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Are you a biz wiz?
How well did you keep up this year with the Tampa Bay area’s changing business scene? Try these dozen questions and you’ll quickly learn if you really are in the know.
By ROBERT TRIGAUX
Published December 28, 2006
1. When Tampa-based Checkers Drive-In Restaurant began hunting for a buyer early this year, what was the project’s code name?
A.Project GottaEat
B.Project DoubleDriveThru
C.Project Cheeseburger
2. The median sales price for a single-family home in the Tampa-St. Pete-Clearwater area is $229,000; what was it in early 2001?
A.$93,750
B.$110,700
C.$143,400
3. Which prominent retailer marched into the Tampa Bay area this year?
A.Kohl’s
B.Ikea
C.E. Coli
4. Which of these Florida biotech alliances did not happen in 2006?
A.Scripps-FAU and Burnham-Orlando
B.Torrey Pines-Port St. Lucie and Planck-Palm Beach
C.USF/St. Pete-SRI and Merck-Moffitt 5. The statewide average price for a gallon of regular gas hit a record peak on Aug. 10, 2006. What was it?
A.$3.026
B.$3.339
C.$2.999
6. John Adams succeeded this guy to take the chief staff job at Enterprise Florida.
A.Darrell Kelley
B.John Anderson
C.George Washington 7. Name of the pesky hedge fund that invested in, then demanded changes in, such Tampa companies as Walter Industries and OSI Restaurant Partners this year.
A.Big Kahuna Capital
B.Catalyst Capital
C.Pirate Capital 8. County location and likely startup year of Progress Energy Florida’s newly proposed nuclear power plant.
A.Hendry and 2012
B.Levy and 2016
C.Marion and 2020 9. Two billionaires identified this year by Forbes living in the Tampa Bay area.
A.Philanthropist Kiran Patel and bond entrepreneur Bill Hough
B.New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner and wrestling entertainer/actor Hulk Hogan
C.Developer Eddie DeBartolo Jr. and Jabil Circuit’s Bill Morean
10. Pecking order, No. 1 to No. 4, of airlines with greatest passenger share at Tampa International Airport in 2006 (as of November):
A.Southwest, Delta, US Airways, American
B.Southwest, Delta, American, US Airways
C.Delta, Southwest, US Airways, American
11. What local celeb dissed area business interests this fall when he said: “Gee, I know more people in London than in Tampa.”
A.Evel Knievel, retired stunt daredevil
B.Malcolm Glazer, owner of the Bucs and Manchester United
C.Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia
12. Portion of 212,600 new jobs statewide in past year that were created in the Tampa Bay area (November 2005 through November 2006). A.1 in 5
B.1 in 10
C.1 in 25 Answers:1) C , 2) B, 3) A, 4) B, 5) A, 6) A, 7) C, 8) B, 9) C, 10) A, 11) C, 12) B
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