Governance hall of fame and shame
In 2018, this car company’s board was forced to strip its CEO of his chairman role after an SEC lawsuit over misleading tweets about taking the company private.
Tesla (Elon Musk)
European capital divided by the Danube river
What is Budapest?
1976 movie features the famous line, "You talkin’ to me?"
Capital of the Eastern Roman Empire before falling to the Ottoman Turks in 1453?
What is Constantinople?
They're eating the cats.. They're eating the dogs
Who is Donald Trump ?
A massive oil company’s board was criticized for covering up the true extent of an oil spill disaster in Alaska in 1989.
What is ExxonMobil ?
I am the world's newest nation.
What is South Sudan ?
Which actor played James Bond in the most official films?
(Name all of them for extra 300)
Treaty, signed in 1648, ended the Thirty Years' War and established the modern concept of state sovereignty.
What is the Peace of Westphalia?
I'm alone tonight but my "..."
Hips dont lie (Shakira)
Company board that approved the ousting of its visionary CEO in 1985, only to bring him back in 1997 to save the company?
What is Apple ? (Steve Jobs)
The world's tallest waterfall
What is Angel falls?
The only horror movie to win the Oscar for Best Picture.
What is The Silence of the Lambs (1991)?
English king is the only one to be executed by his own people, leading to a brief period of republican rule.
Who is King Charles I?
"I think, therefore I am."
Who is René Descartes (Philosophical statement, 1637)?
Massive media conglomerate saw its board approve a disastrous merger with AOL in 2000, leading to a $99 billion write-off.
What is TimeWarner
France's largest land border
What is Brazil ?
The first foreign-language film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
What is Parasite (2019)?
The last Tsar of Russia, executed along with his family in 1918.
Who is Nicholas II?
"He’s a sheep in sheep’s clothing."
Who is Winston Churchill?
The primary author of the original OECD Guidelines for Corporate Governance in 2002
Who is the one and only Stilpon Nestor.
The parallel that establishes the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea
What is the 38th parallel?
The film features the longest continuous take in a Hollywood production, lasting 17 minutes without a single cut.
What is 1917 (edited to appear as one take, but longest single take lasts 17 minutes)?
The name of the first written code of laws, created in Mesopotamia around 1754 BCE.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
"They misunderestimated me."
Who is George W. Bush?