80 Small Business And Local Economy Trivia Questions with Answers

80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?

Easy Easy difficulty.
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In which English city did Anita Roddick open the first Body Shop store in 1976?

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Brighton

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which Madrid market opened in 1916 inside an iron-and-glass building near Plaza Mayor?

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Mercado de San Miguel

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which Boston marketplace began as a public market in 1742 and now forms part of the Faneuil Hall Marketplace complex?

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Faneuil Hall

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which Philadelphia market, opened in 1893, was built beneath the train sheds of the Reading Terminal?

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Reading Terminal Market

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which Pennsylvania market, founded in 1730, is regarded as the oldest continuously operating farmers’ market in the United States?

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Lancaster Central Market

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which Atlanta-based email marketing company began in 2001 as a side project of Rocket Science Group?

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Mailchimp

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which online commerce company was founded in Ottawa in 2006 to help businesses sell online?

Answer

Shopify

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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In what year was the first business improvement district established in Toronto’s Bloor West Village?

Answer

1970

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which Canadian public market opened on Vancouver’s Granville Island in 1979?

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Granville Island Public Market

Easy Easy difficulty.
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In what year did Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Market officially open to the public?

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1878

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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What local currency was launched in Totnes, Devon, in 2007?

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Totnes pound

Easy Easy difficulty.
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In what year did the Dane County Farmers’ Market in Madison, Wisconsin, begin operating?

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1972

Easy Easy difficulty.
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In what year was Germany’s Dresden Striezelmarkt, one of the world’s oldest Christmas markets, first held?

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1434

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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In what year did Bristol launch the Bristol Pound, a local currency for businesses and residents?

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2012

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which British cooperative wholesaler was founded in Manchester in 1863?

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Co-operative Wholesale Society

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which New York nonprofit operates the Union Square Greenmarket, founded in 1976?

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GrowNYC

Hard Hard difficulty.
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Which Dutch city is home to the world's oldest continuously operating stock exchange, founded in 1602?

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Amsterdam

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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In what year did Michael Linton coin the term LETS for a local exchange trading system in British Columbia?

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1983

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which community currency was introduced in Ithaca, New York, in 1991 by Paul Glover?

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Ithaca Hours

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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What Swiss complementary currency and cooperative bank was created in 1934 during the Great Depression?

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WIR

Easy Easy difficulty.
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What online marketplace, founded in Brooklyn in 2005, specializes in handmade and vintage goods from independent sellers?

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Etsy

Easy Easy difficulty.
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What community currency, launched in western Massachusetts in 2006, is named after Berkshire County?

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BerkShares

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which Spanish cooperative group was founded in Mondragón in 1956 by priest José María Arizmendiarrieta?

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Mondragon Corporation

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which U.S. government agency, created in 1953, is dedicated to supporting small businesses?

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Small Business Administration

Hard Hard difficulty.
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In what year did B Lab introduce the B Impact Assessment behind B Corporation certification?

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2006

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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In what year was the online lending platform Kiva founded?

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2005

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Who founded Grameen Bank, the Bangladesh microfinance institution, in 1983?

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Muhammad Yunus

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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What year did the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers begin operating in England?

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1844

Easy Easy difficulty.
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In what year did Seattle's Pike Place Market first open to the public?

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1907

Easy Easy difficulty.
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In what year did American Express launch Small Business Saturday in the United States?

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2010