Cboe: A Look Back
Cboe was founded in this "Windy City" in 1973.
What is Chicago?
As of August 2025, this artist's "Eras Tour" is the highest-grossing music tour of all time.
Who is Taylor Swift?
This city is home to the world’s oldest continuously operating subway system, which first opened in 1863.
What is London?
This term describes the phenomenon of endlessly scrolling through short-form video content on social media platforms.
What is a "doomscroll" or "scrolling"?
What is the name of the official Kansas City, Missouri, professional women's soccer team?
What is the Kansas City Current?
Originally, Cboe was created by this other exchange to serve as a dedicated marketplace for a specific financial product.
What is the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)?
"Winter is coming" was the ominous tagline for this HBO fantasy series that captivated audiences throughout the 2010s.
What is Game of Thrones?
This country is the birthplace of the Caesar salad, although it's often mistakenly thought to be from Italy or the United States.
What is Mexico?
What does the popular business acronym "EOD" stand for?
What is End of Day?
This former Kansas City Chiefs' quarterback won Super Bowl IV against the Minnesota Vikings and later became a notable sports commentator.
Len Dawson
Cboe is famous for creating this 3-letter index, often called the "Fear Index," which measures market volatility.
What is the VIX?
The Marvel Cinematic Universe kicked off in 2008 with the release of this film directed by Jon Favreau.
What is Iron Man?
The city of Petra, known for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit system, is located in which country?
What is Jordan?
This is the name for the collaborative online document that everyone on the team has access to, making it simultaneously the most helpful and most confusing place to be.
What is a "shared doc"?
A local company since 1920, this Kansas City-based brand is known for its savory sauces and seasonings, with products like their famous "Original" and "Sweet Heat" BBQ sauces.
What is Arthur Bryant's?
Cboe made a major move to expand its global footprint by merging with this company in 2017, known for its stock exchange operations in the U.S. and Europe.
What is BATS Global Markets?
This singer-songwriter's 2011 album, 21, held the record for the best-selling album of the 21st century.
Who is Adele?
This ancient Greek landmark is a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena, located on the Acropolis in Athens.
What is the Parthenon?
This term refers to the feeling of being overwhelmed by the number of digital communication platforms, from Slack to Teams to text messages, that are used for work.
What is "app fatigue"?
The "City of Fountains" is home to more than 200 of these artistic water features, which is more than any city in the world besides this one.
What is Rome?
While it now lists thousands of products, Cboe was originally founded to trade just this one type of derivative.
What are options (or listed stock options)?
On this heartwarming Apple TV+ show, an American football coach tries to manage a British soccer team with relentless optimism and a belief in "Believe."
What is Ted Lasso?
What is the name of the ancient Inca citadel located high in the Andes Mountains in Peru?
What is Machu Picchu?
This term is used to describe a short meeting that often takes place in the morning to quickly update a team on a daily basis
What is a "stand-up" or "scrum"?
This company, a global brand, that categories itself as a leader in the social expression and celebration industry was founded in KC in 1910 by Joyce Hall.
What is Hallmark?