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Company Towns Trivia Quiz

Some American companies are closely identified with the cities in which they were founded or where their major facilities are. You'll see what I mean in these twenty questions.

A multiple-choice quiz by fritzer. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
fritzer

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
73,785

Updated
Jan 25 23

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
12 / 20

Plays
1568

Last 3 plays: Guest 79 (8/20), mspurple54 (14/20), Guest 136 (13/20).

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Question 1 of 20

1. What is the home of DuPont Chemical? Hint

Wilmington, Delaware

Houston, Texas

Richmond, Virginia

Richmond, California

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Question 2 of 20

2. What city has lived with the ups and downs of The Boeing Company since the 1910s? Hint

Seattle

Burbank

Fort Worth

Baltimore

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Question 3 of 20

3. These two major corporations call the same southern city their home: Home Depot and Coca-Cola. What is this home town? Hint

Nashville

Atlanta

Little Rock

Jacksonville

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Question 4 of 20

4. Across Lake Washington from Seattle is a Fortune 500 company American corporation. Its success has brought immense riches to its co-founders. Its home town is Redmond. Hint

Microsoft

Compaq

Intel

Dell

5. A little north of Redmond is the home where another Pacific Northwest success started up, a retailer in the Fortune list 500 after only twenty years of existence. You who shop there may find that the name of this home town is a dead giveaway: Kirkland, Washington. Hint

Costco

Office Depot

Safeway

Albertson's

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Question 6 of 20

6. The little Michigan town of Ada is birthplace and home to an enterprise which considers that its kind of sales scheme epitomizes the American way to achieve capitalistic business success. What's its name?

Answer: (One Word ... the hint is right there in the question)

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Question 7 of 20

7. Michigan: whose home town is Battle Creek? Hint

Kmart

Kellogg

Jeep

Walgreen

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Question 8 of 20

8. Michigan: which company employs a lot of the people who live in Midland and vicinity? Hint

Dow Chemical

Johns-Manville

Alcoa

Saginaw Steering Gear

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Question 9 of 20

9. What Midwestern America city had a serious local recession when one of its biggest corporate citizens, the Studebaker Company, stopped building automobiles there some forty years ago?

Answer: (Two Words ... the city hosts many belligerant folks who claim a relationship with the Emerald Isle)

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Question 10 of 20

10. Akron, Ohio has been hometown to not just a big company, but a whole industry. Several of the big names in this business have their origins, headquarters, or operations in the Akron area. What do they manufacture? Hint

automobiles

shoes

steel

tires

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Question 11 of 20

11. Which of these Fortune 500 retailers has Boise, Idaho as its corporate home town? Hint

Kroger

Albertson's

Target

Circuit City

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Question 12 of 20

12. What company's success has made its home town of Round Rock, Texas very happy over the last few years? Hint

Pearl Brewing

El Paso Natural Gas

Dell Computer

Texas Instruments

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Question 13 of 20

13. Name the state that contains the home town of the very successful creator of Scotch Tape and Post-It Notes?

Answer: (One Word ... the name of the company tells you where it lives)

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Question 14 of 20

14. There's a very special town that is named for the company that is there. Name the state that contains the chocolate-flavored town of Hershey.

Answer: (One Word ... need a hint? OK-- wanna polka?)

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Question 15 of 20

15. Not far from Hershey is a city named for its resident Fortune 500 company -- or maybe it's the other way around. Anyway, it's in upstate New York, near the Finger Lakes. What's that city?

Answer: (One Word ... does the name Pyrex mean anything to you?)

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Question 16 of 20

16. Adolphus Busch, with financial help from his father-in-law, Eberhard Anheuser, developed a business that is today the pride of a large mid-American city. Which city? Hint

Denver

Milwaukee

St. Louis

Cleveland

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Question 17 of 20

17. What's the home town of Kodak? Hint

Rochester, Vermont

Rochester, Michigan

Rochester, New York

Rochester, Minnesota

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Question 18 of 20

18. H. J. Heinz started a line of food products in his home town. Once upon a time the line numbered '57 varieties,' but I'll bet the count is much higher now. Where is Heinz headquartered? Hint

Kalamazoo

Wheeling

Pittsburgh

Columbus

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Question 19 of 20

19. Where does Harley-Davidson produce its great products. You know, Harleys? Hogs? Hint

Rapid City

Louisville

Peoria

Milwaukee

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Question 20 of 20

20. The Number 1 corporation in the USA, in terms of sales revenues, was founded by a man named Sam in a small city in Arkansas. Don't name the town. Instead, give us Sam's last name.

