Question

This company spread its motto of “quality, and quality, and quality” by launching one of the first-ever magazine ad campaigns in 1907. This company was bought in the 1960s by Castle & Cooke and merged with a similar firm run by the Vaccaro brothers. In the 1920s, this company sponsored a Pacific air race that had only two survivors and bought an entire island full of cattle-grazing paniolos to serve as a plantation. (10[1])The family that names this firm included a lawyer who was made governor by the Newlands Resolution. This firm’s founder, James, had a cousin who led a committee to draft (10[1])the Bayonet Constitution and overthrew queen (10[1])Lili‘uokalani (10[2])to become the first President of (10[1]-5[1])Hawaii. For 10 points, name this fruit company with a sun in its logo, known for its pineapples. ■END■ (10[1]0[2])

ANSWER: Dole plc [or Dole Fruit Company; or Hawaiian Fruit Company; accept James Dole or Sanford Dole; prompt on Standard Fruit Company; reject “United Fruit Company”]
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