One quiz at a time

[DRT]

Dinky (toys) ?

No. And their products do not use the advertised product.

Alfred Dunhill clothing for the motoring man?

No.

Meguiars?

No. {But I have no idea what this is}

Royal Automobile Club?

No, but their operatives and their wives will be familiar with the products of the advertising company.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Lux soap?

[DRT]

Lux soap?

No. Wrong industry, but it might be helpful to the wives of the operatives of the company that is familiar with the advertised product.

[benread]

British Airways or one of their predecessors such as BOAC?

[DRT]

British Airways or one of their predecessors such as BOAC?

No, but they certainly use the product of the advertising company.

[PhilW]

Castrol?

[DRT]

Castrol?

Correct industry, wrong company.

[benread]

BP?

[DRT]

BP?

No, but very close.

[jdaw1]

Shell?

[DRT]

Shell?

Bingo!

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Somehow I don't think this one would get through today's advertising standards police

JDAW's up.

[jdaw1]

As reported elsewhere, today I visited Disneyland Paris. The one thing that I liked, that seemed both clever and entertainingly frivolous, that could even be used in a garden for children in their forties, was something that I likened to ‘silver snakes’. In which of the various features was this seen? (Hateful flash: click ‘Découvrez le resort’; then, top-left-ish, ‘Disneyland Park’.)

[DRT]

Pirates of the Caribbean?

[jdaw1]

Pirates of the Caribbean?

Do I look like that sort of person who would approve of the Pirates of the Caribbean? (That was rhetorical.) No.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Was it La Cabane des Robinsons? Where you can pretend you are on a desert island and choose the port that you want to have in endless supply until you are rescued?

[jdaw1]

Was it La Cabane des Robinsons? Where you can pretend you are on a desert island and choose the port that you want to have in endless supply until you are rescued?

Do I look like that sort of person who would approve of La Cabane des Robinsons? (No.)

[Alex Bridgeman]

Was it La Cabane des Robinsons? Where you can pretend you are on a desert island and choose the port that you want to have in endless supply until you are rescued?

Do I look like that sort of person who would approve of La Cabane des Robinsons? (No.)

But do you look like the kind of person who would enjoy being marooned on an island with an endless supply of the vintage port of your choice? (Yes.)

[RAYC]

I have a true-to-theme prize for anyone who can tell me the connection between the following words/phrases: definitive; first option; fusion; tribute

[PhilW]

I have a true-to-theme prize for anyone who can tell me the connection between the following words/phrases: definitive; first option; fusion; tribute

Do they all appear on a menu, perhaps one for each dish on a tasting menu, or all on the description for a particular wine?

[DRT]

Partly stealing Phil's guess, are they all used in the description on the back label of a bottle of Port?

[RAYC]

Close but no cigar.

Clue 1: a related category of words/phrases includes: fourth quarter, blend Nº 4

[Glenn E.]

The beer you plan to drink while watching the Super Bowl?

(Why would you bother watching the Super Bowl?)

[RAYC]

Nope. Next clue, due tomorrow afternoon, is a big one.

[Alex Bridgeman]

You're coming off the wagon and starting to drink again. These are all words that your personal trainer has used to urge you to give up alcohol forever and gift all your bottles of port to me?

[RAYC]

I have a true-to-theme prize for anyone who can tell me the connection between the following words/phrases: definitive; first option; fusion; tribute

Clue 1: a related category of words/phrases includes: fourth quarter, blend Nº 4

Clue 2: a separate related category of words/phrases includes: midnight, icon, renown, nirvana