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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Dragon's Den

Which Dragon's Den entrepreneur founded the fitness brand Body Coach?

Answer

Joe Wicks

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Dragon's Den

What term does a Dragon's Den entrepreneur offer investors in exchange for their money?

Answer

Equity

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Dragon's Den

Who was the only original UK Dragon to remain on Dragon's Den continuously from series 1 onward?

Answer

Peter Jones

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• World's Richest Companies By Market Cap

Which payments network became the world's most valuable company in its industry after its 2008 IPO?

Answer

Visa

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• World's Richest Companies By Market Cap

Which company became the world's most valuable semiconductor manufacturer when its market cap passed Intel's in July 2020?

Answer

TSMC

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• World's Richest Companies By Market Cap

Which company was the first to reach a US$1 trillion market capitalization using only publicly traded shares, in 2018?

Answer

Apple

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• World's Richest Companies By Market Cap

Which company became the second publicly traded firm to exceed a US$3 trillion market cap, in January 2024?

Answer

Microsoft

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• World's Richest Companies By Market Cap

Which luxury-goods group became Europe’s first company valued above US$500 billion?

Answer

LVMH

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• World's Richest Companies By Market Cap

Which social-media company was the first to reach a US$1 trillion market capitalization in 2021?

Answer

Facebook

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• World's Richest Companies By Market Cap

Which investment conglomerate, led by Warren Buffett, became the first US company outside technology to exceed US$1 trillion in market value?

Answer

Berkshire Hathaway

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• World's Richest Companies By Market Cap

Which Saudi company became the first non-technology firm to reach a US$2 trillion market capitalization in 2019?

Answer

Saudi Aramco

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• World's Richest Companies By Market Cap

Which company made the first stock-market debut valued above US$1 trillion, in Shanghai in 2007?

Answer

PetroChina

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