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General Knowledge
100

PP&E is purchased for $100 cash

Dr PP&E 100
    Cr Cash 100

100

A customer pays $300 upfront for a service you haven't performed yet. Walk me through the statements.

No impact on the Income Statement yet since revenue isn't earned. On the Cash Flow Statement, cash increases by $300 (operating inflow). On the Balance Sheet, cash increases by $300 and unearned revenue (a liability) increases by $300.

100

A company pays $2,000 cash to a supplier for inventory. Classify the cash flow.

Operating activity. Payments to suppliers for inventory are a core part of daily business operations and always classified as operating.

100

This festival, lasting eight days, commemorates the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem and the miracle of oil that burned for eight days instead of one. What is the Hebrew name for the special candelabra used during this holiday?

The festival is Hanukkah and the candelabra is called a Chanukiah or Hanukkiah, distinct from the seven-branched Menorah used in the Temple.

100

This element, with the symbol Au and atomic number 79, has been used as currency and jewelry for thousands of years.

What is Gold?

200

A company receives a $500 utility bill but won't pay it until next month.

Dr. Utilities Expense $500 / Cr. Accounts Payable $500

200

A company buys $2,000 of inventory with cash. Walk me through the statements.

No impact on the Income Statement. On the Cash Flow Statement, cash decreases by $2,000 (operating outflow). On the Balance Sheet, cash decreases by $2,000 and inventory increases by $2,000.

200

A company pays out a $300 cash dividend.

Cash Flow from Financing.

200

The Torah is divided into five books. Name all five.

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.

200

This Shakespeare play features a Danish prince who famously contemplates existence in a soliloquy beginning with "To be or not to be."

What is Hamlet?

300

A company earns $1,000 in revenue and receives cash immediately.

Dr. Cash $1,000 / Cr. Revenue $1,000

300

A company takes out a $10,000 bank loan. Walk me through the statements.

No impact on the Income Statement. On the Cash Flow Statement, cash increases by $10,000 (financing inflow). On the Balance Sheet, cash increases by $10,000 and notes payable (a liability) increases by $10,000.

300

A company collects $10,000 from a customer on an accounts receivable balance. Classify the cash flow.

Operating activity. Collections from customers are core to operations.

300

The Passover Seder follows a specific order outlined in this text, which also tells the story of the Exodus from Egypt.

What is the Haggadah?

300

This branch of mathematics, developed independently by Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in the 17th century, deals with rates of change and the accumulation of quantities, and is divided into two main branches.

What is calculus?

400

A business purchases $3,000 worth of equipment by paying $1,000 cash and putting the rest on account.

Dr. Equipment $3,000 / Cr. Cash $1,000 / Cr. Accounts Payable $2,000

400

A company sells $1,500 of inventory that originally cost $900. Walk me through the statements.

On the Income Statement, revenue increases by $1,500 and COGS increases by $900, so gross profit increases by $600. On the Cash Flow Statement, there is no immediate cash impact if sold on credit (accounts receivable increases). On the Balance Sheet, accounts receivable increases by $1,500, inventory decreases by $900, and retained earnings increases by $600 through net income.

400

A company pays $800 in interest on its outstanding bank loan. Classify the cash flow.

Even though the loan itself is financing, the interest payments are classified as operating under GAAP. 

400

The Passover Seder plate contains six symbolic items. Name at least three of them.

Maror 

Charoset 

Karpas 

Zeroa 

Chazeret

400

This subatomic particle, whose existence was theorized for decades before being confirmed at CERN's Large Hadron Collider in 2012, is responsible for giving other particles their mass and is sometimes called the "God particle."

What is the Higgs boson?

500

$100 PP&E is sold for $120

Dr Cash 120

    Cr PP&E 100

    Cr Gain on Sale 20

500

A company that had previously recorded $800 of unearned revenue now completes the service for the customer. Walk me through the statements.

On the Income Statement, revenue increases by $800, increasing net income by $800. No impact on the Cash Flow Statement since cash was already received. On the Balance Sheet, unearned revenue (a liability) decreases by $800 and retained earnings increases by $800 through net income.

500

A company receives a $300 cash dividend from one of its subsidiaries that it owns 35% of.

CFO

500

This movement, founded in 18th century Eastern Europe by Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov, emphasized joy, prayer, and personal connection to God over pure Talmudic scholarship, and spread rapidly among common Jewish people. What is it called?

What is Hasidism (Chassidus)?

500

This mathematical conjecture, proposed in 1742 and still unproven, states that every even integer greater than two can be expressed as the sum of two prime numbers.

What is Goldbach's Conjecture?