History
Which ancient civilization built Machu Picchu?
The Inca Empire
What country has the city of Kyoto?
Japan
What does “IPO” stand for?
Initial Public Offering
Who wrote The Great Gatsby?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Founder who started LCG in 2015 with a focus on case prep
Katie LoNigro
What war was triggered by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
World War I
Which river runs through Budapest?
The Danube River
What economic term describes a sustained decline in general price levels?
Deflation
What art movement is Salvador Dalí most associated with?
Surrealism
Leader who established LCG’s mission and vision in 2017
Andrew Allen
Who was the first woman to serve as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
Margaret Thatcher
What is the smallest country in the world by land area?
Vatican City
What market structure features a few dominant firms?
Oligopoly
What novel is set primarily on a single day in Dublin, June 16, 1904?
Ulysses (by James Joyce)
VP of Engagements for 2023
Marina Levine
What document formally dissolved the Soviet Union in 1991?
The Belavezha Accords
What desert covers much of northern China and southern Mongolia?
The Gobi Desert
What economist is associated with the idea of “creative destruction”?
Joseph Schumpeter
What philosophical movement argues that existence precedes essence?
Existentialism
Leader who launched Affinity Groups and the inaugural Flatiron Consulting Summit
What is Etash Kalra
Which empire was ruled by Mansa Musa, one of the wealthiest individuals in recorded history?
The Mali Empire
Which African country was formerly known as Abyssinia?
Ethiopia
What financial metric measures a company’s profitability relative to shareholders’ equity?
Return on Equity (ROE)
What composer wrote the Ninth Symphony while almost completely deaf?
Ludwig van Beethoven
Leader who started the Rocky Mountain Case Competition as an annual tradition
What is Sam Thompson