Business and Industry Flashcards
1
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Parent company of NBC
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General Electric
2
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Founder of Kodak
A
George Eastman
3
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Top soy sauce maker
A
Kikoman
4
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Headquarters of Federal Express
A
Memphis TN
5
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Headquarters of General Electric
A
Schenectady NY
6
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Owner of Jeopardy! And Columbia-Tri Star
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Sony
7
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Headquarters of Land-O-Lakes
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Minneapolis MN
8
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Parent company of CBS
A
Westinghouse
9
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Pancake brand started in 1893
A
Aunt Jemima
10
Q
Top US shipping company
A
Federal Express
11
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Headquarters of Heinz
A
Pittsburgh PA
12
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Headquarters of Rubbermaid
A
Worster OH
13
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Headquarters of Anheuser-Busch
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St. Louis MO
14
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Steve Jobs’ original partner
A
Steve Wozniak
15
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Top-selling US motor oil company
A
Pennzoil
16
Q
State that incorporates half of the Fortune 500 companies
A
Deleware
17
Q
Headquarters of Kellogg
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Battle Creek MI
18
Q
Ford CEO
A
Jacques Nasser
19
Q
Top US prescription medicine outlet
A
Walgreen’s
20
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Only major motorcycle maker in US
A
Harley-Davidson
21
Q
Aaron Ward’s middle name
A
Montgomery
22
Q
Headquarters of Nike
A
Beaverton OR
23
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Founder of CBS
A
William Paley
24
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Largest US tire and rubber company
A
Goodyear
25
Company whose symbol is a monocled peanut
Planters
26
Hula Hoop maker
Wham-O
27
Dallas semiconductor company
Texas Instruments
28
Apple CEO
Steve Jobs
29
Auto maker who declared bankruptcy in 1940
Preston Tucker
30
Scandinavian airline
SAS
31
San Francisco high tech catalogue company
Sharper Image
32
Dell Computer CEO
Michael Dell
33
Pony Express owners
Wells Fargo
34
"Kleenex" maker
Kimberly-Clark
35
2nd largest US chemical company
Dow
36
US largest exporter
Boeing
37
Headquarters of Proctor and Gamble
Cincinnati OH
38
WWI flier and Eastern Airlines chairman
Eddie Rickenbacker
39
Maker of Zima
Coors
40
Founder of McDonald's Restaurants
Ray Kroc
41
Vermont ice cream maker
Ben and Jerry's
42
Founder of FOX entertainment
Rupert Murdoch
43
Dutch airline; the world's oldest
KLM
44
Walt Disney CEO
Michael Eisner
45
Maine company with outdoor gear catalogues
L.L. Bean
46
Founded Chicago's largest department store in 1881
Marshall Field
47
Headquarters of Pillsbury
Minneapolis MN
48
US largest mail order company
Montgomery Ward
49
Delaware chemical company
DuPont
50
Capital Cities network
ABC
51
Founder of Paramount Pictures
Adolph Zukor
52
Credit reporting firm and rocket engine builder
TRW
53
Bennett Cerf's publishing company
Random House
54
Maker of Cheerios
General Mills
55
Little Rock yogurt chain
TCBY
56
Spain's airline
Iberia
57
Berkshire Hathaway CEO
Warren Buffett
58
Headquarters of Jack Daniels
Lynchburg TN
59
Largest US chemical company
DuPont
60
German aspirin company
Bayer
61
Microsoft's original CEO
Bill Gates
62
Founder of Wendy's Restaurants
Dave Thomas
63
Headquarters of USX
Pittsburgh PA
64
Headquarters of Nieman-Marcus
Dallas TX
65
They had the first roasted coffee in cans 1878
Chase and Sandbourne
66
World's largest spice company
McCormack and Co.
67
Headquarters of Goodyear
Akron OH
68
Company that built the Queen Elizabeth
Cunard
69
"All Natural" ice cream maker
Breyers
70
Headquarters of Saturn Auto Plant
Springhill TN
71
Scotch Tape-brand maker
3M
72
Ray Ban sunglasses maker
Bausch and Lomb
73
Banana Republic and Old Navy owner
The Gap
74
World's largest food company
Nestle
75
Coffee brand named after a Memphis hotel
Maxwell House
76
Russian airline
Aeroflot
77
Bill Gates' original partner
Paul Allen
78
Former chairman of Occidental Petroleum
Armand Hammer
79
AMR CEO
Robert Crandall
80
Arkansas frozen foods company
Tyson
81
First yoyo maker
Duncan
82
Headquarters of Berlitz
Providence RI
83
Founded American Fur Company in 1808
John Jacob Astor
84
Standard Oil of New Yersey
Exxon
85
Switzerland's airlines
Crossair; Swissair
86
Billboard ad company and newspaper chain owner
Gannett
87
Australia's airline
Qantas
88
St. Petersburg - Russia Jewelry firm
Faberge
89
Top US rental car company
Enterprise
90
Leading maker of processed turkey products
Louis Rich
91
Astronaut and Eastern Airlines chairman
Frank Borman
92
Maker of the C90 super computer
Cray Research
93
Largest electric razor company
Norelco
94
Germany's airline
Lufthansa
95
Headquarters of Tyson Foods
Springdale AK
96
North Dakota computer merchant
Gateway
97
Founder of TWA
Howard Hughes
98
Headquarters of Monsanto
St. Louis MO
99
"Flying Colors" airline that went bankrupt in 1981
Braniff
100
Largest US cigarette maker
Phillip Morris
101
Etch-a-Sketch maker
Ohio Art
102
Maker of Viagra
Pfizer
103
Spam maker
Hormel
104
Founded Hawaiian Pineapple Company in 1901
James Dole
105
Largest US maker of pasteurized orange juice
Tropicana
106
GI Joe maker
Hasbro
107
First company to mass-market baby foods
Gerber
108
Former name of Chiquita brands
United Fruit Company
109
Amazon CEO
Jeff Bezos
110
Lean Cuisine maker
Stouffer's
111
QVC CEO
Barry Diller
112
Belgian airline
Sabena
113
Headquarters of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream
Waterbury VT
114
Brazil's airline
Varig
115
Headquarters of Eastman Kodak
Rochester NY
116
Hong Kong's airline
Cathay Pacific
117
Chrysler chairman 1979-1992
Lee Iacocca
118
Barbie maker
Mattel
119
Company that uses the Red Cross symbol
Johnson and Johnson
120
Headquarters of Tandy
Fort Worth TX
121
Microsoft CEO after Gates
Steve Balmer
122
Headquarters of Boeing
Seattle WA
123
Israel's airline
El Al
124
Largest US maker of fruit juices
Ocean Spray
125
Headquarters of Quaker Oats
Cedar Rapids IA
126
Headquarters of Coca-Cola
Atlanta GA
