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1. That bronco named "Star" bucks like there was too much caffeine in his trough.

From Quiz Product Placement

Answer: Starbucks

The first Starbucks coffee store opened in Seattle, Washington in 1971. Eventually more branches appeared in Seattle. In 1992 the company went public. Today Starbucks bills itself as the largest coffee shop chain in the world and boasts thousands of stores throughout the United States and in other countries -- not to mention being placed this quiz.

From Quiz Made In The United Kingdom

Answer: Scotland

HMS Prince of Wales and her sister aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth were the biggest ships ever built for the Royal Navy. Both were assembled at Rosyth, near Edinburgh, like a giant lego ship of parts made in other shipyards. The build cost was £3bn. HMS Prince of Wales had a 900 foot fight deck; a crew of 700 and the ability to carry 36 F35B jet fighters, as well as several helicopters.

From Quiz Things You May Not Know About eBay

Answer: Final value fee

A final value fee is what a seller must pay to eBay after the item is sold. These percentages can vary depending on the category of item, and price it was sold at. An insertion fee is a fee that is paid to list the item being sold.

From Quiz Inventions Through the Ages

Answer: Otto Rohwedder

Otto Frederick Rohwedder (1880-1960) of Davenport, Iowa invented the first automatic bread-slicing machine for commercial use. He built a prototype as early as 1912, but the machine was destroyed by a fire. It wasn't until 1928 that Rohwedder's invention was used by the Chillicothe Baking Company in Missouri to slice and sell uniform pieces of bread...leading to the saying "the greatest thing since sliced bread". Gutenberg (died in 1468) was responsible for the printing press. Rontgen or Roentgen (1845-1923) discovered X-rays. Bunsen (1811-1899) discovered caesium and rubidium and the Bunsen burner.

From Quiz Michigan Business Quiz Buster

Answer: General Motors

General Motors was first formed in 1908 and has continued to be one of the top automotive companies in the world. Stemming from the 2007-2008 financial crisis, General Motors Corporation filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2009 and emerged later that year as General Motors Company LLC. General Motors Company is publicly-traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "GM".

From Quiz Where Did These Companies Start Out?

Answer: Palo Alto, California

Google first started in 1995 as a research project for two PH.D. students, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, but wasn't formerly incorporated as a company until 1998. In 1999 the company moved to offices in Palo Alto before leasing an office complex in Mountain View, California, in 2003 which is known as the Googleplex.

From Quiz The Rules of Wealth

Answer: Thinking wealthy

Know that you have the same rights and opportunities as anyone else and accept that it's okay to have money; it's not the root of all evil.

From Quiz Made in America

Answer: Campbell's Soup

Joseph Campbell and Abraham Anderson founded the company in 1869 in Camden, New Jersey. Originally sold from a horse-drawn wagon, the Campbell Soup Company is now the world's largest maker and marketer of soup. Chemist John Dorrance, who worked for the company, figured out a way to eliminate most of the water in a can of soup, its heaviest ingredient. This allowed the company to sell it at a lower cost than its competition. Campbell's has produced a line of regional soups as well as sauces and juice drinks.

From Quiz Pixar: Gold Standard of Children's CGI Movies

Answer: Lucasfilm

Lucasfilm is known for producing the "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" movies, and "American Graffiti". In 1979, founder and then owner George Lucas started a Computer Division that would eventually turn into Pixar. The goal of the division was to develop new computerized filmmaking technologies. (George Lucas sold Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012.)

From Quiz Sold Out!

Answer: Volkswagen

The Volkswagen Beetle was designed by Ferdinand Porsche at the behest of Adolf Hitler, with the first one hitting the streets in 1938. The 20 millionth model rolled off the production lines in Mexico in 1981. The Toyota Corolla would eventually overtake the Beetle in numbers sold, the 30 millionth being produced in 2005.

From Quiz What Will They Think of Next!

Answer: The wooden bathing suit

"Wear Wood" would certainly have been an interesting campaign, had the wooden bathing suit caught on. Made from spruce, the 1930 May edition of "Popular Science" described the suits as "the latest novelty", claiming that they were a "practical" alternative to the regular bathing suit, especially for those the magazine called "timid" swimmers. However the magazine's final word on the matter was far than comforting, as the article ended with the less than reassuring words, "So far, none of them has warped or cracked"! The suits were created in the state of Washington, in order to promote its lumber industry. However the name of the person who originally came up with the idea is unknown.

From Quiz Wrong Business Moves

Answer: Satyam Computer Services

Until late 2008, Satyam was considered one of the leading software companies in India posting strong growth and profit numbers every year. Concerns were first raised when the company announced the acquisition of two promoter- driven companies that were involved in unrelated businesses of real estate and infrastructure development. The acquisition cost stated seemed to be inappropriate and shareholders and institutional investors opposed the move which did not appear to be in the best interests of the company and favoured the promoters instead. While the company gave in and withdrew this proposal, in early January 2009, Raju wrote a letter to the employees confessing to having fudged the accounts of the company. It emerged that profits had been overstated for the past few years and fictitious accounting entries had been created to hide the fraud. During the time of disclosure, Raju admitted that almost 94% of the cash balance reflected in the company's books were fictitious. The fraud was even more startling considering that the company was also listed on the New York Stock exchange, counted large global institutions among its investors and had PricewaterhouseCoopers as its auditor. Ironically the founder and chairman, Ramalinga Raju, had earlier been awarded the Golden Peacock award for excellence in Corporate Governance.

