Loaded Questions 3/10/22 - Business/Economics
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1. After Kroger, what is the second-largest supermarket chain in the US? Headquartered in Boise, this company removed its apostrophe in 2002.
2. Augsburg was the center of what German family of bankers in the 15th and 16th century? Jakob the Rich was a member of this family.
3. Peter Peterson and Stephen Schwarzman are the founders of what NY-based alternative investment firm, the largest in the world?
4. Formerly named 360buy, what Chinese e-commerce company is the third largest Internet company after Amazon and Google?
5. What does the acronym PITI stand for, which describes the four components of a mortgage payment?
6. First published in 1970, Richard Nelson Bolles is best known for what job-hunting self-help book, whose cover features a hot air balloon-looking device?
7. What German manufacturing company was originally named for the man who names the SI unit of electrical conductance?
8. Unilever owns what brand of minty toothpaste, founded in 1915? Deriving its flavor from sassafras, commercials for this brand famously included the slogan "You'll wonder where the yellow went".
9. An inverse relationship between unemployment and inflation is displayed on the namesake curve of what New Zealand economist, which he described in 1958?
10. In 2019, what cloud-based software company, whose San Francisco headquarters is the second-tallest building west of the Mississippi, was listed as the second-best company to work for, after Hilton?
11. What adjective describes the act of selling a stock short without first borrowing the shares or ensuring that the shares can be borrowed?
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1. After Kroger, what is the second-largest supermarket chain in the US? Headquartered in Boise, this company removed its apostrophe in 2002. Albertsons
2. Augsburg was the center of what German family of bankers in the 15th and 16th century? Jakob the Rich was a member of this family. Fugger
3. Peter Peterson and Stephen Schwarzman are the founders of what NY-based alternative investment firm, the largest in the world? The Blackstone Group
4. Formerly named 360buy, what Chinese e-commerce company is the third largest Internet company after Amazon and Google? JD.com
5. What does the acronym PITI stand for, which describes the four components of a mortgage payment? Principal, interest, taxes, insurance
6. First published in 1970, Richard Nelson Bolles is best known for what job-hunting self-help book, whose cover features a hot air balloon-looking device? What Color is Your Parachute?
7. What German manufacturing company was originally named for the man who names the SI unit of electrical conductance? Siemens
8. Unilever owns what brand of minty toothpaste, founded in 1915? Deriving its flavor from sassafras, commercials for this brand famously included the slogan "You'll wonder where the yellow went". Pepsodent
9. An inverse relationship between unemployment and inflation is displayed on the namesake curve of what New Zealand economist, which he described in 1958? William Phillips
10. In 2019, what cloud-based software company, whose San Francisco headquarters is the second-tallest building west of the Mississippi, was listed as the second-best company to work for, after Hilton? Salesforce
11. What adjective describes the act of selling a stock short without first borrowing the shares or ensuring that the shares can be borrowed? Naked