Which company was at the center of the 1720 South Sea Bubble scandal in Britain?
Answer
South Sea Company
98 Famous Business Scandals Trivia Questions with Answers
98 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Who was fired after exposing accounting irregularities at Olympus in 2011?
Answer
Michael Woodford
Which Volkswagen CEO resigned in 2015 after the diesel-emissions cheating scandal broke?
Answer
Martin Winterkorn
Who was convicted as the chief executive of WorldCom during its 2002 accounting scandal?
Answer
Bernard Ebbers
Which accounting firm collapsed in 2002 after its conviction in the Enron scandal?
Answer
Arthur Andersen
Which Guinness chairman was convicted in the 1990 Guinness share-trading scandal?
Answer
Ernest Saunders
Which Canadian mining company became infamous for the 1997 Bre-X gold-scam scandal?
Answer
Bre-X Minerals
Which investment bank was involved in the 1991 U.S. Treasury bond-trading scandal?
Answer
Salomon Brothers
What was the name of the device Volkswagen used to cheat diesel emissions tests?
Answer
Defeat device
Which company was accused of using deceptive accounting in the 1938 McKesson & Robbins scandal?
Answer
McKesson & Robbins
Which bank collapsed in 1991 after the international fraud scandal involving its founder Agha Hasan Abedi?
Answer
Bank of Credit and Commerce International
Which media company was linked to the 2004 Hollinger scandal involving improper payments to executives?
Answer
Hollinger International
Which investment firm did Bernard Madoff run in the world’s largest Ponzi scheme?
Answer
Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities
Which Satyam founder admitted in 2009 to falsifying the Indian company’s accounts?
Answer
B. Ramalinga Raju
Which company collapsed in 2009 after founder Allen Stanford was accused of selling fraudulent certificates of deposit?
Answer
Stanford Financial Group
Who was the CEO convicted in the 2002 Tyco corporate scandal involving looted company funds?
Answer
Dennis Kozlowski
Which Malaysian state investment fund was at the center of the 1MDB financial scandal?
Answer
1Malaysia Development Berhad
Who blew the whistle on Cambridge Analytica’s harvesting of Facebook user data in 2018?
Answer
Christopher Wylie
Which company manufactured the defective Ford Pinto involved in the 1970s fuel-tank controversy?
Answer
Ford Motor Company
What was the name of the company at the center of the 1867 Crédit Mobilier scandal?
Answer
Crédit Mobilier
Which company was responsible for the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster in India?
Answer
Union Carbide
Which U.S. company was central to the 2002 Adelphia scandal involving hidden debt and overstated earnings?
Answer
Adelphia Communications