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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Nobel Prize In Economics

On what date are Nobel Prize in Economics laureates traditionally honored at the Nobel ceremony?

Answer

10 December

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Nobel Prize In Economics

Which economist became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economics after Elinor Ostrom?

Answer

Esther Duflo

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Nobel Prize In Economics

Which economist was the first Black person to win the Nobel Prize in Economics?

Answer

Arthur Lewis

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

Which company was the first to reach a $1 trillion market capitalization while listed on the Saudi Stock Exchange?

Answer

Saudi Aramco

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

Which social-media company first surpassed a $1 trillion market capitalization in 2021?

Answer

Facebook

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

Which company held the record for the world’s largest IPO before Saudi Aramco’s 2019 offering?

Answer

Alibaba Group

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

Which company became the first to lose $1 trillion in market capitalization from its peak in 2022?

Answer

Amazon

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

Which company gained about $277 billion in market capitalization in a single day in February 2024?

Answer

Nvidia

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

Which company suffered the largest one-day market-cap loss, about $232 billion, in February 2022?

Answer

Meta Platforms

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• World's Richest Companies By Market Cap

Which company was valued at about $1.9 trillion when it launched the world’s largest IPO in December 2019?

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Saudi Aramco

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

Which company became the first U.S. company outside the technology sector to exceed a $1 trillion market capitalization?

Answer

Berkshire Hathaway

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

Which company became the second publicly traded U.S. company to reach a $1 trillion market capitalization, after Apple?

Answer

Amazon

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