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100

How were Baylor's colors of green and gold chosen? 

A committee was tasked with choosing, one of the girls saw a field of grass and dandelions and felt it would make a lovely combination

100

Before becoming a professor, Don Carpenter was the chief accounting officer of what company?

Waste Management

100

What company collapsed in 2001 due to an accounting scandal?

Enron

100

What is the nickname for companies manipulating their earnings using aggressive accounting?

Cooking the Books

100

Where was the original campus location of Baylor?

Independence, Tx

200

What was one of the ways Baylor participate in WW2? 

They had an Army Specialized Training Program, Navy training program, Department of Defense courses for faculty and students 

200

What is the most failed section of the CPA exam?

FAR - financial accounting and reporting

200

In a chart of accounts, Expenses begin with what number

5

200

What was the first CPA exam year in the U.S.?

1896

200

When was Baylor founded?

1845

300

Before adopting Bears as their mascot, Baylor briefly considered what other animals as its official mascot?

Buffalo, Antelope, Frog, and Ferret

300

There are this many elective hours in the Master of Taxation degree offered at Baylor?

18

300

Which major company inflated revenues by over $11 billion, making it one of the largest accounting frauds in history?

WorldCom

300

Who is considered the "Father of Accounting"?

Luca Pacioli

300

What is Don's favorite restaurant in Waco? 

Chuy's

400

Before Joy and Lady, Baylor had a bear mascot that once escaped and ran loose on campus in the 1940s. What was its name?

Joe College
400

How long do you have to pass all 4 CPA exam sections before your first one expires?

30 months in Texas

400

What was Wells Fargo caught doing in 2016 that was considered unethical accounting?

Creating fake customer accounts

400

The IRS processed how many tax returns for 2023?

161 million returns

400

Who is Baylor University named after? 

Judge Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor

500

When did dancing become legal on Baylor campus?Bonus: How long was dancing banned for?

1996

151 year ban

500

Who is a famous actor that went to Baylor?

Angela Kinsey 

500

What major retailer admitted to overstating its income by over $2 billion in 2014?

Tesco

500

If a transaction has been improperly journalized and posted to a ledger, what do you do?

Journalize a Correcting entry

500

What was the first bear mascot named?

Ted/Bruin