The Biz Quiz 1 October 2010
Questions
1. Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou's EasyGroup is threatening to take legal action for trademark
infringement against which business?
( )EasyLover ( )EasyDate
( )EasyPeesy ( )EasyExams
2. Auctioneers Christie's have raised over £1.5m from the sale of office artifacts from
which business?
( )Ratners ( )Bized
( )Woolworths ( )Lehman Brothers
3. A film chronicling the story of Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook has just been released.
What is the film's title?
( )Status Update ( )Friends United
( )You've Been Poked ( )The Social Network
4. Which CEO has featured as the model for a new advertising campaign?
( )Bill Gates ( )Lord Sugar
( )Michelle Mone ( )Gabriella Simone
5. Corus Steel is being rebranded. What will their new name be?
( )Steelogica ( )Global Steel
( )Tata Steel ( )Steel Inc
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6. Wolseley plc, a leading building supplies firm, is to move its headquarters from the UK
to where?
( )Switzerland ( )China
( )Poland ( )Ireland
7. Who has taken over as the new CEO of BP plc?
( )Bob Dudley ( )Dudley Bonder Jnr
( )Chuck Bobbly III ( )Hank Deepwater
8. Nintendo admitted some bad news about its new 3DS console this week. What is the
problem?
( )It is only available in pink or black ( )It doesn't work with existing games
cases
( )It won't be available for Christmas ( )It overheats if used for more than
2010 10 hours
9. The company that runs Orange and T-Mobile in the UK has said that it will cut 1,200
jobs. What is the name of the firm?
( )Everything Everywhere ( )Orange Mobile
( )7 Mobile ( )Mobicenture
10. The Irish government has decided to nationalise Ireland's second largest bank. What
is the name of the bank?
( )Paddy Finance ( )Allied Irish
( )Emerald Rock ( )Royal Bank of Ireland
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Questions
1 EasyDate
2 Lehman Brothers
3 The Social Network
4 Michelle Mone
5 Tata Steel
6 Switzerland
7 Bob Dudley
8 It won't be available for Christmas 2010
9 Everything Everywhere
10 Allied Irish
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