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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1986 this company was forced out of the instant camera market, having violated 7 Polaroid patents

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Kodak

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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1957 the Leo Burnett advertising agency created Cornelius the Rooster to appear on the box of this cereal

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Corn Flakes

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$600 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| It precedes “XM” in the name of an entertainment company–ooh, I love this song! Turn it up!

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Sirius

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$800 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1926 a “beater bar” was added to this company’s product; it tapped the carpet to loosen ground-in dirt

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Hoover

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$2400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1907 9-year-old Michael Brady posed for this company’s symbol wearing overalls, a cap & wooden shoes

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Dutch Boy Paints

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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This company inadvertently reenergized its brand by introducing a new formula that flopped in 79 days

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Coca-Cola

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$800 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| <a>This</a> Japanese car company is the only one that makes gas, Diesel & rotary internal combustion engines

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Mazda

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$1200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Catherine Zeta-Jones did ads for this telecom firm, the first to offer cell service on both sides of the Atlantic

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T-Mobile

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$1600 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This company had a thinnovation with its “Air” computer

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Apple

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$2000 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This corporation has a library of more than 5,000 characters, including Dr. Strange

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Marvel Comics (or Marvel Entertainment)

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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This food company is named for a coffee blend made for a Monterey, Ca. hotel; it means “of the mountain” in Spanish

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Del Monte

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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1963 Charles Tandy bought this nearly bankrupt electronics parts supplier & made it into a top retail chain

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RadioShack

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$600 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This credit card company publishes travel & leisure & is the world’s largest issuer of traveler’s checks

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American Express

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$800 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Big Brother could tell you this term for a corporation that controls another company, like AMR does for American Airlines

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a parent (or holding) company

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$1000 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This company began selling apple butter in 1900; it had to be good–a full line of jams & jellies followed

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Smucker’s

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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In Forbes magazine’s 2007 list of billionaires, this Omahan was again ranked No. 2, behind Bill Gates

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Warren Buffett

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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1990 United Brands changed its name to this to take advantage of its name recognition as a banana producer

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Chiquita

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$600 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Legend has it that the design of this company’s Monsieur Bibendum logo was inspired by a pile of rubber tires

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Michelin

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$800 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Her red spoon logo was introduced in 1954 & now appears on more than 200 products

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Betty Crocker

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$1000 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1978 he was fired as the president of Ford, only to become the new president of Chrysler

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Lee Iacocca

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$None ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Just for grins, in 1986 this industrialist acquired a stake in Church & Dwight, maker of a baking soda

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Armand Hammer

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$None ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| On July 16, 1995 this company made its first sale, a science textbook

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Amazon.com

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$None ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Most of this firm’s 70,000 seasonal white-collar employees work only 4 months a year

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H&R Block

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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In the 1940s Borden’s came up with this companion for Elsie to be the symbol for its new white glue

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Elmer

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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| His first appearance on the cover of Mad was in 1956 as a write-in candidate for president

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Alfred E. Neuman

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$600 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1957 the New York Evening Enquirer expanded its scope & renamed itself this

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the National Enquirer

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$800 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Unhappy with the quality of these, Dr. Amar Bose designed his own & formed a company to sell them

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speakers

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$1000 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Milan company known for its tires & sexy calendars

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Pirelli

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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1898 Frank Seiberling founded this tire company named for the inventor of vulcanized rubber

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Goodyear

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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This business chain, begun in Memphis in 1974, was named for a Mr. Ross who gave great haircuts

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Fantastic Sam’s

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$600 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Originally, this red “Officer’s Knife” included a can opener, a blade, a screwdriver & a reamer

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Swiss Army Knife

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$800 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| The first Japanese auto company to use a name from its own language, its logo, six stars, represents the Pleiades

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Subaru

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$1000 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| A color version of this toy was introduced in 1993 & it didn’t use a stylus & aluminum powder

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Etch A Sketch

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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Although the NYSE is considered to be on this street, its main building is actually located on Broad Street

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Wall Street

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$800 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1943 the son of this Wisconsin-born architect sold the rights to his creation Lincoln Logs to Playskool

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Frank Lloyd Wright

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$1200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This Freeport, Maine retail outlet’s first product was the Maine Hunting Shoe, first sold in 1912

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L.L. Bean

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$1600 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This Coventry, England company made its first motorcycle in 1902 & began making its own engines in 1905

