96 Famous Business Mergers Trivia Questions with Answers
96 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What company resulted from the 1985 merger of Capital Cities Communications and ABC?
Answer
Capital Cities/ABC
What company was formed by the 2006 merger of Alcatel and Lucent Technologies?
Answer
Alcatel-Lucent
Which company merged with Conoco in 2002 to create ConocoPhillips?
Answer
Phillips Petroleum
Which company merged with Nextel Communications in 2005 to form Sprint Nextel?
Answer
Sprint Corporation
Which company did T-Mobile US and Sprint form through their 2020 merger?
Answer
T-Mobile US
Which company was formed when Daimler-Benz and Chrysler merged in 1998?
Answer
DaimlerChrysler
What company resulted from the 2004 merger of Bank One and JPMorgan Chase?
Answer
JPMorgan Chase
What company was formed when AOL merged with Time Warner in 2001?
Answer
AOL Time Warner
Which company did Bell Atlantic and GTE create through their 2000 merger?
Answer
Verizon Communications
What company was formed by the 1998 merger of NationsBank and BankAmerica?
Answer
Bank of America
What company resulted from the 2018 merger of Linde AG and Praxair?
Answer
Linde plc
Which company was formed by the 2020 merger of United Technologies’ aerospace businesses and Raytheon?
Answer
Raytheon Technologies
What company was formed by the 2007 merger of Nokia Networks and Siemens Communications?
Answer
Nokia Siemens Networks
What company was created by the 2016 merger of Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller?
Answer
Anheuser-Busch InBev
Which company was formed by the 2022 merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery?
Answer
Warner Bros. Discovery
Which two American airlines merged in 2010 to form the United Continental Holdings parent company?
Answer
United Airlines and Continental Airlines
Which food company merged with Heinz in 2015 to create The Kraft Heinz Company?
Answer
Kraft Foods Group
What company resulted from the 2011 merger of NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Börse?
Answer
No company was formed
Which company resulted from the 2014 merger of Fiat and Chrysler?
Answer
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
What company resulted from the 2013 merger of Glencore and Xstrata?
Answer
Glencore Xstrata
What company was created by the 2015 merger of Lafarge and Holcim?
Answer
LafargeHolcim
Which company was created by the merger of Thomson and Reuters, completed in 2008?
Answer
Thomson Reuters
What company was formed by the 2007 merger of CVS Corporation and Caremark Rx?
Answer
CVS Caremark
Which company was formed by the 2018 merger of Essilor and Luxottica?
Answer
EssilorLuxottica
What company resulted from the 1994 merger of Northrop Corporation and Grumman Corporation?
Answer
Northrop Grumman
Which company was created by the 2001 merger of BHP and Billiton?
Answer
BHP Billiton
Which steel company resulted from Tata Steel’s 2007 acquisition of Corus?
Answer
Tata Steel Europe
What airline group was created by the 2011 merger of British Airways and Iberia?
Answer
International Airlines Group
Which company was formed by the 1999 merger of Exxon and Mobil?
Answer
ExxonMobil