The Biz Quiz 14 October 2011
Questions
1. Research has revealed that a fifth of FTSE100 Boards of Directors don't contain...
( )Anyone who has started a business
( )Any women
( )Anyone who has worked overseas
( )Any qualified accountants
2. CEO Ben Gordon resigned this week. Which struggling business has said goodbye to
him?
( )Mothercare
( )BAE Systems
( )Habitat
( )Waitrose
3. The Parliament of which country blocked the latest EU bailout plan this week?
( )Ireland
( )Slovenia
( )Slovakia
( )Poland
4. Customers of which popular technology brand were left fuming after major disruption
to their service?
( )Pineapple
( )Apple
( )Orange
( )Blackberry
5. What costly bad news has Sony announced?
( )A new hacking of the PlayStation
network
( )The retirement of Sonic the Hedgehog
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( )A delay to the launch of PlayStation 4
( )A recall of 1.6 million Bravia televisions
6. For the second time in three years, the European Union has levied large fines for pricefixing by suppliers of
( )Bananas
( )Football shirts
( )Electricity and Gas
( )Mobile phone calls
7. Which European bank has been nationalised to save it from failure?
( )National Bank of Belgium
( )Contagia
( )Alovera
( )Dexia
8. Which brand has committed to selling fish products only from sustainable sources?
( )Yo! Sushi
( )Iceland Frozen Foods
( )McDonalds
( )Tesco
9. Which business this week launched a £1billion sustainability strategy?
( )Santander
( )Sainsburys
( )Pearson
( )The Body Shop
10. Which brand came out in public support of the controversial "occupy Wall Street"
protests in New York?
( )Ben & Jerry's
( )Goldman Sachs
( )Apple
( )Abercrombie & Fitch
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Questions
1 Any women
2 Mothercare
3 Slovenia
4 Blackberry
5 A recall of 1.6 million Bravia televisions
6 Bananas
7 Dexia
8 McDonalds
9 Sainsburys
10 Ben & Jerry's
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