NEON team members 1
This team memer's first job was to work at a sleep away camp
Eric
This team member's first job out of college was to work on an early-2000s Java web framework that was so obscure that they had to hunt through used bookstores to find references
Brendan
Manhattan is this many miles from top to bottom (in miles, from top to bottom, walking along the west side highway). Must be within 0.25 miles
13.4 miles
Before founding Bloomberg LP, Mike was a general partner at this investment bank
Salomon Brothers
On Tuesday (11/11), this US airport saw the most flight cancellations (largely due to air traffic controller shortages)
Chicago O'Hare. Airlines have canceled more than 9,000 flights in response to the Federal Aviation Administration’s order to cull 10% of flights in 40 major US airports. That includes about 1,150 trips on Tuesday.
This team member was formerly a beekeeper
Michael
This team member is currently learning to enjoy running and meditation
Yi
Before being called New York, the city was called....?
New Amsterdam
This is the original name of Bloomberg LP
Innovative Market Systems
Unionized employees of this company’s US locations are preparing to go on strike next week as they try to secure a contract after years of sporadic and unsuccessful talks
Starbucks
This team member is the only one to have pursued a graduate degree before joining Bloomberg
Yi
This team member is 16 years older than their youngest sibling
Who is Daniyal
This new york city building is so large that it has its own zip cod
Empire State building, 10118
Bloomberg LP occupies this many square feet of office space in 120 Park Ave (within 20%)
400,000 square feet Bloomberg L.P. occupied 900,000 square feet (84,000 m2) of office space at the base of the tower. The company's New York offices also include 400,000 square feet (37,000 m2) located at 120 Park Avenue and 924,876+ square feet (85,924 m2) located at 919 Third Avenue
Apple is planning to pay about $1 billion a year to this company for the Siri voice assistant to use its artificial intelligence model
Google / Alphabet / Gemini
This team member has interviewed at over 60 different tech companies
Daniyal
This team member made money betting on politics in college
Michael
The statue of liberty wasn't always green - it was made of which metal?
copper
In 2023, This person was named by Michael Bloomberg as chair of the new board of directors for Bloomberg L.P. as part of a broader reshuffle of the company's leadership
Mark Carney, now the PM of Canada
Shares of this company fell more than 5.5% on Friday to their lowest level since May, after a livestream incident reignited scrutiny over its product (Labubu) pricing.
Pop Mart International Group Ltd
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Cummulatively, how many unique languages can Team NEON speak? (number of unique languages spoken fluently across the team, English counts)
TBD...
This team member used to "bike joust" as a kid, riding as fast as possible on a bike and trying to knock opponents off of theirs
Brendan
For how many years was New York the capital of the United states?
6 years (the city was the national capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790)
Michael Bloomberg served three terms as mayor of New York City. For which terms did he identify as which political party? (years not required, just political party for each term #)
Republican
Democrat
Democrat
This year's MLB World Series Game 3 was the second-longest World Series game in terms of time after Game 3 of the 2018 World Series, each of which went a record _____ innings and were won by the Dodgers
18