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Triumph

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$2000 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Procter & Gamble has been headquartered in this city since 1837

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Cincinnati

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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This company serving about 30 million customers features the following in its ads [(actor walking across the <i>Jeopardy!</i> stage) <i>Can you hear me now? Good! Can you hear me now? Good!</i>]

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Verizon Wireless

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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| It was once described as 2 “beautifully embossed, choc. flavored wafers with a rich cream filling”

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Oreo cookies

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$600 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This Australian-born moguls’s first U.S. newspaper acquisition was the San Antonio Express & News

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Rupert Murdoch

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$800 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| The “K” in K-Mart’s name stands for this founder

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S.S. Kresge

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$1000 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| The lion on this French auto company’s logo was adopted from Belfort, the city where an early model was made

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Peugeot

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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In January 1970 Boeing introduced this first wide-bodied jumbo jet; it could seat up to 452 passengers

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747

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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| BUD is the New York Stock Exchange symbol for this brewing company

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Anheuser-Busch

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$600 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This Dallas-based electronics firm started out as Geophysical Service, an oil exploration company

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Texas Instruments

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$800 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| For over 75 years, Wrigley made only these 3 gums

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Spearmint, Doublemint & Juicy Fruit

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$1000 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1973 this then Memphis-based hotel chain opened its own university in Mississippi to train personnel

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Holiday Inn

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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 2001 this sandwich chain surpassed McDonald’s in the number of U.S. restaurants

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Subway

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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This company was founded in 1948 as the baby furniture & toy supermarket; its present name came in 1957

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Toys “R” Us

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$600 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This athletic wear company best known for its shoes began in Oregon as Blue Ribbon Sports

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Nike

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$800 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| A New Bern, North Carolina pharmacist invented this drink in 1898, claiming it cured dyspepsia

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Pepsi (or Pepsi-Cola)

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$1000 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This longest-listed company on the NYSE was first listed in 1824 as the New York Gas Light Company

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ConEdison

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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This lemon-lime soft drink debuted in October 1929 in green 7-ounce bottles

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7-Up

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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| He made M’m! M’m! Good! when he joined a Camden, N.J. canning company in 1869; he later took it over

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Joseph Campbell

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$600 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1930 Sears transferred this tire brand name to its insurance division

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Allstate

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$1200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Entrepreneurs William Russell, Alexander Majors & William B. Waddell founded this in 1860; it lasted 18 months

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the Pony Express

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$1000 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This athletic shoe company’s internet store is located at catshack.com

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Puma

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$None ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| These 2 companies whose products complement each other are the only 2 that have ever topped the Fortune 500

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General Motors & Exxon

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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| When this product was first released in 1944, it carried a picture of an Indian chief & the slogan “Don’t be a paleface”

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Coppertone

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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This firm began in 1897 as Nippon Gakki Company, an organ manufacturer; electronic organs came along in 1959

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Yamaha

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$600 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This animal feed company began using its familiar red & white checkerboard trademark around 1900

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Ralston-Purina

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$800 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Now a clothing retailer, it began in 1963 as a Chicago-based mail-order supplier of sailboat equipment

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Land’s End

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$1000 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Named for its 2 owners, it introduced the first commercial drink mixer in 1911

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Hamilton-Beach

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$None ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Bluelight.com is the internet shopping site of this retail chain

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Kmart

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$None ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Founded as Pacific Aero Products in 1916, today this company is America’s largest exporter, in total revenue

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Boeing

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$100 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| The name of this Japanese electronics company comes from the Latin word for “sound”

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Sony

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$300 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 2000 Lukoil, Russia’s largest oil company, bid on the gas stations that were part of this man’s oil empire

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J. Paul Getty

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$500 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| The Boulevard des Invalides is home to this French pharmaceuticals company, the maker of RU-486

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Roussel Uclaf

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$None ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| “Built From Scratch” is a book on how Bernie Marcus & Arthur Blank remodeled this chain founded in 1978

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Home Depot

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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1926 the Peet Bros. merged their soap company with this one, which then merged with Colgate

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Palmolive

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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In the 1950s Dannon popularized this product in the U.S.

