Business Trivia Flashcards
St. Petersburg, Russia Jewelry Firm
Faberge
World’s Largest Furniture Retailer
Ikea (Sweden)
Delaware Chemical Company
Dupont
Capital Cities Network
ABC
Parent Company of NBC
General Electric
Pancake Brand Started in 1893
Aunt Jemima
Standard Oil of new Jersey
EXXON
Auto Maker who Declared Bankruptcy in 1940
Preston Tucker
“Flying Colors” airline that went bankrupt in 1981
Braniff
Dutch Airline: The World’s Oldest
KLM
Brazil’s Airline
Varig
Israel’s Airline
El Al
Russian Airline
Aeroflot
Scandinavian Airline
SAS
Germany’s Airline
Lufthansa
Belgian Airline
Brussels
Hong Kong Airline
Cathay Pacific
Switzerland-s airlines
Crossair, Swissair
Australia’s Airline
Qantas
Spain’s airline
Iberia
Top US shipping co
Federal Express
Top US rental car co
Enterprise
To US prescription medicine outlet
Walgreen’s
Top-selling us motor oil co
pennzoil
Largest US tire and rubber co
Goodyear
Largest US chemical company
dupont
2nd largest us chemical co
dow
World’s largest chip maker
intel
Largest us cigarette maker
Phillip Morris
Ray ban sunglasses maker
Bausch and Lomb
Pony Express Owners
Wells Fargo
Billboard ad company and newspaper chain owner
Gannett
Company that uses red cross symbol
Johnson & Johnson
Bennett Cerf’s publishing company
Random House
Maine Company with outdoor gear catalogs
LL Bean
San Francisco High Tech Catalog Company
Sharper Image
US largest exporter
Boeing
Maker of Cheerios
General mills
Vermont Ice cream maker
Ben and Jerry’s
“All Natural” ice cream maker
Breyers
German Aspirin Company
Bayer
Owner of Jeopardy! and Columbia Tri-star
Sony
Arkansas Frozen foods Company
Tyson
Lean Cuisine Maker
Stouffer’s
Top Soy Sauce Maker
Kikkoman
Little Rock Yogurt Chain
TCBY
They had the first roasted coffee in cans, 1878
Chase and Sandbourn
Coffee brand named after a Memphis hotel
Maxwell House
Spam Maker
Hormel
World’s Largest Spice Company
McCormack and Company
Largest electric razor Company
Norelco
Maker of the C90 Super Computer
Cray Research
Dallas semiconductor Company
Texas instruments
Scotch Tape Brand Maker
3m
Company that built the Queen Elizabeth
Cunard
North Dakota Computer Merchant
Gateway
French maker of disposable lighters and razors
Bic
Largest us maker of pasteurized orange juice
Tropicana
Largest US maker of fruit juices
ocean spray
Etch-a-Sketch maker
Ohio Art
Barbie Maker
Mattel
GJ Joe Maker
Hasbro
First yo yo maker
Duncan
Hula Hoop Maker
Wham-O
Magic 8 Ball Maker
Mattel
USA’s largest toy distributer
McDonalds
Leading Maker of Processed Turkey products
Louis Rich
Company whose symbol is a monocle peanut
Planters
Maker of Zima
Coors
US largers pharmaceutical company
Pfizer
Top selling beer
Budweiser
Top selling imported beer
Corona
Auto values book company
Kelly blue book
Only major motorcycle maker in the US
Harley-Davidson
Credit reporting firm and rocket engine builder
TRW
“Kleenex” maker
Kimberly-Clark
First company to mass-market Baby food
Gerber
World’s largest food company
Nestle
Banana Republic and Old Navy Owner
The Gap
Former Name of Chiquita brands
United Fruit Company
Former Chairman of Occidental Petroleum
Armand Hammer
Disney CEO
Bob Iger
Disney CEO 1984-2005
Michael Eisner
Original Apple CEO
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs’s Apple partner
Steve Wozniak
Former Microsoft CEO
Bill Gates
Bill Gate’s Original Partner
Paul Allen
Microsoft CEA 2000-2014
Steve Ballmer
Dell Computer CEO
Michael Dell
Amazon CEO
Jeff Bezos
Facebook CEO
Mark Zuckerberg
QVC CEO
Barry Diller
Ford CEO
Alan Mulally
General Motors CEO
Mary Barra
Berkshire Hathaway CEO
Warren Buffet
Chysler Chairman 1979-92
Lee Iacoca
Founder of Wendy’s
Dave Thomas
Founder of McDonald’s
Ray Kroc
Founder of TWA
Howard Hughes
Founder of CBS
William Paley
Founder of Kodak
George Eastman
Founder of Fox Entertainment
Rupert Murdoch
Founder of Paramount pictures
Adolph Zukor
Founder of TWitter
Jack Dorsey
Founder of Google
Larry Page and Sergey Brin
Founder of Yahoo
Jerry Young and David Filo
Founder of Wikileaks
Julian Assange
Founder of Alibaba
Jack Ma
Founder of Hawaiian Pineapple Co, 1901
James Dole
Founder of AMerican Fu Company, 1808
John Jacob Astor
Founder of Chicago’s Largest Department STore, 1881
Marshall Field
Aaron Ward’s Middle Name
Montgomery
WWI Flier and Eastern Airlines Chairman
Eddie Rickenbacker
Astronaut and Eastern Airlines Chairman
Frank Borman
State Incorporating Most Fortune 500 Companies
Delaware