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Andrew Carnegie was a famous American businessman who made his fortune manufacturing and selling what substance?
Glass
Gasoline
Steel
Brick
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What famous businessman founded the Kellogg cereal brand to sell his toasted corn flakes?
Will Keith Kellogg
Joseph Briar Kellogg
Hiram Gottfried Kellogg
Joshua Ezekiah Kellogg
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Coco Chanel became one of the most famous names in fashion by creating an empire on the backs of her designs. What country did Coco Chanel hail from?
France
The U.S.A.
Italy
Egypt
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American inventor and businessman Thomas Edison is commonly known as "The Wizard" of what place?
Boston
Menlo Park
Dallard Heights
The Smithsonian
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Larry Page and Sergey Brin started what famous website?
Amazon
Google
Facebook
MSN
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What influential financier of the Gilded Age is known for consolidating failing businesses into his portfolio only to then make them profitable with his already-considerable wealth?
J. P. Morgan
I. M. Chandler
Chase R. Tealeaf
Aldiman C. Clancy
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What American city became known as "Motor City" after Henry Ford completed his massive automotive factory within its limits?
Nashville
San Francisco
Milwaukee
Detroit
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Matthew Boulton founded what famous production site in Britain during the 1700s?
Soho Foundry
The Jenny House
Bingley Mill
The Red Isle Factory
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What is the name of the man who founded The Hershey Co. and built a namesake town for his employees to live comfortably within?
Dorrance Hershey
Trumble Hershey
Milton Hershey
Johnathan Hershey
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Steve Jobs famously founded what information technology company?
Apple
Microsoft
Hewlett-Packard
Canon
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What brother of Walt Disney turned their simple animation studio into an entertainment juggernaut?
Kenneth Disney
Logan Disney
Roy Disney
Bob Disney
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Alexander Graham Bell arguably created the first prototype of what common device that he would then sell throughout the world with his namesake company?
The telephone
The television
The radio
The refrigerator
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What infamous entrepreneur started Standard Oil Co. and became one of the richest men in American history as a result?
Milton Heinz
John Rockefeller
Kell Ravenscroft
Morgan Stanley
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Charles K. Wilson was a businessman who founded a series of hotels named for what Bing Crosby musical film?
Red Roof Inn
Windsor
Mariott
Holiday Inn
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What is the name of the famous founder behind Walmart stores?
Wally Gardener
Sam Walton
Walter Greco
Christopher Waller
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Ray Croc bought the rights to what famous restaurant which he turned into a global brand?
Pizza Express
Kentucky Fried Chicken
McDonald's
Wendy's
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What is the name of the American newspaper man whose donations to Columbia University established a literary/journalistic award named in his honor?
Grammer Kaughman
Alfred Nobel
Joseph Pulitzer
Oscar Yannick
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Madam C. J. Walker became the first Black millionaire in America by selling what types of products?
Cosmetics
Jarred sauces
Tools and nails
Auto parts
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Bill Gates founded what major I. T. hardware and software company?
Microsoft
Dell
Hewlett-Packard
Canon
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Cornelius Vanderbilt was an American rail baron who adopted what nickname because of his naval roots?
The Commodore
The Captain
The Skipper
The Shipwright
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What reality television star and President of the United States became a celebrity icon because of his namesake real estate business that dominated the N.Y.C. skyline?
George W. Bush
Michael Rhodes
Donald Trump
Jeffery Carter
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The businessman Alfred Nobel, for whom the Nobel Prize is named for, invented and primarily sold what product to gain his fortune?
The shotgun
Dynamite
The flamethrower
Radar
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What journalist and politician made The New York Journal one of the most successful newspapers in America to the point that he influenced the government's decision to go to war against Spain?
William Randolph Hearst
Virgil Karel Cane
Douglas W. Highcomb
Emmanuel Josiah Plenty
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Levi Strauss famously built a clothing empire selling what clothes to miners?
Flannel shirts
Dew rags
Blue jeans
Hide gloves
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What is the name of the man who founded Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants?
Colonel Sanders
General Carter
Captain Unger
Major Marshall
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Cecil Rhodes, the founder of De Beers Diamond Consortium, acted as the prime minister of what colonial territory in Africa?
Tanzania Colony
Paige Colony
Dzebedze Colony
Cape Colony
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Ted Turner was a television mogul who made much of his fortune by founding what channel which was the first 24-hour news station?
Fox News
CNN
MSNBC
NEWSMAX
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George Eastman founded what famous camera company that would revolutionize consumer photography?
Kodak
Canon
Blinkomatic
Shutter
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Kiichiro Toyoda shifted his family's business Toyota into the field of automotive manufacturing. What did they produce before cars?
Cooking utensils
Musical instruments
Lamps
Looms
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Enzo Ferrari, the racing legend and founder of his own namesake motor company, was a native of what country?
France
Italy
Canada
The U.S.A.
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