Oil
Animals, Buildings and Songs
Planets, Stars and Banking
100
Which of these products are made from oil (Golf Balls, Aspirin, Paint and Sun Glasses)?
What is all of the above
100
What is the only animal that can't jump?
What is an Elephant
100
This planet is the hottest in the solar system
What is Venus
200
Which of the following countries is not a founding member of OPEC (Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, venezuela and Algeria)
What is Algeria
200
This singer was quoted as saying “my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live".
Who is Kanye West
200
In the Beatles song "Penny Lane", the people find it strange that the Banker doesn't wear this item.
What is a mac (or a rain coat).
300
In 1911, Standard Oil (the largest oil company in the world) was broken up after being found to be a monopoly. Which of these companies did not emerge from the break up (Exxxon, Mobil, Amoco, Texaco, Chevron)?
What is Texaco
300
This building was made with 10 million bricks and was the first to reach 100 stories.
What is the Empire State Building
300
The sun is so large that a million earths would fit inside it. Betelgeuse, a red giant is the 7th brightest star in the northern hemisphere. Situated in the same position as the sun what planet's orbit would the star almost reach.
What is Saturn.
400
This 1947 oil discovery turned Alberta into a new and powerful player in the energy industry.
What is the Leduc discovery
400
In the song "If I had a Million $", what piece of art would the singers buy if they had a million dollars?
What is a Picasso or a Garfunkel
400
Which 19th century writer said the phrase, "a banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain".
Who is Mark Twain
500
Used in the fracking process to prop open cracks to allow oil to flow, these objects are also found in some necklaces.
What are ceramic beads
500
This Architect proposed a mile high skyscraper in a 1956 presentation.
Who is Frank Lloyd Wright
500
Your Grandfather left you $100 in stock certificates for Coca Cola dated 1919. What was the value of the stocks in 2012 ($10,000, $1 million, $25 million or $50 million)?
What is $25 million.