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Financial Services BABY
Are you smarter than an XX grader?
Generation XYZ
Boomer & Before
100
Louis recently got what (in his own words)?
a) a scooter
b) a bike
c) a motorbike
d) a motorcycle
c) a motorbike
100
What is BDO's tagline?
a) We find ways
b) We'll take you farther
c) Moving forward
d) In good hands
a) We find ways
100
Which of the following finance-related economic crises came first?
a) European Sovereign Debt Crisis
b) Asian Financial Crisis
c) Dot-com Bubble
d) US Subprime Mortgage Crisis
b) Asian Financial Crisis
100
Longest bone in the body?
a) Femur
b) Tibia
c) Fibula
d) Patella
a) Femur
100
Which of the following dating apps requires the woman to message first in a "match"?
a) Tinder
b) Bumble
c) Grindr
d) OKCupid
b) Bumble
100
What is this supposed to be?
a) PDA (personal digital assistant)
b) Digital audio recorder
c) Pager
d) GPS Navigator
c) Pager
200
Jamie is a
a) Chartered Financial Analyst
b) Certified Public Accountant
c) Certified Scrum Master
d) Licensed Engineer
b) Certified Public Accountant
200
What does BDO stand for in English?
a) Bank of Gold
b) Bank of the People
c) Bank of Commerce
d) It is an acronym for the original founders' last names (Buenaventura, De los Santos, Olivera)
a) Bank of Gold
200
What is a green bond?
a) A USD-denominated bond
b) A bond specifically issued for raising funds for environmental projects
c) A bond issued by the Greenland Government
d) There is no such thing
b) A bond specifically issued for raising funds for environmental projects
200
Acid + Base = ___ ?
a) Water
b) Salt
c) Water and Salt
d) Fire
c) Water and Salt
200
Where does the phrase "Valar Morghullis" come from?
a) Lord of the Rings
b) Harry Potter
c) Game of Thrones
d) Stranger Things
c) Game of Thrones
200
Which country was Archduke Franz Ferdinand from (guy assassinated in 1914, escalating WW1 tensions)?
a) Serbia
b) Ottoman Empire
c) Austria
d) Prussia
c) Austria
300
Before joining BCG, Ronald spent 1 year in Spain to?
a) Teach English
b) Study Spanish
c) Study Master's
d) Discover himself and nothing else
a) Teach English
300
BDO was recently implicated on a fraud scandal of which company?
a) Wirecard
b) Wirewave
c) Wirepay
d) Wire Payments
a) Wirecard
300
What does a Chinese Wall refer to in the context of finance?
a) The information barrier between different departments of a bank
b) The additional KYC measures used by US companies to Chinese companies
c) The strong inclination of Chinese corporates to borrow only from China-owned banks
d) The financial regulations imposed by the Chinese government which largely favor domestic banks
a) The information barrier between different departments of a bank
300
What determines the difference between a hurricane & a typhoon?
a) Location of origin
b) Diameter of the eye
c) Air pressure level
d) Wind speed
a) Location of origin
Hurricane = from North Atlantic, Central North Pacific, and Eastern North Pacific
Typhoon = Northwest Pacific
300
Which of the following is not a name of of one Kim & Kanye's children?
a) North West
b) Stormi West
c) Psalm West
d) Saint West
b) Stormi West
300
How many husbands did Queen Elizabeth I have?
a) 0
b) 1
c) 2
d) 3
a) 0
She was known as the "Virgin Queen"
400
Michelle graduated in UPenn with a?
a) BA Cinema Studies
b) BS Economics
c) BA Cinema Studies & BS Economics
d) Michelle did not study undergrad in UPenn
c) BA Cinema Studies & BS Economics
400
BDO's HQ is located in?
a) BDO Corporate Center Ortigas
b) BDO Corporate Center Makati
c) BDO Equitable PCI Tower
d) SM Corporate Tower
b) BDO Corporate Center Makati
400
Which is the largest bank globally in terms of AUM (USD 4.3tn in April 2020)?
a) Citibank
b) HSBC
c) ICBC
d) JP Morgan
c) ICBC (top 4 are actually all Chinese banks)
400
Which has the shortest wavelength (furthest to the left of the electromagnetic spectrum)?
a) UV Rays
b) X-rays
c) Infrared Rays
d) Microwaves
b) X-rays
400
Who is the "Half-blood Prince" in Harry Potter?
a) Harry Potter
b) Albus Dumbledore
c) Voldemort
d) Severus Snape
d) Severus Snape
400
What was the name of the atomic bomb dropped in Hiroshima?
a) Little Boy
b) Big Boy
c) Thin Man
d) Fat Man
a) Little boy
500
Mani joined BCG as a?
a) SA
b) C1
c) C2
d) PL 1
b) C1
500
BDO has offices in the following locations except?
a) Hong Kong
b) Singapore
c) Spain
d) UK
b) Singapore
500
There is only one decacorn (privately-held company w/ valuation >= USD 100 bn) in the world today. Which one is it?
a) Bytedance
b) Grab
c) Uber
d) Space X
a) Bytedance
500
Which statement is true for APIs and Webservices?
a) An API is a kind of webservice
b) A webservice is a kind of API
c) They are synonymous
d) An API pulls data while a webservice pushes data
b) A webservice is a kind of API
500
Who is rumored to be the next James Bond actor (recently casted according to insider intel)?
a) Daniel Craig
b) Tom Hardy
c) Damian Lewis
d) Christian Bale
b) Tom Hardy
500
Which Roman emperor came first?
a) Nero
b) Augustus
c) Caligula
d) Claudius
b) Augustus
600
Gautham started his BCG career in which office?
a) Sydney
b) Melbourne
c) New Delhi
d) Mumbai
d) Mumbai
600
Before leaving for BDO, Joey was the ____ at BPI?
a) Head of Retail Banking
b) COO
c) CFO
d) Head of Enterprise Services
a) Head of Retail Banking
600
In a typical collateralized debt obligation (CDO) where there are 3 tranches, investors in which tranche assume the highest risk/return?
a) Mezzanine tranche
b) Senior tranche
c) Equity tranche
d) They all assume the same level of risk/return. The tranches only indicate the order of the investment/ funding round.
c) Equity
600
How many can electrons can the 2nd electron shell/orbital hold at maximum (hint: s, p, d, f)
a) 2
b) 4
c) 6
d) 8
c) 6
Remember this?
600
What did the Evil Queen say to her mirror in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?
a) Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?
b) Magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?
c) Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest of one all?
d) Magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of one all?
d) Magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of one all?
600
Which of the following video cassettes came last?
a) VHS
b) Betamax
c) VCR
d) U-matic
b) Betamax