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1
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St. Petersburg, Russia Jewelry Firm

A

Faberge

2
Q

World’s Largest Furniture Retailer

A

Ikea (Sweden)

3
Q

Delaware Chemical Company

A

Dupont

4
Q

Capital Cities Network

A

ABC

5
Q

Parent Company of NBC

A

General Electric

6
Q

Pancake Brand Started in 1893

A

Aunt Jemima

7
Q

Standard Oil of new Jersey

A

EXXON

8
Q

Auto Maker who Declared Bankruptcy in 1940

A

Preston Tucker

9
Q

“Flying Colors” airline that went bankrupt in 1981

A

Braniff

10
Q

Dutch Airline: The World’s Oldest

A

KLM

11
Q

Brazil’s Airline

A

Varig

12
Q

Israel’s Airline

A

El Al

13
Q

Russian Airline

A

Aeroflot

14
Q

Scandinavian Airline

A

SAS

15
Q

Germany’s Airline

A

Lufthansa

16
Q

Belgian Airline

A

Brussels

17
Q

Hong Kong Airline

A

Cathay Pacific

18
Q

Switzerland-s airlines

A

Crossair, Swissair

19
Q

Australia’s Airline

A

Qantas

20
Q

Spain’s airline

A

Iberia

21
Q

Top US shipping co

A

Federal Express

22
Q

Top US rental car co

A

Enterprise

23
Q

To US prescription medicine outlet

A

Walgreen’s

24
Q

Top-selling us motor oil co

A

pennzoil

25
Q

Largest US tire and rubber co

A

Goodyear

26
Q

Largest US chemical company

A

dupont

27
Q

2nd largest us chemical co

A

dow

28
Q

World’s largest chip maker

A

intel

29
Q

Largest us cigarette maker

A

Phillip Morris

30
Q

Ray ban sunglasses maker

A

Bausch and Lomb

31
Q

Pony Express Owners

A

Wells Fargo

32
Q

Billboard ad company and newspaper chain owner

A

Gannett

33
Q

Company that uses red cross symbol

A

Johnson & Johnson

34
Q

Bennett Cerf’s publishing company

A

Random House

35
Q

Maine Company with outdoor gear catalogs

A

LL Bean

36
Q

San Francisco High Tech Catalog Company

A

Sharper Image

37
Q

US largest exporter

A

Boeing

38
Q

Maker of Cheerios

A

General mills

39
Q

Vermont Ice cream maker

A

Ben and Jerry’s

40
Q

“All Natural” ice cream maker

A

Breyers

41
Q

German Aspirin Company

A

Bayer

42
Q

Owner of Jeopardy! and Columbia Tri-star

A

Sony

43
Q

Arkansas Frozen foods Company

A

Tyson

44
Q

Lean Cuisine Maker

A

Stouffer’s

45
Q

Top Soy Sauce Maker

A

Kikkoman

46
Q

Little Rock Yogurt Chain

A

TCBY

47
Q

They had the first roasted coffee in cans, 1878

A

Chase and Sandbourn

48
Q

Coffee brand named after a Memphis hotel

A

Maxwell House

49
Q

Spam Maker

A

Hormel

50
Q

World’s Largest Spice Company

A

McCormack and Company

51
Q

Largest electric razor Company

A

Norelco

52
Q

Maker of the C90 Super Computer

A

Cray Research

53
Q

Dallas semiconductor Company

A

Texas instruments

54
Q

Scotch Tape Brand Maker

A

3m

55
Q

Company that built the Queen Elizabeth

A

Cunard

56
Q

North Dakota Computer Merchant

A

Gateway

57
Q

French maker of disposable lighters and razors

A

Bic

58
Q

Largest us maker of pasteurized orange juice

A

Tropicana

59
Q

Largest US maker of fruit juices

A

ocean spray

60
Q

Etch-a-Sketch maker

A

Ohio Art

61
Q

Barbie Maker

A

Mattel

62
Q

GJ Joe Maker

A

Hasbro

63
Q

First yo yo maker

A

Duncan

64
Q

Hula Hoop Maker

A

Wham-O

65
Q

Magic 8 Ball Maker

A

Mattel

66
Q

USA’s largest toy distributer

A

McDonalds

67
Q

Leading Maker of Processed Turkey products

A

Louis Rich

68
Q

Company whose symbol is a monocle peanut

A

Planters

69
Q

Maker of Zima

A

Coors

70
Q

US largers pharmaceutical company

A

Pfizer

71
Q

Top selling beer

A

Budweiser

72
Q

Top selling imported beer

A

Corona

73
Q

Auto values book company

A

Kelly blue book

74
Q

Only major motorcycle maker in the US

A

Harley-Davidson

75
Q

Credit reporting firm and rocket engine builder

A

TRW

76
Q

“Kleenex” maker

A

Kimberly-Clark

77
Q

First company to mass-market Baby food

A

Gerber

78
Q

World’s largest food company

A

Nestle

79
Q

Banana Republic and Old Navy Owner

A

The Gap

80
Q

Former Name of Chiquita brands

A

United Fruit Company

81
Q

Former Chairman of Occidental Petroleum

A

Armand Hammer

82
Q

Disney CEO

A

Bob Iger

83
Q

Disney CEO 1984-2005

A

Michael Eisner

84
Q

Original Apple CEO

A

Steve Jobs

85
Q

Steve Jobs’s Apple partner

A

Steve Wozniak

86
Q

Former Microsoft CEO

A

Bill Gates

87
Q

Bill Gate’s Original Partner

A

Paul Allen

88
Q

Microsoft CEA 2000-2014

A

Steve Ballmer

89
Q

Dell Computer CEO

A

Michael Dell

90
Q

Amazon CEO

A

Jeff Bezos

91
Q

Facebook CEO

A

Mark Zuckerberg

92
Q

QVC CEO

A

Barry Diller

93
Q

Ford CEO

A

Alan Mulally

94
Q

General Motors CEO

A

Mary Barra

95
Q

Berkshire Hathaway CEO

A

Warren Buffet

96
Q

Chysler Chairman 1979-92

A

Lee Iacoca

97
Q

Founder of Wendy’s

A

Dave Thomas

98
Q

Founder of McDonald’s

A

Ray Kroc

99
Q

Founder of TWA

A

Howard Hughes

100
Q

Founder of CBS

A

William Paley

101
Q

Founder of Kodak

A

George Eastman

102
Q

Founder of Fox Entertainment

A

Rupert Murdoch

103
Q

Founder of Paramount pictures

A

Adolph Zukor

104
Q

Founder of TWitter

A

Jack Dorsey

105
Q

Founder of Google

A

Larry Page and Sergey Brin

106
Q

Founder of Yahoo

A

Jerry Young and David Filo

107
Q

Founder of Wikileaks

A

Julian Assange

108
Q

Founder of Alibaba

A

Jack Ma

109
Q

Founder of Hawaiian Pineapple Co, 1901

A

James Dole

110
Q

Founder of AMerican Fu Company, 1808

A

John Jacob Astor

111
Q

Founder of Chicago’s Largest Department STore, 1881

A

Marshall Field

112
Q

Aaron Ward’s Middle Name

A

Montgomery

113
Q

WWI Flier and Eastern Airlines Chairman

A

Eddie Rickenbacker

114
Q

Astronaut and Eastern Airlines Chairman

A

Frank Borman

115
Q

State Incorporating Most Fortune 500 Companies

A

Delaware