QUIZ 9

Q1
Ida Minerva Tarbell (November 5, 1857–January 6, 1944) was an author
and journalist. She was known as one of the leading "muckrakers". Her
famous expose of the nefarious business practices of an oil company
established her as a pioneer of investigative journalism. The
reputation of the Oil company in the public eye suffered badly after
publication of her expose in 1904, leading to a growing outcry for the
government to take action against the company. By 1911, with public
outcry at a climax, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Oil
company must be dissolved and split into 34 companies. Which was this
oil company?

Q2
The history of this retail chain can be traced back to the 1940s when
its founder began his career in retailing. He began working at a JC
Penney store in Des Moines, Iowa on June 3, 1940 where he remained for
eighteen months. In 1945, he met with Butler Brothers, a regional
retailer that owned a chain of variety stores called Ben Franklin.
Butler Brothers offered him a Ben Franklin store in Newport, Arkansas.
He achieved higher sales volume by selling products with slightly
smaller markups than most competitors and in 1962, opened his first
store in Rogers, Arkansas. Name it.

Q3
The company was originally established as _______ on June 4, 1892, as a small waterfront shop at No.36 South Street in downtown Manhattan, New York. Wealthy New York lawyer named Ezra was one of the regular customers. In 1900, Ezra left his law practice and bought a major share into the growing company, thus becoming co-founder. Afterwards, __________ moved into larger quarters at 314 Broadway, and Ezra began to implement experimental ideas to renovate the store. In 1904, Ezra's surname was incorporated and so the official name was changed to.........what? (Personal Favorite :))

Q4
He is the son of an orthodontist and grew up in a well-to-do Jewish
family. He had his first encounter with a computer at the age of 15
when he broke down a brand new Apple II computer and rebuilt it, just
to see if he could. He attended Memorial High School in Houston,
Texas, where he did not excel scholastically. Reportedly one of his
teachers, still currently teaching there, commented to him that he
"would probably never go anywhere in life." In the 2005 publication of
the Forbes 400, he was listed as the 4th richest man in the United
States and the 18th richest in the world with net assets of around
US$18 billion. Who are we talking about?

Q5
Its corporate name honors the four founding brothers, emigrants from
Poland. The three elder brothers began in the exhibition business in
1903, having acquired a projector with which they showed films in the
mining towns of Pennsylvania and Ohio. They opened their first
theatre, the Cascade, in New Castle, Pennsylvania in 1903. Which
organization is this?

Q6
In 1907 19-year-old Jim Casey founded the American Messenger Company
in Seattle, Washington with $100 borrowed from a friend. In 1913, Jim
Casey and Evert McCabe agreed to merge. Merchants Parcel Delivery was
formed and focused on packages. In 1919, the company expanded beyond
Seattle and changed its name to?

Q7
Richard was a railroad station agent in Minnesota when he received a
shipment of watches which were unwanted by a local jeweler. He
purchased them himself, sold the watches at a nice profit to other
station agents up and down the line, and then ordered more for resale.
Soon he started a business selling watches through catalogs. The next
year, he moved to Chicago, Illinois where he met Alvah, who joined him
in the business. In 1893, the corporate business name became?

Q8
Its role as pioneer, innovator and visionary in mobile communications
is well-known. Originally founded as the Galvin Manufacturing
Corporation in 1928, it has come a long way since introducing its
first product, the battery eliminator. For more than 75 years, it has
proven itself a global leader in wireless, broadband and automotive
communications technologies and embedded electronic products, and has
become a company recognized for its dedication to ethical business
practices and pioneering role in important innovations. Name it.

Q9
In 1886, Charles Martin Hall, a graduate of Ohio's Oberlin College,
discovered the process of smelting aluminium, almost simultaneously
with Paul Héroult in France. He realized that by passing an electrical
current through a bath of cryolite and aluminium oxide, the then
semi-rare metal aluminium remained as a byproduct. This discovery, now
called the Hall-Héroult process, is still used 117 years later. With
the help of financial backers, Hall started the Pittsburgh Reduction
Company, which changed its name to?

Q10
It began when John moved to Grand Detour, Illinois in 1836 to escape
bankruptcy in Vermont. Already an established blacksmith, he opened a
1,378 square feet shop in Grand Detour in 1837 which allowed him to
serve as a general repairman in the village, as well as a manufacturer
of small tools such as pitchforks and shovels. This company is today
the leading manufacturer of agricultural machinery in the world. Name it.

Q11

She's responsible for the name of a brand which caters to customers who want 'the best or nothing'. Identify the girl or the brand bearing her name in the above image.

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