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Author Archives: Dmitri O'Bannon
Campus Life at the
Campus Life at the
University of Georgia
Portland State University was founded
on this day in 1946
Portland State University was founded on this day — June 1 — in 1946.
The first group of students started their studies on June 1, 1946. Portland State University gained status as a University on April 24, 1969.
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Campus Trivia Night
Question: What were America’s 10 largest companies in 1990?
The 10 largest companies on the 1990 Fortune 500 list via CNN Money:
- General Motors
- Ford
- Exxon
- International Business Machinges
- General Electric
- Mobile
- Altria Group
- Chrysler
- DuPont
- Texaco
Between 1980 and 1990 – three companies dropped out of the top 10: Chevron; Gulf Oil; and Amoco.
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Campus Life at
Queen’s University Belfast
Campus Trivia Night
Question: Which five countries are the top Tangerine Producers in South America?
Answer via USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)
- Brazil
- Peru
- Argentina
- Chile
- Uruguay
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Tom Morello was born
on this day in 1964
Thomas Baptist Morello – the American guitarist and political activist best known for his work with tenure with both Audioslave and Rage Against the Machine – was born on this day May 30, 1964 – in New York City.
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Campus Trivia
Question: What were America’s 10 largest companies in 1970?
The 10 largest companies on the 1970 Fortune 500 list via CNN Money:
- General Motors
- Exxon
- Ford
- General Electric
- International Business Machinges
- Chrysler
- Mobile
- Texaco
- ITT Industries
- Gulf Oil
Between 1960 and 1970 – two companies dropped out of the top 10: U.S. Steel and Esmark.
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Campus Trivia Night
Question: Which 5 countries were the largest economies in the world by nominal GDP in the year 2000?
Via the IMF by way of Wikipedia
- United States
- Japan
- Germany
- United Kingdom
- France
In the half decade between 1995 and 2000, the list of the world’s four largest economies as measured by nominal GDP in $US remained unchanged in either composition or sequence. The identity of the world’s forth and fifth largest economies, switched such that the United Kingdom became ranked as number four and France ranked as number five as estimated by the International Monetary Fund.
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