Happy Sunday everyone! I don’t know about you, but for me it’s Succession Sunday, and in honor of the series finale, thought we should have some business questions that would make Logan proud. Enjoy!
1. In 2022, what fashion brand founded by Chris Xu in Nanjing became the world’s largest fashion retailer?
2. The Egyptian god Apis appears in the logo for what Danish pharmaceutical company headquartered in Bagsværd?
3. In 2023, what Dutch company that’s the largest supplier for the semiconductor industry and the most highly valued European tech company is best known for a four-letter name?
4. The largest public company in India by revenue, what conglomerate headquartered in Mumbai works in oil, gas, and chemicals and has a supposedly trusty name?
5. The largest consulting firm in the world by number of employees, what professional services company based in Dublin is led by CEO Julie Sweet and has a > over the “t” in its logo?
6. By Internet rankings, what search engine is the most used website with the suffix .ru?
7. A ravine appears in the logo of what largest producer of iron ore and nickel in the world, headquartered in Brazil and the second-largest Latin American company, only after Mercado Libre?
8. What Taiwanese-American billionaire is the co-founder and CEO of Nvidia?
9. One of the largest companies in Africa, Sonatrach is the national state-owned oil company of which country?
10. Due to its historical connections to farming, what French banking group is also called “La banque verte” (“The green bank”)?
11. On the 2022 Fortune Global 500 list, the top 3 Japanese companies are all known for vehicles. Name those three companies.
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1. In 2022, what fashion brand founded by Chris Xu in Nanjing became the world’s largest fashion retailer?
Shein
2. The Egyptian god Apis appears in the logo for what Danish pharmaceutical company headquartered in Bagsværd?
Novo Nordisk
3. In 2023, what Dutch company that’s the largest supplier for the semiconductor industry and the most highly valued European tech company is best known for a four-letter name?
ASML (Advanced Semiconductor Materials Lithography)
4. The largest public company in India by revenue, what conglomerate headquartered in Mumbai works in oil, gas, and chemicals and has a supposedly trusty name?
Reliance Industries
5. The largest consulting firm in the world by number of employees, what professional services company based in Dublin is led by CEO Julie Sweet and has a > over the “t” in its logo?
Accenture
6. By Internet rankings, what search engine is the most used website with the suffix .ru?
yandex.ru
7. A ravine appears in the logo of what largest producer of iron ore and nickel in the world, headquartered in Brazil and the second-largest Latin American company, only after Mercado Libre?
Vale
8. What Taiwanese-American billionaire is the co-founder and CEO of Nvidia?
Jensen Huang
9. One of the largest companies in Africa, Sonatrach is the national state-owned oil company of which country?
Algeria
10. Due to its historical connections to farming, what French banking group is also called “La banque verte” (“The green bank”)?
Crédit Agricole
11. On the 2022 Fortune Global 500 list, the top 3 Japanese companies are all known for vehicles. Name those three companies.
Toyota, Mitsubishi, Honda
Loaded Questions 5/28/23 - Business/Economics
Maybe a glitch in the answer to #9?