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Yogurt

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$600 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This family’s Texas “ranch” covers 825,000 acres, an area bigger than Rhode Island

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King Ranch

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$800 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In the 1970s, this white buck-shoed singer & his family endorsed the West Bend coffee maker

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Pat Boone

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$None ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This U.S. firm is the world’s largest processor of tomatoes

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H.J. Heinz

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$None ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1903 Morris Michtom of New York began marketing these with presidential permission

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Teddy Bears (named after Theodore Roosevelt)

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$None ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| McDonald’s’ 2 most successful promotional campaigns both involved these Happy Meal toys

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Beanie Babies

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$None ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1998 this 106-year-old company became the first in the U.S. to top $300 billion in market value

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General Electric

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$100 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Barbie accounts for about 40% of this toymaker’s revenue

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Mattel

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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| It’s said this soft drink’s name is the most recognized commercial symbol in the world

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Coca-Cola

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$300 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1994 this retailer transferred its ownership in the world’s then tallest building to a trust

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Sears

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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This London news agency was founded in 1851 & named for a German baron

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Reuters

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$100 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| A big name in computers, this company is known as HP for short

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Hewlett-Packard

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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Ernie is the chief spokes-elf for this snack food company

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Keebler

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$300 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| The name of this photocopy store chain refers to the curly hair of its founder Paul Orfalea

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Kinko’s

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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| According to its ads, this hotel chain by Marriott was “designed by business travelers”

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Courtyard

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$700 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This cruise line was launched in 1972 with just one ship, the Mardi Gras

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Carnival Cruise Lines

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$100 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Projects of the giant Bechtel group include the BART system & the Bay Bridge in this city where it’s based

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San Francisco

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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| As an alternative to Starbucks, Lipton opened an establishment of this type in southern California in 1996

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Tea salon

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$300 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1997 she bought her own Lifestyles magazine & TV show from Time, Inc.

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Martha Stewart

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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Known as D&B, this corporation markets Moody’s bond ratings & Nielsen’s TV ratings

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Dun & Bradstreet

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$500 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Under this name from 1899 to 1970, what’s now Chiquita Brands dominated the Central American banana trade

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United Fruit Company

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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In the late 1940s, this firm began the practice of selling underwear in cellophane bags, 3 to a bag

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Fruit of the Loom

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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| On July 19, 1970, after 70 years of business, this chocolate company ran its first consumer ad

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Hershey’s

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$600 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1992 Playskool overhauled this toy by replacing its wooden rods & spools with plastic parts

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Tinkertoys

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$800 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1949 this German small appliance firm introduced the world’s first electric foil shaver

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Braun

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$500 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This athletic shoe company was named for an African gazelle admired for its swiftness

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Reebok

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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In May 1997 this cereal company introduced new Cocoa Frosted Flakes

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Kellogg’s

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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1989 Ruth M. Owades launched Calyx & Corolla, a mail order company that sells these

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Flowers

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$600 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This leading textbook publisher was formed in 1864 as a partnership, Hurd & Houghton

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Houghton Mifflin

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$1500 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1997 this parent company of CBS acquired The Nashville Network

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Westinghouse

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$100 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| 30-second TV ads for this January 26, 1997 sporting event sold for an average of $1.2 million

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Super Bowl XXXI

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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| The 1997 model of this Chevrolet sports car is only the 4th redesign since its 1953 introduction

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Corvette

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$300 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In December 1996 Steve Jobs returned to this company as a consultant when it bought NeXT Software, Inc.

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Apple

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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In the 1940s Benjamin Green used his own bald head to test this suntan lotion

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Coppertone

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$500 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This company, the owner of Radio Shack, closed its Incredible Universe stores in 1997

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Tandy Corporation

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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Every year this greeting card company produces 19,000 card designs in 20 languages

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Hallmark

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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| When its Beautyrest mattress was introduced in 1925, Henry Ford endorsed it in advertisements

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Simmons

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109
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$2000 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Co-founder Frank Seiberling added the winged foot to this tire company’s logo

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Goodyear

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110
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$800 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Formally organized in March 1901, it was the first billion-dollar corporation

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U.S. Steel

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$1000 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This San Francisco-based company is the USA’s largest canner of fruits & vegetables

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Del Monte

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112
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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| On October 14, 1996 this stock index closed above 6,000 points for the first time

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the Dow Jones Industrial Average

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113
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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| You could wash down some of this company’s famous frozen cheesecake with its Douwe Egberts coffee

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Sara Lee

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114
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$600 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Kimberly-Clark makes these diapers, America’s best-selling brand

