Business
What was the name of the oil company that Rockefeller created?
A. Standard Oil Company
B. Rockefeller Oil
C. Modern Oil Company
A. Standard Oil Company
What was John D. Rockefeller's net worth when he died?
A. 670 million
B. 70 billion
C. 340 billion
C. 340 billion
In what city what Rockefeller born in?
A. Brooklyn, NY
B. Poughkeepsie, NY
C. Richford, NY
C. Richford, NY
How old was Rockefeller when he passed away?
A. 79
B. 97
C. 84
B. 97
At what company did Rockefeller land his first job?
A. Carnegie Steel
B. Hewitt and Tuttle
C. Mahar Carpentry
B. Hewitt and Tuttle
What percentage of the country's oil was owned or controlled by Rockefeller's oil company at one point?
A. 90%
B. 97%
C. 82%
A. 90%
At the time of his death, how much was all of Rockefeller's properties worth combined?
A. $26.2 million
B. $39.4 million
C. $51.9 million
A. $26.2 million
How many children did John D. Rockefeller Sr. have?
A. 1
B. 5
C. 8
B. 5
Every year Rockefeller celebrated an anniversary, what anniversary was that? (Hint. not his wedding)
A. Day he got his first job
B. Day he created his oil company
C. Day he had his first kid
A. Day he got his first job
What is the term used to describe what Rockefeller's oil company had in comparison to the rest of the industry?
A. Corporation
B. Mass Production
C. Monopoly
C. Monopoly
What was the name of the act that shut down Rockefeller's oil company for the time being?
A. Enforcement Act
B. Sherman Antitrust Act
C. Wealth Commerce Act
B. Sherman Antitrust Act
Prior to his oil company, Rockefeller had co-created a merchant company which dealt with hay, grains, meats, etc. How much money had that company grossed in their first year of business?
A. $1.2 million
B. $625,000
C. $450,000
C. $450,000
Where did John Rockefeller die?
A. New York, New York
B. Ormond Beach, Florida
C. Austin, Texas
B. Ormond Beach, Florida
Did Rockefeller graduate high school or college?
A. Graduated high school/not college
B.Graduated both
C. Graduated neither
C. Graduated neither
Rockefeller exercised abstinence from tobacco and alcohol throughout his entire life...
A. True
B. False
A. True
Where did Rockefeller and his oil company open up their first oil refinery?
A. Cleveland, Ohio
B. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
C. Chicago, Illinois
A. Cleveland, Ohio
To what University did Rockefeller give $80 million in helping create?
A. University of Chicago
B. Ohio State University
C. University of Pennsylvania
A. University of Chicago
What was the name of Rockefeller's first and only wife?
A. Laura
B. Barbara
C. Silvia
A. Laura
What was John Rockefeller's father's profession?
A. Doctor
B. Lumberjack
C. Con Artist
C. Con Artist
John D. Rockefeller funded the creation of which foreign school?
A. University of London
B. Central Philippine University
C. Trinity College Dublin
B. Central Philippine University
In what year was Rockefeller's oil company founded/created?
A. 1964
B. 1968
C.1970
C. 1970
In total, about how much money did Rockefeller give away to different causes?
A. $230 million
B. $400 million
C. $530 million
C. $530 million
After retiring, what did Rockefeller fully devote his life to in the later stages of his life?
A. Christianity
B. Philanthropy
C. Music
B. Philanthropy
What famous writer was a good friend of Rockefeller and other executives of the oil company?
A. Charles Dickens
B. Edgar Allen Poe
C. Mark Twain
C. Mark Twain
What company that is still around today, was not created due to the separation of Rockefeller's company in 1911?
A. Pennzoil
B. Castrol
C. ExxonMobil
B. Castrol