Excel
The English word Excel was derived from
Excellent
The first widely popular computer game, invented in 1972.
Pong
Before his career with the Rolling Stones, this famous rockstar studied accounting at the London School of Economics.
Mick Jagger
In 2024, this legendary football team beat Alabama 24-17.
Tennessee VOLS
The decade Microsoft Excel was released
1980s
This keyboard layout was invented in the 1870s to slow down typists and prevent typewriter jams.
QWERTY
In 2008, this finance executive was arrested for orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history, defrauding investors of an estimated $65 billion.
Bernie Madoff
Prior to the invention of instant replay, this iconic Tennis player famously said "Chalk flew up" when arguing with an official about a call.
John McEnroe
Wimbledon, 1981
This Microsoft acronym (VBA) refers to the programming language commonly used to automate tasks in Excel.
Visual Basic for Applications
The year the first iPhone was released.
2007
This energy company’s 2001 collapse, caused by massive accounting fraud and the use of off-balance-sheet entities, led to the downfall of Arthur Andersen and the creation of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act.
Enron
Name 1 of the 2 new sports that will appear for the first time at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
Flag Football and Squash
The computer system Excel was originally released on.
Apple
The first computer virus was spread in 1982, using this pre-historic form of portable storage media.
Floppy Disk
This notorious criminal proved difficult to prosecute for his violent crimes, a team of forensic accountants from the FBI was able to convict him of tax evasion in 1931.
Al Capone
In 1994, this U.S. figure skater was infamously attacked by an assailant linked to a rival competitor, shocking the world just weeks before the Lillehammer Olympics.
Nancy Kerrigan
Name any of the spreadsheet programs that were popular before Excel
Valid options: Lotus 1-2-3,Microsoft Multiplan, SuperCalc, VisiCalc, LANPAR
Launched in 1989, this handheld system from Nintendo allowed gamers to play Tetris anywhere, becoming an iconic portable console.
Game Boy
This Italian mathematician is widely considered the Father of Accounting
Luca Pacioli
During a 2004 football game, a group of students from what school pulled a prank on a rival Ivy League school resulting in the fans holding up a sign saying "We Suck".
Yale