90556 Intermediate Trivia Questions
90556 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Which family founded the U.S. fast-food chain In-N-Out Burger in Baldwin Park, California, in 1948?
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The Snyder family
Which family controls the Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, founded by Dhirubhai Ambani?
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The Ambani family
Which entrepreneur co-founded Canva in 2013 with Cliff Obrecht and Cameron Adams?
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Melanie Perkins
Which entrepreneur founded the ride-hailing company Grab in 2012 with Anthony Tan?
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Tan Hooi Ling
Which entrepreneur founded FedEx, originally called Federal Express, in 1971?
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Frederick Smith
Which entrepreneur founded Dell Technologies as PC's Limited in 1984?
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Michael Dell
Which entrepreneur founded Harpo Productions in 1986?
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Oprah Winfrey
Which entrepreneur founded Patagonia in 1973?
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Yvon Chouinard
Which entrepreneur founded Spanx after inventing footless control hosiery?
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Sara Blakely
What was the original name of the company now known as PayPal?
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Confinity
Which three founders launched Airbnb in 2008?
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Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia and Nathan Blecharczyk
In the classic Monopoly board game, what is the name of the first property after Jail?
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St. Charles Place
Which 1935 company first published Monopoly nationally in the United States?
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Parker Brothers
What is the name of Monopoly's inventor credited by Parker Brothers in 1935?
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Charles Darrow
Which guest Shark on Shark Tank founded the shapewear company Spanx?
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Sara Blakely
Which original Shark left the U.S. series Shark Tank after its second season?
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Kevin Harrington
Which Shark Tank investor partnered with the founders of Tipsy Elves?
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Robert Herjavec
Which Shark Tank investor made the deal with Cousins Maine Lobster?
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Barbara Corcoran
Which Shark Tank investor founded The Corcoran Group?
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Barbara Corcoran
Which Shark invested in Bombas on Shark Tank?
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Daymond John
Which Shark Tank investor founded the home-shopping company For Your Ease Only?
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Lori Greiner
In corporate finance, what does M&A stand for?
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Mergers and acquisitions
In corporate strategy, what is a hostile takeover?
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Acquisition opposed by the target’s management
In stock-market terminology, what is a company’s market capitalization?
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Share price times shares outstanding
In marketing, what is a USP the distinctive benefit that sets a product apart from competitors?
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Unique selling proposition
In competition economics, what is a cartel formed by competing companies to control prices or market supply?
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An anticompetitive agreement
In accounting, what does EBITDA measure in a company’s reported performance?
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Operating performance before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization
In a standard supply-and-demand graph, what term describes a supply curve that is vertical at every price?
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Perfectly inelastic supply
In economics, what type of demand changes by the same percentage as a product’s price?
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Unitary elastic demand
What 1973 event caused major oil price increases after OPEC members restricted oil exports?
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1973 oil crisis
In economics, what is the loss of total surplus caused by a market inefficiency called?
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Deadweight loss