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Huggies

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115
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$800 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This computer company’s new Presario 4402 features an infrared remote control

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Compaq

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$1000 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| The Tax Reform Act of 1986 set the tax on these, profits from sold assets, at the same rate as other income

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capital gains

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117
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$100 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This Pittsburgh-based food entrepreneur was once known as the “Pickle King”

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H.J. Heinz

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118
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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This company gets its name from the snappy carbonated apple juice it introduced in 1978

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Snapple

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119
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$300 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| The USA’s top producer of jams, jellies & preserves, it’s located on Strawberry Lane in Orrville, Ohio

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Smuckers

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120
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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1926 this automaker introduced the Imperial 80; the number refers to its top speed on a straightaway

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Chrysler

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121
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$500 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Student Carolyn Davidson was paid $35 for designing this shoe company’s “Swoosh” logo

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Nike

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122
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$100 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| A 1996 Business Week survey called this soup company’s board of directors “America’s Best”

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Campbell’s

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123
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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1996 companies that produce these consumables announced an end to their ban on TV & radio ads

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Liquor

124
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$300 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This battery maker introduced the Copper Top tester in 1990

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Duracell

125
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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In August 1995 this nation’s first stock exchange, based in Ulan Bator, began trading

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Mongolia

126
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$500 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This firm owned by the Seagram Company is the leading seller of pasteurized orange juice

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Tropicana

127
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$100 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1921 this medical products company introduced the Band-Aid

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Johnson & Johnson

128
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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1938 this electronics firm was founded in David Packard’s Palo Alto, California garage

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Hewlett-Packard

129
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$300 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This yogurt company’s name is derived from the name of Daniel Carasso, son of its founder

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Dannon

130
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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Brand names owned by this company include Paper Mate, Right Guard, Foamy & Trac II

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Gillette

131
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$500 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This retailer opened its first “Discount City” in 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas

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Wal-Mart

132
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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1996 this fast food chain introduced its “Deluxe Line” for grown-ups

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McDonald’s

133
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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This internet provider’s 1996 switch to flat-rate pricing generated more business than it could handle

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America Online

134
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$600 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1996 Michael Jordan starred in this shoe company’s first live sports production, “Hoop Heroes” in Japan

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Nike

135
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$800 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This third-largest U.S. automaker owns Dollar & Thrifty Car Rental agencies

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Chrysler

136
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$1000 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1993 Gold Bond-Good Humor merged with this “All Natural” ice cream company

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Breyers

137
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$None ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| First sold in 1912, the Maine hunting shoe was his first retail product

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Leon Leonwood (L.L.) Bean

138
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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. is also known as this, for its popular floor-care products

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Johnson Wax

139
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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| The Brown Shoe Company debuted this comic strip spokesman in 1904

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Buster Brown

140
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$600 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This company’s washers and dryers come with an ol’ lonely warranty

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Maytag

141
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$800 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In August 1996 this chain, the world’s largest retailer, opened its first outlets in China

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Wal-Mart

142
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$1000 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Brothers Tom & David Gardner started this America Online investment guide in 1994

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The Motley Fool

143
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$100 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In the 1930s this cereal maker introduced Bisquick; Cheerios came along in 1941

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General Mills

144
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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| The automotive safety products division of this salt maker is one of the USA’s leading air bag makers

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Morton (Thiokol)

145
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$300 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Some of this toy retailer’s stores have in-store specialty shops, including the Lego Store & The Learning Center

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Toys “R” Us

146
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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| The smallest of the big 6 accounting firms, it’s well-known for tallying the votes for the Oscars

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Price Waterhouse

147
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$500 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This drugstore chain once known for its soda fountains leads U.S. retailers in filling prescriptions

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Walgreens

148
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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This Japanese photo film company outbid Kodak as a 1984 Olympics sponsor

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Fuji

149
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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1982 this aluminum foil company introduced its product plastic wrap

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Reynolds

150
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$600 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1962 this chain opened its first budget motel, a 52-unit complex in Santa Barbara, California

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Motel 6

151
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$800 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Despite its name, this Wooster, Ohio housewares company makes most of its products from plastic

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Rubbermaid

152
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$1000 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1922 it introduced the Gyrofoam, the first washing machine to clean with water action

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Maytag

153
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$100 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| “Choosy Moms Choose” this brand of peanut butter

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Jif

154
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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This company’s new computer products include the Aptiva S & the Thinkpad 560

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IBM

155
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$300 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This product claims it’s “The Pain Reliever Hospitals Use Most”

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Tylenol

156
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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| The Parker Duofold Red Jasper, one of these, features a nib split by hand

A

Pen

157
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$500 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1970 “Twister” inventor Reynolds Guyer created a 4” foam ball named this by Parker Bros.

