Accounting
101
Bookkeeping
Trivia
By the
Numbers
Hollywood
Bookkeeping
Fuzzy
Logic
100

A financial statement that presents the financial position of the company on a particular date

Balance Sheet

100

Which member of the Rolling Stones was a bookkeeper before earning hundreds of millions with the band?

Mick Jagger

100

(Number of Beatles band members) + (Number of ZZ Top Member) * (Number of BTS Members)

25

100

Who plays the lead role in the movie "The Accountant"?

Ben Affleck

100

Jane Doe has 4 daughters, and each daughter had a brother.  How many children does Jane Doe have?

5

200

Recording transactions in the month they occur

Accrual basis

200

Widely viewed as one of history’s most prolific and far-sighted inventors, popular opinion credits this Renaissance Man with creating the concept for the world’s first mechanical calculating machine?

Leonardo da Vinci

200

(Biden's presidency number) + (Trumps Presidency number) - (George Washington's Presidency number)

90

200

In the television series Breaking Bad, what business do the perpetrators buy to launder drug money?

Car Wash

200

An orchestra of 120 players takes 40 minutes to play Beethoven's 9th Symphony.  How long would it take for 60 players to play the symphony?

40 Minutes

300

Your bookkeeper should not have access to this type of stock

Check Stock

300

Italian mathematician and “father of accounting” he  wrote the first book on double-entry accounting entitled Summa de Arithmetica, Geometria, Proportioni et Proportionalita?

Luca Pacioli

300

(Number of Bachelorette Hometown visits each season) / (number of Yellowstone seasons released) + (Number of Contestants typically on Chopped)

5

300

Which Australian-born actress explains financial terms while in a bath, drinking champagne in the movie The Big Short?

Margot Robbie

300

A 300 ft. train is traveling 300 ft. per minute through a 300 ft. long tunnel. How long will it take the train to travel through the tunnel?

Two minutes. It takes the front of the train one minute, and the rest of the train will take two minutes to clear the tunnel.

400

Which accounts on the general ledger should be reconciled each month

All of them

400

This member of the Jackson family started off as a bookkeeper before releasing Rythym Nation?

Janet Jackson

400

(Number of US States + Number of US Senators per State) / Number of Stripes on US Flag

4

400

In what movie does Cher play an accountant?

Moonstruck

400

The total cost of Filet Mignon (2 pack) and a Bottle of Champagne at Central Market is $150. The Champagne cost $100 more than the Filet Mignon two pack. How much does the Champagne cost?

$125

500

Businesses should do this every month to make sure everything ticks and ties

Close the books

500

Who is the patron saint of accountants, bookkeepers, tax collectors, stockbrokers, and bankers?

St. Matthew the Evangelist

500

(Dallas Cowboy Wins this season so far) + (Daks Jersey number)

13

500

In the television series Ozark, how much money does the accountant-turned-money launderer played by Jason Bateman have to launder in order to avoid a grim fate?

$500K

500

87 - Sometimes you have to look at things from a different perspective.