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Business & Finance Trivia
1.Who was the first American to make $100 million a year? 2. Who devised and used the first electric stock quotation board 3. Who tried and failed to corner the silver market in the late 1970s? 4. What was the slowest trading day in New York Stock Exchange history? 5. Who was the first U.S. president in office to visit the New York Stock Exchange? 6. In what city was America’s first stock exchange located? 7. What company was the first to earn $1 billion in one year? 8. In what year did Ford Motor Company go public? 9.What company today was originally named the Computer-Tabulator-Recorder Company (C-T-R)? 10.What state is the corporate headquarters capital of the United States? 11. Who was America’s first billionaire? 12. What brokerage firm was founded in 1924 by four brothers from California? 13. When Ford went public in 1956, which firm did it choose to head up the underwriting? 14.Where was the first location in New York City used by brokers to buy and sell stocks? 15. What happened to the Dow Jones Industrial Average during World War II? 16. The World’s Worst Inflation: 17.What hymn did Cornelius Vanderbilt sing on his deathbed? 18.What could you have bought for $3,470.25 on March 16, 1830? 19. What product did Sears Roebuck market in the early ‘50s under the brand name "Allstates"? 20.In what industry did the DuPont make their original fortune? 21. Which of these companies is the oldest incorporated joint-stock merchandising company in the English-speaking world?
22. This powerful US corporation asked the American government to overthrow the government of Guatemala, and supplied two freighters for the Bay Pigs invasion. Its ability to influence Latin American governments gave it the nickname of " the octopus." But what dose it call itself ?
23. What is the busiest time of the day for business calling? 24. What is the most expensive wristwatch? 25. What is the most expensive pocket watch? 26. What are the top 5 firms by Assets? 27. Who is the largest asset manager in the world? 28. When were circuit breakers introduced? 29. What did the term "buck" originally refer to? 30. What was the first derivative and where was it first referenced? 31. What is the largest monthly money inflow into mutual funds? 32. What is the largest antitrust penalty? 33. What are the best performing technology IPOs? 34. What is the world's largest oil concern? 35. What is the
largest first-day IPO price rise? [back to top | Answers] 1921 Sloan and DuPont hire Day & Zimmerman to assist in reorganization at GM, one of the first uses of management consultants. 1925 Organization of McKinsey & Co. by James McKinsey, soon to become the most prominent management consultant firm. 1927 The first transmission of television signals. John D. Rust develops mechanical cotton picker, prompting large migration of Blacks to the North. Formations of Merck & Co.’s predecessor, which will become the nation’s leading pharmaceutical company. 1929 Stock market crash, signaling the beginning of hard times. 1933 Organization of Revlon, which will alter the way American women purchase and use cosmetics. Organization of Toyota Motors. Organization of Nissan (Jidosha Seizo) 1936 Douglas Aviation introduces the DC-3, the first commercial passenger plane capable of flying profitably. 1943 Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin; first US production. The first of the antibiotics, penicillin and other drugs will revolutionize the pharmaceutical industry. 1948 Founding of Xerox; in 1949 xerography was perfected commercially. 1953 First IBM computer, the 701. 1968 Organization of Intel Corp., which will become the leading firm in creation of electronic chips. 1976 Apple Corp. formed and the Apple II perfected the following year, the premier product in the personal computer industry. 1977 Found of Oracle, which became a major company in the software field and a key element on the information superhighway.
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