A

Nerf

158
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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Recent versions of this company’s flagship product include Dr. Barbie & Teacher Barbie

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Mattel

159
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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This salt company’s “Umbrella Girl” is one of the most famous brand icons in the United States

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Morton

160
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$600 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This company introduced Kleenex in 1924

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Kimberly-Clark

161
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$800 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This Connecticut-based company is the leading producer of mailing equipment & postage meters

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Pitney-Bowes

162
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$1000 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This Wisconsin-based mail order clothing company has a mailing list of 20 million names

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Land’s End

163
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$None ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| “America’s Favorite Food”, a book about this company, contains 12 pages of Andy Warhol’s art

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Campbell Soup Company

164
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$100 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This underwear manufacturer’s New York Stock Exchange symbol is FTL

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Fruit of the Loom

165
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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This company’s beer is “Brewed in Golden, Colorado with Rocky Mountain water”

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Coors

166
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$300 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1995 this firm released an upgraded version of its Newton messagepad, a hand-held computer

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Apple

167
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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| It owns the world’s largest fleet of cargo delivery planes

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Federal Express

168
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$500 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| The Golden Gate Bridge was among the structures erected by this 2nd-largest American steel company

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Bethlehem Steel

169
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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| It has over 9,700 tax preparation offices worldwide

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H&R Block

170
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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1961 this firm introduced its Selectric typewriter, which used a spherical typing element

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IBM

171
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$600 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1934 he plugged Bulova “Lone Eagle” watches

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Charles Lindbergh

172
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$800 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Only Philip Morris & this Cincinnati-based firm have yearly ad expenditures exceeding $2 billion

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Procter & Gamble

173
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$600 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1811 this German family began its steel-making business by constructing a plant in Essen

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Krupp

174
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$100 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This No. 1 U.S. bleach company was originally known as The Electro-Alkaline Company

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Clorox

175
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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| When this soda company jokingly offered a Harrier jet for 7 million points, John Leonard tried to claim it

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Pepsi

176
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$300 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1993 Louis V. Gerstner became the first outsider to head this computer giant

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IBM

177
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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Delta Airlines moved its headquarters from Monroe, La. to this city in 1941

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Atlanta, Georgia

178
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$500 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This 825,000 acre Texas ranch introduced the Santa Cruz, a new breed of beef cattle, in 1995

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The King Ranch

179
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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Colgate merged with this soapmaker in 1928

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Palmolive

180
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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Budget Rent-A-Car in Boston now rents these “hogs” at a rate of $50-$60 an hour

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Harley-Davidsons

181
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$600 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| The Green Giant works for this company with another jolly spokesfigure, the Doughboy

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Pillsbury

182
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$1000 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This Seattle-based coffee chain was named for the first mate in “Moby Dick”

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Starbucks

183
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$100 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Eastman Chemical Company was spun off from this photo giant in 1993

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Kodak

184
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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This fruit accounts for about 60% of Chiquita Brands International’s income

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the banana

185
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$300 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This company has been the world’s top commercial aircraft maker for more than 30 years

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Boeing

186
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$500 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This chain holds 29% of the seafood restaurant market

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Red Lobster

187
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$None ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| A 60-foot steel likeness of a transistor stands at its Holmdel, N.J. office

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Bell Labs

188
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$100 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Broken Hill, this country’s largest company, took its name from a small town in New South Wales

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Australia

189
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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This largest European tire maker is headquartered in Clermont-Ferrand, France

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Michelin

190
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$300 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Comau, a subsidiary of this Italian company, makes the robots that build its cars

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Fiat

191
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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Johnson & Johnson owns Acuvue, the world’s leading disposable brand of these

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Contact Lenses

192
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$500 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Phil Knight, founder of this Oregon-based athletic shoe company, owns about 35% of its stock

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Nike

193
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$None ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| It’s the biggest single customer of the domestic airline industry, using about 15,000 flights a day