Answer: (One Word ... part of Sam's surname is part of his company's name)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the home of DuPont Chemical?

Answer: Wilmington, Delaware

DuPont was founded two hundred years ago in Wilmington, and the home offices are still there today.

2. What city has lived with the ups and downs of The Boeing Company since the 1910s?

Answer: Seattle

In the early 1970s, the 'Boeing Bust' nearly caused a mass exodus from the Seattle area. You'd never know it today!

3. These two major corporations call the same southern city their home: Home Depot and Coca-Cola. What is this home town?

Answer: Atlanta

While Atlanta is known for being the birthplace of Coke, and the Coca-Cola Corporation remains a Fortune 500 company, Home Depot is now bigger and higher-up on the Fortune list.

4. Across Lake Washington from Seattle is a Fortune 500 company American corporation. Its success has brought immense riches to its co-founders. Its home town is Redmond.

Answer: Microsoft

Microsoft was founded in 1975 by Paul Allen and Bill Gates, and went on to become one of the most successful technology companies in the world. Both its founders became multi-billionaires, and well-known for their philanthropic endeavours. Paul Allen died in October 2018.

Answer: Costco

'Kirkland' is used as a Costco Warehouse brand name.

Answer: Amway

American way. Amway.

7. Michigan: whose home town is Battle Creek?

Answer: Kellogg

You got it right? That's just gr-r-reat!

8. Michigan: which company employs a lot of the people who live in Midland and vicinity?

Answer: Dow Chemical

9. What Midwestern America city had a serious local recession when one of its biggest corporate citizens, the Studebaker Company, stopped building automobiles there some forty years ago?

Answer: South Bend

South Bend survived, and then thrived, in spite of the loss of its largest employer. Oh yes, South Bend is home to the 'Fighting Irish' at the University of Notre Dame.

Answer: tires

Firestone, Goodyear, and B. F. Goodrich are among the names identified with the city once called 'The Rubber Capital of the World.'

11. Which of these Fortune 500 retailers has Boise, Idaho as its corporate home town?

Answer: Albertson's

'It's Your Store' to enough people to make it the 38th largest company in the USA.

12. What company's success has made its home town of Round Rock, Texas very happy over the last few years?

Answer: Dell Computer

Michael Dell developed a concept for selling computers that has made him and his Texas town very prosperous!

13. Name the state that contains the home town of the very successful creator of Scotch Tape and Post-It Notes?

Answer: Minnesota

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, also known as 3M, was born in Duluth; home offices are now in St. Paul.

14. There's a very special town that is named for the company that is there. Name the state that contains the chocolate-flavored town of Hershey.

Answer: Pennsylvania

I haven't been in Hershey in many years, but it used to smell like a Hershey bar, and the streetlamps were shaped like Hershey Kisses. I sure hope it's still that way. The hint? The Pennsylvania Polka, don't you know.

15. Not far from Hershey is a city named for its resident Fortune 500 company -- or maybe it's the other way around. Anyway, it's in upstate New York, near the Finger Lakes. What's that city?

Answer: Corning

Corning was well known in every household for its various kinds of glass cookware. While they're still making things out of glass, they seem to have stopped producing 'Corningware.'

16. Adolphus Busch, with financial help from his father-in-law, Eberhard Anheuser, developed a business that is today the pride of a large mid-American city. Which city?

Answer: St. Louis

Home of 'The King of Beers.'

17. What's the home town of Kodak?

Answer: Rochester, New York

Actually, it's Eastman Kodak Company, and it has been in Rochester (New York, that is) for more than 100 years.

18. H. J. Heinz started a line of food products in his home town. Once upon a time the line numbered '57 varieties,' but I'll bet the count is much higher now. Where is Heinz headquartered?

Answer: Pittsburgh

19. Where does Harley-Davidson produce its great products. You know, Harleys? Hogs?

Answer: Milwaukee

Been there since it started making motorcycles in 1903.

20. The Number 1 corporation in the USA, in terms of sales revenues, was founded by a man named Sam in a small city in Arkansas. Don't name the town. Instead, give us Sam's last name.

Answer: Walton

Bentonville, Arkansas: that's the home town of Wal-Mart.

Source: Author fritzer

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