Meanz Heinz” one of the most
successful of all time, was thought up in the 1960s by advertising executive Maurice Drake as he sat in a pub.
Which is the smallest inhabited Scottish island? – T
That is Muck, with a population of 38, although 320 people lived there in the 1820s.
Along with Canna, Eigg and Rum, it makes up The Small Isles, part of the Inner Hebrides.
Just 559 hectares (2sq miles) in area, there are plenty of things to see and do, such as walking, wildlife watching and exploring historical sites but visitors aren’t allowed to take cars on to Muck.