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the US Postal Service

194
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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1894 this inventor sold all of his shares in General Electric, but stayed on as a consultant

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Thomas Edison

195
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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1914, 1-pound cartons of this product came on the market under the brand name Jolly Time

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popcorn

196
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$600 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1988 she became chairman of Playboy Enterprises

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Christie Hefner

197
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$800 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| It’s IBM’s “colorful” nickname

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“Big Blue”

198
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$1000 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1946 this tool company marketed its first electric drill for home use

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Black & Decker

199
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$100 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| These organizations called BBBs protect consumers from unethical business practices

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Better Business Bureaus

200
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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1906 this auto firm introduced its Silver Ghost model

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Rolls-Royce

201
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$300 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Before moving to Chicago in 1856, this department store owner clerked in a Pittsfield, Mass. dry goods store

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Marshall Field

202
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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This stagecoach company owned the Pony Express during the last few months of its existence

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Wells Fargo

203
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$500 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1962 he founded Electronic Data Systems after working for IBM for 5 years

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Ross Perot

204
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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This Kansas City-based greeting card company began marketing Christmas ornaments in the 1970s

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Hallmark

205
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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Aluminum Company of America, popularly called this, was the first industrial user of power from Niagara Falls

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Alcoa

206
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$600 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1983 this Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer opened Sam’s Wholesale Club warehouse chain

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Wal-Mart

207
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$800 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This company first marketed tires under the Allstate brand; insurance followed in 1931

A

Sears Roebuck

208
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$1000 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In April of 1995 this beverage company agreed to buy 80% of MCA, Inc. from Matsushita

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Seagram’s

209
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$None ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| 1 of the top 10 companies that operated food services in 1964, in 1994 its lunch counters ranked No. 264

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Woolworth’s

210
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$100 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This insurance company’s trademark came from a signature on the Declaration of Independence

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John Hancock

211
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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| The cover of the 1894 edition of this company’s famous catalog called it the “cheapest supply house on earth”

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Sears

212
Q

$300 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1967 Douglas Aircraft merged with this military aircraft supplier

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McDonnell

213
Q

$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1907 this Phildelphia-based company introduced the paper towel

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Scott

214
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$500 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Founded in 1884, this Dayton, Ohio company controlled the country’s cash register business by 1910

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NCR (National Cash Register)

215
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$100 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Phillip Morris is the largest customer of Universal Corporation, the world’s largest dealer in this commodity

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Tobacco

216
Q

$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This founder of Wal-Mart began his retail career as a J.C. Penney management trainee

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Sam Walton

217
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$300 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| The parent company of this railroad also operates U.P. Resources, a gas & oil exploration business

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Union Pacific

218
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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1988 this Swedish company acquired Britain’s Leyland Bus Company

A

Volvo

219
Q

$500 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Holly Farms & Tasty Bird are brand names of this Arkansas-based poultry producer

A

Tyson Foods

220
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$100 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| It can take gov’t about 20 months to process 1 of these applications & you may need a working model

A

patent

221
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$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This company operates the 4 most popular theme parks in North America

A

Disney

222
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$300 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This former VP appeared in an ad during the 1994 Super Bowl for Lay’s Potato Chips

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Dan Quayle

223
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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Kathleen Sullivan’s progress on this company’s “Superstart!” program was shown in TV ads

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Weight Watchers

224
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$500 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| The Sheraton Hotel & Towers in this South American capital offers a “tango special” package

A

Buenos Aires

225
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$100 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Henry Ford introduced this model in 1908 & dropped all his other models the next year

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Model T

226
Q

$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Dorothy Hope Smith’s charcoal sketch of a baby is a trademark of this baby food company

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Gerber

227
Q

$300 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Cummins Engine Company is the world’s largest maker of this type of truck engine

A

Diesel

228
Q

$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This second-largest U.S. breakfast cereal maker owns the Red Lobster & Olive Garden restaurant chains

A

General Mills

229
Q

$500 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This company markets paint under the Kem-Tone & Krylon labels as well as under its own hyphenated name

A

Sherwin-Williams

230
Q

$100 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| About 30% of the world’s banana’s are sold under this No. 1 brand name

A

Chiquita

231
Q

$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Since 1924 this department store has sponsored the annual Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City

A

Macy’s

232
Q

$300 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1952 this company introduced the “Flo-Thru” tea bag

