Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

► Cultural Literacy > Business and Industry > Flashcards

Business and Industry Flashcards

1
Q

Parent company of NBC

A

General Electric

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Founder of Kodak

A

George Eastman

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Top soy sauce maker

A

Kikoman

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Headquarters of Federal Express

A

Memphis TN

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Headquarters of General Electric

A

Schenectady NY

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Owner of Jeopardy! And Columbia-Tri Star

A

Sony

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Headquarters of Land-O-Lakes

A

Minneapolis MN

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Parent company of CBS

A

Westinghouse

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Pancake brand started in 1893

A

Aunt Jemima

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Top US shipping company

A

Federal Express

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Headquarters of Heinz

A

Pittsburgh PA

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Headquarters of Rubbermaid

A

Worster OH

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Headquarters of Anheuser-Busch

A

St. Louis MO

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Steve Jobs’ original partner

A

Steve Wozniak

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Top-selling US motor oil company

A

Pennzoil

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

State that incorporates half of the Fortune 500 companies

A

Deleware

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Headquarters of Kellogg

A

Battle Creek MI

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Ford CEO

A

Jacques Nasser

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Top US prescription medicine outlet

A

Walgreen’s

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Only major motorcycle maker in US

A

Harley-Davidson

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Aaron Ward’s middle name

A

Montgomery

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

Headquarters of Nike

A

Beaverton OR

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

Founder of CBS

A

William Paley

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

Largest US tire and rubber company

A

Goodyear

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

Company whose symbol is a monocled peanut

A

Planters

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

Hula Hoop maker

A

Wham-O

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

Dallas semiconductor company

A

Texas Instruments

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
28
Q

Apple CEO

A

Steve Jobs

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
29
Q

Auto maker who declared bankruptcy in 1940

A

Preston Tucker

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
30
Q

Scandinavian airline

A

SAS

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
31
Q

San Francisco high tech catalogue company

A

Sharper Image

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
32
Q

Dell Computer CEO

A

Michael Dell

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
33
Q

Pony Express owners

A

Wells Fargo

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
34
Q

“Kleenex” maker

A

Kimberly-Clark

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
35
Q

2nd largest US chemical company

A

Dow

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
36
Q

US largest exporter

A

Boeing

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
37
Q

Headquarters of Proctor and Gamble

A

Cincinnati OH

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
38
Q

WWI flier and Eastern Airlines chairman

A

Eddie Rickenbacker

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
39
Q

Maker of Zima

A

Coors

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
40
Q

Founder of McDonald’s Restaurants

A

Ray Kroc

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
41
Q

Vermont ice cream maker

A

Ben and Jerry’s

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
42
Q

Founder of FOX entertainment

A

Rupert Murdoch

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
43
Q

Dutch airline; the world’s oldest

A

KLM

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
44
Q

Walt Disney CEO

A

Michael Eisner

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
45
Q

Maine company with outdoor gear catalogues

A

L.L. Bean

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
46
Q

Founded Chicago’s largest department store in 1881

A

Marshall Field

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
47
Q

Headquarters of Pillsbury

A

Minneapolis MN

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
48
Q

US largest mail order company

A

Montgomery Ward

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
49
Q

Delaware chemical company

A

DuPont

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
50
Q

Capital Cities network

A

ABC

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
51
Q

Founder of Paramount Pictures

A

Adolph Zukor

52
Q

Credit reporting firm and rocket engine builder

53
Q

Bennett Cerf’s publishing company

A

Random House

54
Q

Maker of Cheerios

A

General Mills

55
Q

Little Rock yogurt chain

56
Q

Spain’s airline

57
Q

Berkshire Hathaway CEO

A

Warren Buffett

58
Q

Headquarters of Jack Daniels

A

Lynchburg TN

59
Q

Largest US chemical company

60
Q

German aspirin company

61
Q

Microsoft’s original CEO

A

Bill Gates

62
Q

Founder of Wendy’s Restaurants

A

Dave Thomas

63
Q

Headquarters of USX

A

Pittsburgh PA

64
Q

Headquarters of Nieman-Marcus

65
Q

They had the first roasted coffee in cans 1878

A

Chase and Sandbourne

66
Q

World’s largest spice company

A

McCormack and Co.

67
Q

Headquarters of Goodyear

68
Q

Company that built the Queen Elizabeth

69
Q

“All Natural” ice cream maker

70
Q

Headquarters of Saturn Auto Plant

A

Springhill TN

71
Q

Scotch Tape-brand maker

72
Q

Ray Ban sunglasses maker

A

Bausch and Lomb

73
Q

Banana Republic and Old Navy owner

74
Q

World’s largest food company

75
Q

Coffee brand named after a Memphis hotel

A

Maxwell House

76
Q

Russian airline

77
Q

Bill Gates’ original partner

A

Paul Allen

78
Q

Former chairman of Occidental Petroleum

A

Armand Hammer

79
Q

AMR CEO

A

Robert Crandall

80
Q

Arkansas frozen foods company

81
Q

First yoyo maker

82
Q

Headquarters of Berlitz

A

Providence RI

83
Q

Founded American Fur Company in 1808

A

John Jacob Astor

84
Q

Standard Oil of New Yersey

85
Q

Switzerland’s airlines

A

Crossair; Swissair

86
Q

Billboard ad company and newspaper chain owner

87
Q

Australia’s airline

88
Q

St. Petersburg - Russia Jewelry firm

89
Q

Top US rental car company

A

Enterprise

90
Q

Leading maker of processed turkey products

A

Louis Rich

91
Q

Astronaut and Eastern Airlines chairman

A

Frank Borman

92
Q

Maker of the C90 super computer

A

Cray Research

93
Q

Largest electric razor company

94
Q

Germany’s airline

95
Q

Headquarters of Tyson Foods

A

Springdale AK

96
Q

North Dakota computer merchant

97
Q

Founder of TWA

A

Howard Hughes

98
Q

Headquarters of Monsanto

A

St. Louis MO

99
Q

“Flying Colors” airline that went bankrupt in 1981

100
Q

Largest US cigarette maker

A

Phillip Morris

101
Q

Etch-a-Sketch maker

102
Q

Maker of Viagra

103
Q

Spam maker

104
Q

Founded Hawaiian Pineapple Company in 1901

A

James Dole

105
Q

Largest US maker of pasteurized orange juice

106
Q

GI Joe maker

107
Q

First company to mass-market baby foods

108
Q

Former name of Chiquita brands

A

United Fruit Company

109
Q

Amazon CEO

A

Jeff Bezos

110
Q

Lean Cuisine maker

A

Stouffer’s

111
Q

QVC CEO

A

Barry Diller

112
Q

Belgian airline

113
Q

Headquarters of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream

A

Waterbury VT

114
Q

Brazil’s airline

115
Q

Headquarters of Eastman Kodak

A

Rochester NY

116
Q

Hong Kong’s airline

A

Cathay Pacific

117
Q

Chrysler chairman 1979-1992

A

Lee Iacocca

118
Q

Barbie maker

119
Q

Company that uses the Red Cross symbol

A

Johnson and Johnson

120
Q

Headquarters of Tandy

A

Fort Worth TX

121
Q

Microsoft CEO after Gates

A

Steve Balmer

122
Q

Headquarters of Boeing

A

Seattle WA

123
Q

Israel’s airline

124
Q

Largest US maker of fruit juices

A

Ocean Spray

125
Q

Headquarters of Quaker Oats

A

Cedar Rapids IA

126
Q

Headquarters of Coca-Cola

A

Atlanta GA

► Cultural Literacy (69 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2025 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions