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Test your business smarts with quiz
By ROBERT TRIGAUX
Published March 28, 2005
In the blink of an eye, the first quarter of 2005 is ending. It was a busier-than-ever three months of business news. Did you keep up with area events? Many readers who tried their hand at the 2004 annual business news quiz asked to be tested more often. Well, your wish is my command. Get all 10 questions right and you're a business pro. Good luck!
1. Winn-Dixie, now in bankruptcy, recently said it will try to sell off its:
a. Corporate headquarters for $15-million.
b. Longtime slogan, The Beef People, for $15,000.
c. 2002 Gulfstream corporate jet for $15-million.
d. Key to the executive washroom for $15.
2. In the first quarter of 2005, which executive is not stepping down as CEO?
a. Outback Steakhouse's Chris Sullivan.
b. Digital Lightwave's James Green.
c. Walter Industries' Don DeFosset.
d. None of the above.
3. Which tradition-steeped retailer name did not disappear in early 2005?
a. Macy's
b. Rich's.
c. Lazarus.
d. Burdines.
4. Busch Gardens pass or ticket holders can enter the theme park via a special entrance as long as they present what "personal' ID?
a. A foot.
b. A hand.
c. An eye.
d. A face.
5. What was written on T-shirts worn by relocated New York employees of newly arrived Depository Trust & Clearing Corp.?
a. I moved to Florida and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.
b. Where I came from, they're still freezing their buns off.
c. Tampa is my new home.
d. New York? Fuhgeddaboutit!
6. In February, 27 bay area First National Bank branches opened as locations of:
a. Fourth and One Bank.
b. Fifth Third Bank.
c. First and Last Credit Union.
d. Bank One, Two, Three.
7. Which area company's stock has soared the most, and which has fallen the most in the past 52 weeks (as of mid March)?
a. Walter Industries and Trinsic.
b. Tech Data and Danka Business Systems.
c. TECO Energy and Jabil Circuit.
d. Sykes Enterprises and Global Imaging.
8. Who does Donald Trump, the name behind the proposed 52-story Trump Tower Tampa, credit for his getting to know Tampa?
a. George Costanza.
b. George Jones.
c. George Plimpton.
d. George Steinbrenner.
9. In February, it raised $282-million in the largest initial public offering by a Tampa Bay public company.
a. Synamin.
b. Synonym.
c. Syniverse.
d. Synthesize.
10. Two of the area's public companies can boast at least one woman on the board of directors. Who are they?
a. Jabil Circuit and Brown & Brown.
b. Catalina Marketing and Raymond James Financial.
c. Reptron Electronics and Paradyne.
d. Checkers and MarineMax.
Answers: 1. (c), 2. (d), 3. (a), 4. (b), 5. (c), 6. (b), 7. (a), 8. (d), 9. (c), 10. (b).
Robert Trigaux can be reached at trigaux@sptimes.com or 727 893-8405.
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