Answers

With regards to the quiz the fame goes to Megan who answered 4 correct. Here are all the correct answers:


1) What company in the US spent the most on advertising in 2007?

Proctor & Gamble $5.1 Billion
AT&T: $3.2 Billion
Anheuser-Busch: $1.3 Billion
Apple: $490 Million


2) The most expensive movie ever made was (in 2008 dollars)?

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2006) $316.6m
Cleopatra (1963) $314.6m
Titanic (1997)$272.6m
Quantum of Solace (2008) $230m


3) Wal- Mart is far and away the largest employer with over 2 million employees. Who is second with 425,000 employees?

UPS 425,000 employees
McDonald's 390,000 employees
General Electric 327,000 employees
Starbucks 172,000 employees



4) Which of these movies is not one of the 15 highest grossing movies of all time?

Forrest Gump $329,693,974
Finding Nemo $339,714,978
Passion of the Christ $370,773,867
Spider Man $407,681,000




5) The Dow Jones Industrial Average consists of 30 of the largest and most widely held public companies in the United States. Which company below is not included in the index?

Goodyear: It was removed in 1999

6) Which of these presidential elections resulted in the greatest margin of victory in the electoral college:

Reagan defeats Mondale (1984) 525 to 13

Nixon defeats McGovern (1972) 520 to 17
Clinton defeats Dole (1996) 379 to 159
Obama defeats McCain (2008) 365 to 173

7) The greatest selling album of all time is?

Michael Jackson - Thriller 108 million

Back in Black - AC/DC 42 million
The Eagles - Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) 41 million
The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd 40 million

8) What fast food chain came first?

KFC 1952
Burger King 1954
Pizza Hut 1958
Wendy's 1969

9) The winner for "word of the year" in 2008 as recognized by the Oxford American Dictionary was:

Hypermiling- to maximizes gas mileage by making fuel-conserving adjustments to one's driving techniques

The rest were all finalists in the 2008 search for Word of the Year

10) What was the most watched television series finale ever?

M*A*S*H 105 million
Cheers 80 million
Seinfeld 76 million
Friends 52 million