79 Mergers And Acquisitions Trivia Questions with Answers
79 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which company acquired Tumblr in 2013?
Answer
Yahoo
Which company acquired Genentech in 2009?
Answer
Roche
Which oil company merged with Mobil in 1999?
Answer
Exxon
What was the first billion-dollar merger in US history, formed in 1901?
Answer
U.S. Steel
In 2016, which Chinese company acquired the German robotics firm Kuka?
Answer
Midea Group
In 2015, which hotel chain acquired Starwood Hotels & Resorts?
Answer
Marriott
In 2011, which technology company acquired Autonomy Corporation?
Answer
Hewlett-Packard
In 2019, which company acquired 21st Century Fox?
Answer
Disney
In 2011, which company bought Motorola Mobility?
Answer
What was the value of Microsoft's acquisition of LinkedIn in 2016?
Answer
26.2 billion dollars
What is the term for a merger between two companies of roughly equal size?
Answer
Merger of equals
What term describes a merger between companies involved in different stages of production?
Answer
Vertical merger
In 2014, which cable company did Comcast attempt to acquire for $45.2 billion?
Answer
Time Warner Cable
How much did Facebook pay to acquire WhatsApp in 2014 (in billions)?
Answer
$19 billion
What was the name of the company formed by the 2000 merger of AOL and Time Warner?
Answer
AOL Time Warner
What term describes a company acquiring another against the wishes of its management?
Answer
Hostile takeover
What was the name of the company formed by the 1998 merger of Daimler-Benz and Chrysler?
Answer
DaimlerChrysler