Question 1

What was Google's original name?

Accepted Answer

BackRub - They called it this because the program analyzed the web’s “back links” to understand how important a website was, and what other sites it related to. BackRub operated on Stanford’s servers until it eventually took up too much bandwidth.

Question 2

Which of the following luxury fashion brand was founded in 1913 in Milano, Italy?

Accepted Answer

Prada

Question 3

What is the largest corporate merger in history?

Accepted Answer

Vodafone and Mannesmann

Question 4

Starbucks' round tables were created specifically so customers would feel less what?

Accepted Answer

Alone

Question 5

The below companies all suffered data breaches, which one had the largest data breach ever by user records

Accepted Answer

Yahoo

Question 6

What is the most productive day of the workweek?

Accepted Answer

Tuesday

Question 7

Why did Mark Zuckerberg choose the color of Facebook primarily blue?

Accepted Answer

he has a red-green color blindness

Question 8

A customer successfully sued Chipotle in 2010, ANTONINETTI v. CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC (2010), claiming this.

Accepted Answer

the ordering counter was too tall

Question 9

What is the largest accidental oil spill in history

Accepted Answer

BP’s Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (2010)

Question 10

Which car maker was ordered to pay $25 Billion in fines for installing illegal software designed to cheat emission tests?

Accepted Answer

Volkswagen

Question 11

Outside of its home city, this St. Louis Bread Company is more popularly known as what chain restaurant?

Accepted Answer

Panera

Question 12

A survey from Forbes dated July 21, 2023, what is the percentage of those who date a colleague end up marrying them?

Accepted Answer

43%

Question 13

According to a survey from Forbes dated July 21, 2023, what is the percentage of workers that actually notified their HR of their workplace romance?

Accepted Answer

62%

Question 14

What is the most expensive divorce settlement from a business executive of all time?

Accepted Answer

Bill Gates’ divorce in 2021 from Melinda Gates

Question 15

What is the largest company by revenue, according to Wikipedia

Accepted Answer

Walmart

Question 16

What is the largest company by Market Capitalization, according to Wikipedia

Accepted Answer

Apple

Question 17

What is the last name of the business tycoon behind the "No. 5" perfume?

Accepted Answer

Chanel

Question 18

In 2000, Sara Blakely quit her job selling fax machines door-to-door and invested her life savings into this company, which is famously bootstrapped (she took no money from outside investors and owns

Accepted Answer

Spanx

Question 19

As of 2018, the two countries hogging the most slots of the ten largest banks by assets under management are the U.S. and what country?

Accepted Answer

Switzerland

Question 20

Below are the 4 largest bank failures in history; which one is the largest?

Accepted Answer

Washington Mutual (2008)

Question 21

The Big Five U.S. accounting firms became the Big Four in 2001, because Arthur Andersen botched their audit of what Texas company?

Accepted Answer

Enron

Question 22

With alumni including Waren Buffett, Elon Musk and Sundar Pichai, what is the name of the University of Pennsylvania's renowned business school?

Accepted Answer

Wharton

Question 23

What fashion brand is easily recognized by its green crocodile logo?

Accepted Answer

Lacoste

Question 24

Which situation did Nike Inc. consider not a scandal for the company?

Accepted Answer

Nike’s relationship since 1996 w/ Tiger Woods despite him being unfaithfu

Corporate Facts and Scandals Trivia Quiz

2) Which of the following luxury fashion brand was founded in 1913 in Milano, Italy?

3) What is the largest corporate merger in history?

4) Starbucks' round tables were created specifically so customers would feel less what?

5) The below companies all suffered data breaches, which one had the largest data breach ever by user records

6) What is the most productive day of the workweek?

7) Why did Mark Zuckerberg choose the color of Facebook primarily blue?

8) A customer successfully sued Chipotle in 2010, ANTONINETTI v. CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC (2010), claiming this.

9) What is the largest accidental oil spill in history

10) Which car maker was ordered to pay $25 Billion in fines for installing illegal software designed to cheat emission tests?

11) Outside of its home city, this St. Louis Bread Company is more popularly known as what chain restaurant?

12) A survey from Forbes dated July 21, 2023, what is the percentage of those who date a colleague end up marrying them?

13) According to a survey from Forbes dated July 21, 2023, what is the percentage of workers that actually notified their HR of their workplace romance?

14) What is the most expensive divorce settlement from a business executive of all time?

15) What is the largest company by revenue, according to Wikipedia

16) What is the largest company by Market Capitalization, according to Wikipedia

17) What is the last name of the business tycoon behind the "No. 5" perfume?

18) In 2000, Sara Blakely quit her job selling fax machines door-to-door and invested her life savings into this company, which is famously bootstrapped (she took no money from outside investors and owns

19) As of 2018, the two countries hogging the most slots of the ten largest banks by assets under management are the U.S. and what country?

20) Below are the 4 largest bank failures in history; which one is the largest?

21) The Big Five U.S. accounting firms became the Big Four in 2001, because Arthur Andersen botched their audit of what Texas company?

22) With alumni including Waren Buffett, Elon Musk and Sundar Pichai, what is the name of the University of Pennsylvania's renowned business school?

23) What fashion brand is easily recognized by its green crocodile logo?

24) Which situation did Nike Inc. consider not a scandal for the company?