90556 Intermediate Trivia Questions
90556 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Who founded the German sportswear brand Adidas in 1949?
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Adolf Dassler
What does the name IKEA abbreviate, combining its founder's initials with two Swedish place names?
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Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd
Which institution is Mexico’s central bank and issuer of the Mexican peso?
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Bank of Mexico
Which French central bank was created by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1800?
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Banque de France
Which central bank was created by South Africa’s Currency and Banking Act of 1920?
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South African Reserve Bank
Which institution has issued China’s renminbi since the People’s Republic of China was founded in 1949?
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People’s Bank of China
Who designed the Indian rupee symbol ₹, adopted by the Government of India in 2010?
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D. Udaya Kumar
Which 1944 agreement made the US dollar the central currency for the postwar monetary system?
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Bretton Woods Agreement
In which Japanese city is Toyota Motor Corporation's headquarters located?
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Toyota City
In which Chinese city is Tencent Holdings headquartered?
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Shenzhen
What was the original name of the pizza chain now known as Domino’s?
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DomiNick’s
Which British bank introduced the first permanent overdraft facility in 1728?
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Royal Bank of Scotland
Which organization, founded in 1930, coordinates cooperation among the world’s central banks?
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Bank for International Settlements
Which Dutch institution, founded in 1609, became famous as Europe’s pioneering public bank?
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Bank of Amsterdam
Which 1935 U.S. law created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's permanent structure?
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Banking Act of 1935
Which 1816 institution became the second national bank of the United States?
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Second Bank of the United States
Which 1907 panic helped inspire the creation of the U.S. Federal Reserve?
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Panic of 1907
Which 1913 U.S. law created the Federal Reserve System?
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Federal Reserve Act
Which bank introduced the first widely used bank-issued credit card, BankAmericard, in 1958?
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Bank of America
Which 1846 British law repealed the Corn Laws and marked a major shift toward free trade?
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Importation Act 1846
Which 1991 treaty established Mercosur as a common market among Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay?
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Treaty of Asunción
Which 1860 treaty created the first modern free-trade agreement between Britain and France?
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Cobden–Chevalier Treaty