Business Quiz 3-20-25

Monday was St. Patrick's Day. To celebrate, the local plumbers union in ___ followed tradition and dyed this city's river green.

• Boston
• New York
• Pittsburgh

• Chicago
• Cleveland

This former Milwaukee Buck passed away last week at age 71. Forbes ranked him the fourth-wealthiest retired athlete in the world behind Michael Jordan, Arnold Palmer, and David Beckham. Who was he?

• Sidney Moncrief

• Ray Allen

• Glenn "Big Dog" Robinson

• Junior Bridgeman

• Oscar Robertson

According to eMarketer, the number of original U.S. scripted TV shows increased from 349 in 2013 to ___ in 2022.

• 600

• 478

• 1,371

• 350

This picture shows people in New York's Times Square watching the finale of ____ in 1998. With 76 million viewers, it was the largest non-Super Bowl TV event of the last 30 years.

• Friends

• Seinfeld

• The Cosby Show

• Cheers

• ER

Which of these is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year?

• Netflix

• Hulu

• YouTube

• Instagram
• Google

YouTube was originally launched as a(n) ___ before pivoting to a general video-sharing platform.

• sports highlight channel

• education platform

• video dating site

• blog

In a business context, what does it mean to pivot?

• To increase profits without changing strategy.

• To change the direction of a business strategy.

• To expand into new markets without altering the core business.

• To maintain the same strategy while improving efficiency.

The very first video was uploaded April 23, 2005, by YouTube founder Jawed Karim, titled _____.

• Eduardo the Elephant

• Karim's Adventure
• Me at the Zoo

• Stay Classy San Diego!

• Channel 5 News Live at 5

One of the first YouTube viral videos was ___, a Saturday Night Live video short featuring SNL starts Chris Parnell and Andy Samberg.

• Weekend Update
• Digital Short
• SNL Rap Battle
• Lazy Sunday
• Cupcake War

YouTube has an estimated 50 million creators worldwide. What percentage earn more than $100,000 a year on the platform?

• 0.5%

• 10%
• 15%
• 4%