Who is known as the 'Father of Venture Capital'?
Answer
Georges Doriot
16373 Hard Trivia Questions
16373 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Which family sold Berkshire Hathaway a controlling interest in Marmon Group?
Answer
Pritzker family
How much did Berkshire Hathaway pay for National Indemnity Company in 1967?
Answer
$8.6 million
What was the revenue of Berkshire Hathaway in the fiscal year 2023?
Answer
$364.5 billion
Which encyclopedia publisher is owned by Berkshire Hathaway?
Answer
World Book
What was the name of the company that merged with Berkshire Fine Spinning to form Berkshire Hathaway in 1955?
Answer
Hathaway Manufacturing
Which energy company's natural gas assets did Berkshire Hathaway acquire in 2020?
Answer
Dominion Energy
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway before Warren Buffett?
Answer
Textile manufacturing
Which startup was founded by Howie Liu?
Answer
Airtable
Which startup was founded by Ivan Zhao?
Answer
Notion
Which startup was founded by Dylan Field?
Answer
Figma
Which startup was founded by Melanie Perkins?
Answer
Canva
Which energy company did Berkshire Hathaway acquire a controlling interest in in 1999?
Answer
MidAmerican Energy
Which high school in Washington, D.C. did Warren Buffett graduate from?
Answer
Woodrow Wilson High School
What aerospace parts manufacturer did Berkshire Hathaway acquire for $37.2 billion in 2015?
Answer
Precision Castparts
Which investment firm did Warren Buffett work for after graduating from Columbia?
Answer
Graham-Newman Corp
Which dot-com company's 1998 IPO had a 606% first-day gain?
Answer
Theglobe.com
Which artist is credited with producing the first ōkubi-e?
Answer
Katsukawa Shunkō I
Which ukiyo-e artist used the seal 'Gakyō Rōjin Manji' (Old Man Mad About Art)?
Answer
Katsushika Hokusai
Which museum holds the largest collection of ukiyo-e prints in the world?
Answer
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Which ukiyo-e artist was arrested in 1804 for depicting the shogun's concubines?
Answer
Kitagawa Utamaro
What is the name of the earliest known ukiyo-e artist?
Answer
Hishikawa Moronobu
In 2023, which Hokusai print sold for a record $2.76 million at Christie's?
Answer
Under the Wave off Kanagawa
Which company experienced the largest single-day market value loss in U.S. history?
Answer
Meta Platforms
Which company's 2019 IPO was the largest in history, raising $25.6 billion?
Answer
Saudi Aramco
Which investment bank filed for bankruptcy on September 15, 2008?
Answer
Lehman Brothers
What was the exact date of Black Tuesday in 1929?
Answer
October 29, 1929
What is the term for a trading curb that halts trading on the NYSE after a 7% drop?
Answer
Circuit breaker
What was the exact date of the stock market crash known as Black Monday in 1987?
Answer
October 19, 1987