Business Quiz 11-7-24

Accounting for inflation and grants, the average cost of tuition and fees for in-state freshmen attending a four-year public university was $2,480 for the 2024–2025 school year, which is _____ from 2014-15.

• down 40%

• up 40%

• down 5%

• up 75%

• About half of the students who graduated from college last year finished their degrees without debt, compared to ___ of graduates in 2013.

• two-fifths

• one-third

• three-quarters

• 10%

• Private school tuition has ___ in the last decade.

• declined by 12%

• remained flat

• increased by 12%

• increased by 25%

Who launched a new search engine last week?

• OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT

• Amazon

• Apple

• Meta, parent company of Facebook and Instagram

Starbucks last week announced plans to eliminate ___ in November.

• Oleato, olive oil-infused drinks

• baristas

• Jared, the guy who's just not working out at the Plover store

• standalone chairs and tables in its stores

But what did Starbucks announce it is bringing back?

• Writing on customers' cups with Sharpies

• A surcharge for non-dairy substitutes

• Sniffles, the barista who used to work at the Plover store but was fired, but who in retrospect was a good dude who had bad allergies

• pizza?

In 2018, Nerds candy did $50 million in sales. Nerd Gummy Clusters itself will sell ___ in 2024, on par with massive brands like Starburst, Sour Patch Kids and Skittles.

• $500 million+

• $51 million

• $5.24 billion

• $54,415

Shares of ___ have performed well lately, unique among similar restaurants, powered by the success of The Big Smasher, Triple Dipper, and $6 margaritas.

• Chili's

• Applebee's

• Fatburger

• TGI Fridays

• Hooters

___ has inked a 12-year extension of its partnership with the NBA and WNBA to provide uniforms for the leagues. The partnership, dating to 2015, now is set to continue until 2037.

• Nike

• Under Armour

• Adidas

• Reebok

• New Balance

Russia fined Google ___ for failing to restore the YouTube accounts of state media outlet.

• $20.5 decillion

  ($20,500,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000)

• $20.5 billion

• $20.5 million

• 1 ruble