Multiple Choice
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Who is?
FactSet
100

The company Nintendo was founded in this year.

A. 1889 B. 1908 C. 1936 D. 1965

What is A. 1889? (Strange but true! Nintendo began not as a video game company, but as a playing card company.) 

100

The day of the week workers most statistically likely to call in sick.

What is Monday?

100

Hotazel, is a town with a name that sounds like “hot as hell,” is located in this country.

A. Sri Lanka B. South Africa C. Qatar D. Columbia

What is B. South Africa?

100

This word is an animal, a city in NY, and also a verb that means to overawe or intimidate.

Who is a Buffalo?

100

The soon to be retiring CHRO.

Who is Dan Viens?

200

The first name of the Twitter bird is:

A. Jack B. Poly C. Blue D. Larry

What is D. Larry?

200

In 2012, Ikea trended online after a picture of this animal was spotted and photographed in its stores.

A. Bear B. Sloth C. Kangaroo D. Monkey

What is D. Monkey?

200

The head lawyer at a corporation, also commonly called the Chief Legal Officer.

What is General Counsel?

200

This US President had a pet alligator in the White House. 

Who is John Quincy Adams?

200

First European FactSet office opened in this city in 1993.

Where is London?

300

This company employed the largest staff in 1955?

A. General Motors B. GE C. Chrysler D. US Steel 

What is A. General Motors?

300

This was the first item ever sold on Ebay.

A. Bible B. VCR C. Broken Laser Pointer D. Walkman 

What is C. Broken Laser Pointer?

300

This is the largest desert on Earth.

A. Antarctic B. Sahara C. Gobi D. Karakum

What is A. Antarctic?

300

The Egyptian deity most commonly depicted with the body of a woman and the head of a cat.

Who is Bastet?

300

The original FactSet product sold to customers.

What is 'Company FacSet'?

400

Blue Ribbon Sports is the original name of this company.

A. Adidas B. Puma C. Nike D. Reebok

What is C. Nike?

400

The famous TV show title “Friends” originally went by this name.

A. Central Perk B. Insomnia Cafe C. BFF D. Twentys

What is B. Insomnia Cafe?

400

This beer brand is expensive and considered a luxury item in China.

A. Bud B. Miller High Life C. Pabst Blue Ribbon D. Coors

What is C. Pabst Blue Ribbon?

400

I was the first African American female engineer to work at NASA.

Who is Mary Jackson?

400

The name of the FactSet portfolio returns product, SPAR.

What is Style, Performance and Risk?

500

This company’s motto is “don’t be evil”

A. Microsoft B. Oracle C. Amazon D. Google 

What is D. Google?

500

Besides humans, which is the only other mammal that has been observed deliberately seeking out spicy food?

A. Racoon B. Tree Shrew C. Kerala Rat D. Pangolin 

What is B. Tree Shrew?

500

This country has the highest recorded birth rate for twins.

A. Belize B. Benin C. China D. Norway

What is B. Benin?

500

This scientist is the only Nobel Prize laureate to win a Nobel award in two different scientific categories?

Who is Marie Curie?

500

Both company founders worked at this Wall Street firm in 1977, before starting FactSet in 1978.

What is Faulkner, Dawkins & Sullivan?

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