This month, we had an advertisement from a 1977 issue of
The Economist.
Click or tap on the ad to reveal the answer.
How to guess it?
A Boeing 707 operator that flew from London to Beirut and a name that was only 3 characters long. The choices were pretty limited.
Statistics
In a multiple-choice poll,
53% of players got the right answer, and 47% got the wrong answer. The most popular wrong answer was Gulf Air (17%), followed by Saudia (13%).
The correct answer was MEA Middle East Airlines Airliban.
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