A

Lipton

233
Q

$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This toothpaste “with Flouristan” was advertised in the 1950’s with special paintings by Norman Rockwell

A

Crest

234
Q

$500 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This spice company that owns Schilling is the largest producer of dehydrated garlic & onions

A

McCormick

235
Q

$100 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1972 this company introduced its SX-70 instant camera, which was only one inch thick when closed

A

Polaroid

236
Q

$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This baby food company once used the slogan “Babies Are Our Business, Our Only Business”

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Gerber

237
Q

$300 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This package delivery firm was founded in 1907 as the American Messenger Company

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UPS (United Parcel Service)

238
Q

$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This winery in Modesto, California is the world’s largest, & accounts for more than 25% of the U.S. market

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Ernest & Julio Gallo

239
Q

$1000 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1952 Kemmons Wilson opened the first motel in this chain, on the outskirts of Memphis

A

Holiday Inn

240
Q

$100 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1986 this athletic shoe company introduced Weeboks for infants & toddlers

A

Reebok

241
Q

$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This company sells about 50% of the bleach in the U.S.

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Clorox

242
Q

$300 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Founded by an Austrian in 1896, the name of this candy roll co. was taken from his daughter’s nickname

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Tootsie Roll

243
Q

$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This retailing giant owns the Allstate Insurance group

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Sears

244
Q

$500 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| With sales of over $1 billion yearly, this brand of tortilla chips is Frito-Lay’s top product

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Doritos

245
Q

$None ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| The Brooklyn Flint Glass Works changed its name to this after moving to a N.Y. town of the same name

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Corning

246
Q

$100 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| “Mama Mia!”; since purchasing Ronzoni, this #1 U.S. chocolate maker has become #2 in pasta

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Hershey’s

247
Q

$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| “Like a good neighbor”, this company has been selling folks insurance since 1922

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State Farm

248
Q

$300 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1990, to boost U.S. sales, this Korean auto company introduced its sporty Scoupe

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Hyundai

249
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$700 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| A leading maker of athletic shoes, this company was named for a swift antelope

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Reebok

250
Q

$500 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In July, 1992, this last U.S. consumer typewriter company announced it’s moving its factory to Mexico

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Smith-Corona

251
Q

$100 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Kimberly-Clark first advertised these tissues as a disposable cold cream remover

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Kleenex

252
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$700 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| The original sketch of Ann Turner, seen in the following, is kept in this company’s vault:

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Gerber

253
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$300 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Headquartered in St. Louis, it’s the largest single brewing organization in the world

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Anheuser-Busch

254
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$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| With help from Mitsubishi, this company manufactured the first Korean automobile in 1976

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Hyundai

255
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$500 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In May 1991 this entertainment giant replaced USX on the Dow Jones Industrial Average

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Disney

256
Q

$None ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| The oldest U.S. food trademark still in use, a red devil, was granted to this company in 1870

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Underwood

257
Q

$100 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This biggest computer company is biggest also among companies in philanthropic contributions

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IBM

258
Q

$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| The first major U.S. company to publish solely paperbacks, it’s named for where their books could fit

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Pocket Books

259
Q

$300 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| They claim to run “the tightest ship in the shipping business”

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UPS

260
Q

$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This company introduced the Band-Aid to America in 1920

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Johnson & Johnson

261
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$500 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This peanut-packed candy bar, the 1st successful one by Mars, is the current top seller

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Snickers

262
Q

$100 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This rubber company spends over $7 million a year just to maintain & operate its blimps

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Goodyear

263
Q

$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| After marrying its president, Joan Crawford became a spokesperson for this beverage co.

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Pepsi-Cola

264
Q

$300 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| After 42 years, this French co. has ceased making its turtle-shaped car, the Deux Chevaux

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Citroen

265
Q

$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Whirlpool makes a line of products under this brand name for Sears, Roebuck

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Kenmore

266
Q

$500 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| It was first incorporated in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co.