From Quiz Canadian Businesses 2.0

Answer: Banks

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Toronto Dominion (TD), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) or Scotiabank and Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) are all domestic banks that operate under government charter in Canada.

From Quiz Product of Canada

Answer: sugar beets

Alberta is Canada's only province that produces sugar from sugar beets. 35,000 acres of sugar beets are grown and harvested each fall which are then sent to Taber, Alberta. Here the sugar beets are processed in the only plant of its kind in Canada into granulated and powdered sugar as well as liquid sucrose and liquid invert sugar.

From Quiz Canadian Businesses

Answer: A Canadian heroine

Frank P. O'Connor named the store after Laura Secord, a Canadian heroine. During the war of 1812, Laura Secord overheard plans about a surprise attack on the British by the Americans and walked 32 kilometers in over 18 hours to warn the British of the impending attack. A peace treaty was reached between Canada and the U.S. the following year. There is a statue commemorating her at Valiants Memorial in Ottawa.

From Quiz E-Business and Decision Making [2]

Answer: A model

We need models to aid us in making decisions. Models can calculate risks, understand uncertainty, change variables, and manipulate time.

From Quiz Joining the Network

Answer: Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook in 2004 with the help of his college roommates. Users can create personal profiles with all of their personal information and upload pictures, and can chat with friends privately through a pop-up chat box or post their status on the public wall.

From Quiz Travelling on the Internet

Answer: Priceline

William Shatner, aka Captain James T. Kirk, became the spokesperson for Priceline in 1998. The Priceline company was started by entrepreneur Jay S. Walker in Norwalk, Connecticut. The company was the first to enable customers to negotiate travel deals by submitting the price they would be willing to pay for flights, hotels, or other vacation packages.

From Quiz E-Business and Decision Making [1]

Answer: Hacker

Hackers are instigators of malicious threats. Hackers range from pranksters to organized criminals and even terrorists. Many security experts indicate that securing information systems against malicious threats is like an arms race. Fortunately, some former hackers are being employed by companies to test their systems' vulnerability to cyber attacks. It's certainly a high-stakes contest requiring continuous update of defenses against an arsenal of weaponry.

From Quiz Let's Go For Black Gold!

Answer: Let's start drilling

The drill pipe is turned through the rotary table and turns in a clockwise fashion "to the right". A gate valve is opened by turning to the left and square dancing is not practiced on drilling rigs.

From Quiz Risky Businesses

Answer: Basel

The committee meets four times a year at the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland. The Basel norms deal with the different types of risks that banks have to face and lay down regulatory guidelines that can be followed on a global scale. Most countries require their banks to follow the Basel norms, which are updated periodically.

From Quiz If I Had All the Money in the World

Answer: Bathrobes

He is founder and chariman of the Inditex Group, the most well-known brand of which is the fashion store Zara. Gaona is quite reclusive, never giving interviews and rarely appearing in public. He prefers a casual, discrete lifestyle, typically dressing in t-shirts and blue jeans.

From Quiz Good Idea, Bad Idea

Answer: Mars

The Hershey Company selected 'Reese's Pieces' rather than their flagship 'Kisses' to appear in the movie and sales soared allowing the company to gain market share. According to Jack Dowd, the executive from Hershey's who approved the deal, they "...got immediate recognition for our product. We would normally have to pay 15 or 20 million bucks for it." The decision was a good one for Hershey but a bad one for Mars!

From Quiz Internet Shopping

Answer: Amazon and eBay

Amazon.com and eBay are often considered among the most interesting and influential players in internet shopping. Amazon, launched in 1995, became profitable only in 2003. By 2008 it had reached over US$19 billion in revenues and had 615 million visitors to the site. Popularizing online auction sales, eBay.com had over US$8 billion in revenues during 2008. Although a majority of its transactions are still from the auction format, a substantial portion of sales are direct retail (not through bidding auctions) sales.

From Quiz Safe Workplace

Answer: Secretary of Labor

In 1970 the movement for a job safety and health law was successful, In 1971 the Department of Labor established the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Manufacturers and unions view this agency as either too strict or too lax, the former claims it adds too much to the cost of manufacturing and the latter claims it does not enforce the safety standards strictly enough.

From Quiz Young, Fabulous, & Broke

Answer: Your FICO score

Orman states: "Just about every financial move you will make for the rest of your life will be somehow linked to your FICO score". (The Money Book for the Young Fabulous & Broke, 2005). So, just what is a FICO score? It is basically your credit history score, which allows lenders to decide if you are a good risk for them to loan money to. Your payment history and debt balances will both play a role in how you score.

From Quiz You Want To Call It WHAT? Origins of Brand Names

Answer: It is the Russian word for 'winter'

1992 was one of those weird years in which drink manufacturers messed around with their most popular products, trying to come up with something 'different.' It was known as the 'Year Of The Clear', especially in the highly competitive beer world and the major brewers thought that a clear beer would appeal to whatever age group was popular at the time. Remember "Miller Clear?" Don't worry, no one else does. Only the folks at Coors came up with a clever name for their beer that looked like vodka: Zima. A rough translation of this Russian word is 'winter' in English.

From Quiz Purchasing is Easy, the Professional Way

Answer: Michigan State University

Professor Robert M. Monczka Ph.D. developed an elaborate process description to guide companies to achieve purchasing and supply chain excellence known as the Global Procurement and Supply Chain Benchmarking Initiative Monczka is also associated with the College of Business and the National Association of Purchasing Management at Arizona State University (ASU).

From Quiz New Zealand Brands

Answer: Sanitarium

Sanitarium is also the producers of Kiwi favourite Weet-Bix.

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