Finance
When a company buys back its own shares to reduce supply and increase earnings per share, it is called this.
share repurchase/stock buyback
This offensive system, popularized in the NFL by Bill Walsh, emphasises short, timing-based passes and yards after catch.
West Coast offense
What Purdue dining court is the largest on campus?
Wiley
This country has the most time zones in the world.
France because of overseas territories.
This president established the two-term precedent before it became law.
George Washington
This 1970s economic phenomenon involved high inflation combined with stagnant growth and unemployment.
This NBA player is the only one to win Finals MVP with three different franchises
LeBron James
What is the name of Purdue’s student section at Mackey Arena?
The paint Crew
This is the only letter that does not appear in any U.S. state name.
Q
The only president who was never elected as either president or vice president.
Gerald Ford
This Federal Reserve policy tool involves reducing the size of its balance sheet by selling securities or letting them mature.
Quantitative tightening
Under NFL rules, this defensive penalty results in an automatic first down regardless of yardage gained.
defensive holding or pass interference
What Purdue residence hall is known for being one of the oldest on campus?
Cary
This is the only U.S. state that borders exactly one other state.
Maine
This president issued the Monroe Doctrine
James Monroe
This bond pricing concept states that when yields rise, prices fall, and the relationship is nonlinear due to this curvature effect.
Bond Convexity (the Convexity Effect)
In cricket terminology, this humiliating dismissal occurs when a batter is out on the first ball they face without scoring.
Golden duck out
What was Purdue originally named?
Purdue University
This country has the most pyramids
Sudan
This president won the popular vote in 1888 but lost the Electoral College
Grover Cleveland
A hedge fund shorts a heavily shorted stock. Retail traders begin buying aggressively, forcing short sellers to cover at rising prices. This dynamic is known as this phenomenon.
Short Squeeze
who holds the all time NCAA assists record?
Bobby Hurley
Year Mackey Arena opened?
→ 1967
How many countries have 3 capitals, and which are they? (BONUS 500 IF U CAN LIST THE CAPITALS ALONG WITH THE COUNTRIES)
Pretoria – Executive capital (President & cabinet)
Cape Town – Legislative capital (Parliament)
Bloemfontein – Judicial capital (Supreme Court of Appeal
The youngest person ever to become president of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt. JFK was the youngest elected. Roosevelt was younger when he assumed office.