Not to be confused with a meal consisting of several dishes in which customers serve themselves, this person is considered one of the greatest investors of our time
Who is Warren Buffet
100
This currency alternative (and bad investment choice), reached a peak of over $17,000 USD in December of 2017
What is Bitcoin
100
Currently the largest company in the US by market cap, this tech giant has been in the Fortune 500 since 1983
What is Apple
100
This former American energy company has become a textbook example of accounting fraud, after a massive scandal in 2001.
What is Enron
100
While Finance majors earn an average first-year salary of $57,300 after graduating, this career field will have you starting out around 150 G's.
What is Investment Banking
200
Named after the largest river in the world, this Seattle based firm is quickly becoming the largest company in the world
What is Amazon
200
This investment theory argues that its impossible to "beat the market" because stock market prices accurately reflect all available relevant information
What is the Efficient Market Hypothesis
200
Fitting with their prestigious reputation of the firm, the average annual employee compensation at this east coast company is an astonishing $400,000
Who is Goldman Sachs
200
This Italian con artist tricked investor by promising magnified returns on postage stamps and then using the money of new investors to falsely simulate those returns.
Who is Charles Ponzi
200
The founder of McDonald's opted out of a Business degree and instead got a degree in this
What is Hamburgerology
300
The 5 letter name of this American automobile manufacturer comes from the 19th century inventor
What is Tesla
300
The WWU scholarship portfolio that the FMA helps manage passed this major $ milestone in 2017
What is $400,000
300
Despite its comparison to religious scripture by Professor Paul Meeks, this widely circulated newspaper was founded in 1889 by Dow Jones and Company
What is the Wall Street Journal
300
The head of the most famous Ponzi scheme of the 21st century, this former stockbroker (and current inmate) was the focus of the 2017 HBO film "The Wizard of Lies"
Who is Bernie Madoff
300
Despite educating some of the most influential business minds of our time, including Jamie Diemon, Michael Bloomberg and Ray Dalio, this Massachusetts school does not have an undergraduate Finance program.
What is Harvard University
400
This 4 letter acronym is a model that describes the relationship between systematic risk and expected returns for assets
What is CAPM
400
What is the WACC formula?
(Ask judges)
400
Washington State is home to this number of Fortune 500 companies
8
400
Former CEO and founder of Adelphia Communications, he was sentenced to 15 years in prison for stealing over 3.1B from investors in 2002
Who is John Rigas
400
How many credits are required to complete WWU's Finance Major?
88-90
Note: There is an acceptable margin of error here of + or - 2
500
This company has the stock ticker LUV
What is Southwest Airlines
500
Ranked as the most difficult exam in the world by the Wall Street Journal, only this percent of applicants clear the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) exams each year
What is 20%
500
In 1912 the founder of this multinational financial institution was set to ride on the maiden voyage of the titanic, however they ended up cancelling right before the ship set sail
Who is JP Morgan
500
Widely credited as the creator of junk bonds, this 71-year old Billionaire was sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined $600 million for securities fraud, in the late 1980's
Who is Michael Milken
500
Prior to winning 3 Grammy Awards and dropping classic hits such as "I'll Be Missing You", this musical artist from NY dropped out of Howard University two-years into pursuing a business degree