Business vocab
What visual tool is usually used to describe business performance such as increase, decrease, growth, or volume?
Graphs
What idiom describes something that is very easy to do?
A piece of cake
Which Dutch painter is famous for Starry Night?
Vincent van Gogh
What is the middle name of President Kennedy?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Where is Mahamuda from?
Bangladesh
What do we call the money a company makes after all expenses and taxes are paid?
Profit
What idiom means to succeed despite many difficulties or very low chances of success?
Against all odds
Which ancient city was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD?
Pompeii
Which U.S. constitutional amendment guarantees freedom of speech, religion, and the press?
The First Amendment
In which NYC neighborhood does Sahid live?
The Bronx
What tool is commonly used to collect customers’ opinions, feedback, or answers about a product or service?
Survey
What idiom describes an unpleasant or disappointing fact that someone must accept?
A bitter pill to swallow
Name the psychologist who founded psychoanalysis and explored the unconscious
Sigmund Freud
Why is the United States called “America”? Just the name of the person is also accepted
The name “America” comes from the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci, who realized that the lands discovered by Europeans in the late 15th century were not part of Asia but a “New World.” A German mapmaker, Martin Waldseemüller, labeled the new continent America in Vespucci’s honor in 1507.
How many children does Sophie\Lam have?
One
What verb is used when market prices change frequently and unpredictably (go up and down)?
Fluctuate
What idiom means to reveal someone’s real personality or intentions?
Show one’s true colours
In what year did the Soviet Union (USSR) collapse?
1991
During which period in U.S. history was the production, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages illegal?
The Prohibition era (1920–1933)
What is Evo’s current profession?
Manager at a restaurant
What term describes the visual and emotional elements that represent a brand (such as its logo, colors, and typography) and make you emotionally connect with the company?
Brand identity
What idiom describes something that happens very rarely?
Once in a blue moon
Which explorer is credited with being the first to circumnavigate the globe?
Ferdinand Magellan
What was the name of the small village that once existed in the area now known as Central Park in New York City?
Seneca Village (Seneca Village existed from 1825 to 1857. It was a predominantly African-American community that was demolished to build Central Park.)
What is Reuben’s middle name?
Antonio