Tag: water

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On 4 December 1971, a concert with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention was held in the casino’s theatre. During the concert, the place suddenly caught fire when somebody in the audience fired a flare gun towards the ceiling.
Another  music band was in town at the time, and took inspiration from the event and wrote a famous song about it.
Can you identify the song & the band?

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Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple
The "smoke on the water" that became the title of the song (credited to bassist Roger Glover, who related how the title occurred to him when he woke from a dream a few days later) referred to the smoke from the fire spreading over Lake Geneva from the burning casino.
Read More about the song.

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X is owned by The Wonderful Company, headquartered in the US, where the product is especially popular. It is is marketed as an artisanal product, and is named after the country of its origin. 
The positioning of the product has in turn promoted the tourism industry in the country X, which is now seen as exotic and natural.
Hint: Check the exports data (2021) of the country.

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The product is Fiji water, which is sourced & named after the country of Fiji in the South Pacific Ocean. Water forms 25% of exports.
Watch a Video behind the brand & the country.