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Quiz: House Brands

24-June-08 / James Callan

Round 2 at the Old Pequliar on June 3, 2008.
Average score: 7.13/10 (16 teams)

I’ll name some house brands. You tell me what store sells them.

1) Kirkland Signature
2) Kenmore, DieHard, Craftsman, and Covington
3) Diablo Creek, Basic Red, Primo Taglio, Lucerne, and O Organics
4) Epic Threads, American Rag, Hotel Collection, Charter Club, and INC International Concepts
5) Market Pantry and Archer Farms
6) St. John’s Bay, Worthington, Ambrielle, and Arizona Jean Company
7) Presidian, Accurian, Gigaware, Optimus, Enercell, MyMusix and Voicestar
8) Break Escape, Castlebridge, Foray, Furniture at Work, and Niceday
9) Insignia, Dynex, Rocketfish, and Geek Squad
10) Ol’ Roy, No Boundaries, Everstart, ilo, and Equate

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Geography

9-January-08 / James Callan

1) The combined area of all Wal-Marts in the world is approximately equal to the area of which of these islands: Manhattan, Maui, Nantucket, or Vancouver Island?
2) Name one of the two states that border a record 8 other states.
3) Paris is the most populous French-speaking city in the world. What’s the second-largest?
4) What present-day country is home to most of the territory of the ancient Etruscan civilization?
5) Multiple choice: which of these distances is the longest: Moscow, Idaho to Moscow, Russia; San Juan Island to San Juan, Puerto Rico; Sun City, AZ to Sun City, South Africa; or Toledo, OH, to Toledo Spain?
6) What Pacific Ocean country is the most linguistically diverse in the world, home to over 820 languages?
7) Angola, East Timor, Macau, and Mozambique are all former colonies of what European country?
8) What country has the world’s second-largest sheep population, but is the world’s largest exporter of wool?
9) What’s the largest city located within the Mojave Desert?
10) What building was the tallest in Seattle for 48 years, from its construction to when the Space Needle was built?

The Business of the American People

6-December-07 / James Callan

1) Lipitor, the best-selling drug in the world, is a product of what pharmaceutical company?
2) In 2003, after doing business under the founder’s name for over 150 years, what Dow Jones Industrial Average company renamed itself Altria Group?
3) See’s Candies, Fruit of the Loom, World Book, Dairy Queen, and Nebraska Furniture Mart are all subsidiaries of what insurance company?
4) According to the 2007 Fortune 500, what company based in New York City is the largest telecommunications company in the world?
5) Two companies used in the Dow Jones Industrial Average are traded on the NASDAQ, rather than the New York Stock Exchange. Name one of them.
6) Grinding It Out is the autobiography of the entrepreneur responsible for the success of what company?
7) The largest retail company in the US, Wal-Mart, is a general merchandise retailer. What specialty chain of big-box stores is the second-largest?
8) The Ford Motor Company owns two vehicle brands from the UK. Name one of them.
9) Steve Jobs got the idea for the mouse and graphical user interface when he saw the Alto computer while touring what company’s research facility?
10) Which broadcast network is owned by General Electric?