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IBM

267
Q

$None ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This company was incorporated in 1946 as Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation

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Sony

268
Q

$100 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Through a licensing agreement with this company, Sears has opened stores called McKids

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McDonald’s

269
Q

$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| 90% of Florida’s orange crop is used to make this

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Orange Juice

270
Q

$300 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| The Weekend 35 is a disposable underwater camera sold by this maker of the disposable Fling

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Kodak

271
Q

$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| U.S. automaker that owns 15% of Maserati & 100% of Lamborghini

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Chrysler

272
Q

$500 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| The Pacific Aero Products Company, founded in Seattle in 1916, is now called this

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Boeing

273
Q

$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| These fig-filled items weren’t named after a fruit-struck scientist but for a town near the factory

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Fig Newtons

274
Q

$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Tab was the leading diet cola before this soft drink was introduced in 1982

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Diet Coke

275
Q

$600 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Though it owns them both, this company doesn’t use a Fruit Loop filling for its Mrs. Smith’s pies

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Kellogg’s

276
Q

$800 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Coors beer is brewed in this Colorado city

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Golden

277
Q

$1000 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Among the brand names in this Anglo-Dutch company’s stable are Ragu, Close-Up, Q-Tips & Wisk

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Unilever (Lever Brothers)

278
Q

$None ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| The Welch’s Company has its corporate headquarters in this Mass. town

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Concord

279
Q

$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| U.S. pioneers in this industry include Little, Brown & Co., 1837 & Houghton Mifflin Co., 1832

A

Publishing

280
Q

$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Nestle became “contented” when it acquired this company in 1985

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Carnation

281
Q

$600 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| These new Nabisco animal cookies were almost called “Grrrrahams”

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Teddy Grahams

282
Q

$800 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Edward VII’s authorization in 1901 allowed John Doulton’s Co. to market porcelain under this name

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Royal Doulton

283
Q

$1000 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Catalog shoppers know Lillian Katz better by this name

A

Lillian Vernon

284
Q

$100 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In August of 1987, Joan Kroc, widow of the founder of this company, donated a million dollars to the Democratic Party

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McDonald’s

285
Q

$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| To compete with electronic watches, SMH created this inexpensive Swiss watch

A

Swatch

286
Q

$300 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Texas-raised Angora goats provide almost 95% of the US production of this Angora fiber

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mohair

287
Q

$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In April 1987, Avia was bought by this major competitor

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Reebok

288
Q

$500 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| The Chicago Board of Trade is the world’s largest of these

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futures (or commodities) exchange

289
Q

$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| They’ve provided insurance for Liz Taylor’s diamonds, Liberace’s fingers & Jimmy Durante’s nose

A

Lloyd’s of London

290
Q

$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Florida earns more money from this “industry” than any other

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tourism

291
Q

$600 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| America’s #2 & #3 makers of jeans, they announced plans to merge in 1986

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Lee & Wrangler

292
Q

$800 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| The largest grossing U.S. retail drug chain, it 1st put the ice cream in a chocolate malted milk

A

Walgreens

293
Q

$1000 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| True to his middle name, in his 1st “Golden Rule” store in Kemmerer, Wyo., he demanded “cash only”

A

J.C. Penney

294
Q

$100 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| It’s the “rock” in Prudential’s ads

A

Gibraltar

295
Q

$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| A high recognition factor prompted Lever Bros. to bring back the “Ta-ta-ta-da” ad for this

A

Imperial Margarine

296
Q

$300 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| TV rights to it in 1980 cost $87 million; in 1984, $225 million; & for 1988, $300 million

A

the Olympics

297
Q

$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In March 1986, a Pittsburgh car dealer gave Cadillac buyers these Eastern European cars, free

A

the Yugo

298
Q

$500 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| For the past 3 years her cosmetic co. has topped the Savvy magazine list of businesses run by women

A

Estée Lauder

299
Q

$None ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This company’s figures show about 7% of present U.S. work force got its start working for them

A

McDonald’s

300
Q

$800 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| An estimated 79% of sales revenues of this “fade cream” are spent on advertising

A

Porcelana

301
Q

$1000 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This type of retail store sells more shampoo & makeup than any other

A

food stores (supermarkets)

302
Q

$None ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Country that manufactures the most cars per year

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Japan

303
Q

$None ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Automaker that introduced the alternator, power steering & electric ignition

A

Chrysler

304
Q

$200 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| “Body-building” brand of bread from “the bakery people of IT&T”

A

Wonder Bread

305
Q

$400 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| In 1978, this German co. became first foreign automaker to make cars here

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Volkswagen

306
Q

$600 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| This company owns the world’s tallest building

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Sears(-Roebuck)

307
Q

$800 ||| Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ||| Piggly Wiggly stores were the first of these

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supermarkets

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