Pop Culture
What six-letter hairstyle is popularly associated with the semi-ironic phrase "business in front, party in the back"?
Mullet
During a brainstorming session with Nike executives just before his star client committed to Nike as his apparel sponsor, Michael Jordan's agent David Falk came up with what iconic two-word brand name?
Air Jordan
With alumni including Elon Musk and Sundar Pichai, what is the name of the University of Pennsylvania's renowned business school?
Wharton
The Forester and Outback were two of the top 25 best-selling cars in the U.S. in 2019. What Japanese company manufactures both of these models?
Subaru
The 2002 Eminem song "Business" is about Eminem's successful partnership with what rapper who went on to found Beats Electronics?
Dr. Dre
She made her fortune by developing and marketing cosmetics and hair care products for black women. She's also listed as the first female self-made millionaire in America in the Guinness Book of World Records. Who is this woman?
Madam C. J. Walker
If you’re borrowing money to finance your business and you want to know how much interest you’ll pay on it in a year, look for the APR. What is APR an acronym for?
Annual Percentage Rate
Anne Wojcicki co-founded and currently is CEO of what privately genomics and biotechnology company that won Time Magazine's "Invention of the Year" award in in 2008 for offering the first at-home autosomal DNA test for ancestral purposes?
23andMe
What founder of the Roc Nation entertainment company once famously said the following? "I'm not a businessman; I'm a business, man."
Jay-Z
What is the intersection of streets that the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) is located on? (Half points for just one)
Broad street and Wall street
What kind of investor provides capital for a start-up business, in exchange or ownership equity? They probably get their incredibly positive name from taking a risky investment at an early stage.
Angel Investor
On January 3, 2021, what former businesswoman was found guilty of four of 11 charges for defrauding investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars while she was CEO of Theranos?
Elizabeth Holmes
A 2021 Lil Nas X song, whose music video addresses the lawsuit Nike filed against his “Satan Shoes”, is about an “______ Baby.” Fill in the one word blank, an “I” word usually associated the economic strength of a particular business.
Industry
When the stock market index S&P 500 is referenced in the U.S., technically "S&P" no longer stands for anything. However, what did these two letters previously stand for?
Standards and Poor's
Got an idea for a new product? Before you open a business, which key principle of startup would you use to confirm people want to buy what you want to sell?
Market Validation
Wall Street Bets, a popular investment forum on Reddit, hoped to deal a blow to short sellers betting against the stock. They intended to drive the price of the stock up far past its fundamental value. What stock was this?
Gamestop (GME)
The musician and actor born Calvin Broadus launched a digital media business in 2015 named Mary Jane that was focused on news about marijuana. By what moniker is Broadus more generally known?
Snoop Dog
Famous for being the world's first publicly traded company on the world's first stock exchange, what defunct company holds the record for the most valuable company ever? After adjusting for inflation, the value is more than $7 trillion in today's dollars.
Dutch East India Trading Company
October 29, 1929 is a day in which the Dow Jones industrial average dropped 11% in a single day and is commonly known by what dark two-word phrase?
Black Tuesday
Chicago news: recently, Kroger agreed to buy rival grocery company Albertsons for $24.6 billion. Which two popular Chicago grocery stores will this affect?
Jewel-Osco and Marianos.