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HBS Business/Economics

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Motown is a record label named after Motor City in the USA. Which city is it?

a)

Chicago

b)

New York

c)

Detroit

d)

Pittsburgh

2.

Adidas and Puma were founded by family members. How were they related?

a)

Cousins

b)

Father-son

c)

 Brothers

d)

Grandfather-Grandson

3.

Elon Musk is now famous for his company Tesla. However, he helped create another  famous company before Tesla. What is it called?

a)

Ebay

b)

 Whatsapp

c)

Uber

d)

Paypal

4.

What is the highest sterling bank note of the UK?

a)

£50

b)

£1,000

c)

£1M

d)

£100M

5.

What was Richard Branson’s first business in?

a)

Magazines

b)

Records

c)

Bank

d)

Airlines

6.

At the end of 2022, who was the world's most valued company. Worth an estimated $2.2 trillion

a)

Aramco

b)

Microsoft

c)

Apple

d)

Alphabet

7.

Which country founded the first central bank?

a)

Sweden

b)

Iceland

c)

England

d)

France

8.

Mars is well known for its confectionery products, but it is the number one brand in which UK market

a)

Sauces

b)

pet food

c)

cereals

d)

cleaning products

9.

What is the name of the currency Somalia?

a)

Franc

b)

Shilling

c)

Birr

d)

Pound

10.

Inflation is the increase in the price of goods from one year to the next. Which country had an inflation rate of 41.9 quadrillion percent (prices doubled every 15 hours)?

a)

Zimbabwe

b)

Hungary

c)

Germany

d)

Venezuela

11.

South Africa has vast mineral resources. It is the number 1 producer of what precious metal?

a)

Silver

b)

Gold

c)

Platinum

d)

Palladium

12.

Kongo Gumi was founded in 578 in Osaka, Japan. It is the world’s oldest company. What has it continuously made since then?

a)

Kimono’s

b)

Pagoda’s

c)

Sword’s

d)

Ship’s

13.

A University professor at Stanford invested $100,000 in two students' business idea. It is now worth $1 billion. Which company did they form?

a)

Google

b)

Amazon

c)

Meta

d)

Microsoft

14.

Which of the following is not part of the marketing mix

a)

Price

b)

Product

c)

Place

d)

Planning

15.

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs looks at key concepts that motivate workers. What is the concept at the top of people’s needs?

a)

Security

b)

Self Esteem

c)

Self Actualisation

d)

Social

16.

Levi Roots originally started selling his Reggae Reggae Sauce at which festival/carnival?

a)

Glastonbury

b)

Notting Hill

c)

Latitude

d)

Luton

17.

Where in the world are most diamonds traded?

a)

London

b)

Antwerp

c)

 Munich

d)

Vienna

18.

Which of these car brands is not owned by Volkswagen?

a)

Seat

b)

Skoda

c)

Audi

d)

Mini

19.

Unilever is the world’s largest consumer products company. It has Headquarters in two countries. One is in London, UK. Where is the other?

a)

Germany

b)

 France

c)

Netherlands

d)

 Italy

20.

Who is the current Chancellor of the Exchequer?

a)

Nadhim Zahawi

b)

Jeremy Hunt

c)

Alistair Darling

d)

Philip Hammond