© Copyright 2006 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All rights reserved. The Wall Street Journal Weekly Quiz Covering front-page articles from June 24-30, 2006

© Copyright 2006 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All rights reserved.

The Wall Street Journal Weekly QuizCovering front-page articles from

June 24-30, 2006 Developed by: Scott R. Homan Ph.D.,

Purdue UniversitySummer 2006


WSJ Weekly Quiz

June 24-30, 2006 a. Franceb. Koreac. Taiwand. China

1. Cleveland Cavaliers' guard Damon Jones has a plum deal endorsing a line of basketball shoes in ________.


WSJ Weekly Quiz

June 24-30, 2006 a. the shoes are

greatb. anything is

possiblec. fly with the

shoesd. no gravity

boundaries

2. Cleveland Cavaliers' guard Damon Jones speaks just one Chinese phrase: Yiqie jie you keneng which translates in English to __________.


WSJ Weekly Quiz

June 24-30, 2006 a. diamondb. silverc. goldd. costume

3. To dodge a battle with retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Zales dropped inexpensive, low-quality _____ jewelry.


WSJ Weekly Quiz

June 24-30, 2006 a. a penny

down and $1 a week

b. a dollar down and $2 a week

c. 5 dollars down and $1 a week

d. 5 dollars down and $5 a week

4. Zales was founded in 1924 in Wichita Falls, Texas, by M.B. Zale and his brother William, the company grew through the brothers' decision to offer friendly service and liberal credit terms to the working class. The deal they offered was: _________.


WSJ Weekly Quiz

June 24-30, 2006 a. 5 millionb. 10 millionc. 50 milliond. 70 million

5. Through YouTube Inc.'s Web service, consumers view short videos more than ______ times a day.


WSJ Weekly Quiz

June 24-30, 2006 a. ABCb. CBSc. NBCd. The Golf

Channel

6. The ________ network plans to announce that it will make available on YouTube promotional video clips for some of its popular shows.


WSJ Weekly Quiz

June 24-30, 2006 a. securityb. scarcityc. secrecyd. separation

7. To the envy of many in the tech industry, co-founder and chief executive Steve Jobs uses _____ expertly to amplify interest in Apple's products.


WSJ Weekly Quiz

June 24-30, 2006 a. consumersb. CEO’sc. chief information

officersd. Web sites

8. Mr. Jobs has made it clear he favors selling technology directly to _____.


WSJ Weekly Quiz

June 24-30, 2006 a. fungusb. corn batteriesc. water batteriesd. cellulosic

ethanol

9. One way to wean America from its addiction to foreign oil might well be ______.


WSJ Weekly Quiz

June 24-30, 2006 a. cornb. soybeansc. riced. garbage

10. In the U.S., ethanol for fuel is typically made from _______.


WSJ Weekly Quiz

June 24-30, 2006 a. 15b. 30c. 60d. 100

11. Street Sense is sold by a roving crew of 45 vendors, most of them homeless, who pay 25 cents a copy and sell the paper on the street for a dollar. A diligent vendor with good curb appeal can make $_______ a day.


WSJ Weekly Quiz

June 24-30, 2006 a. sell drugs on the

streetb. evict people

from rail carsc. evict people

from empty warehouses

d. evict people from rental homes

12. The biggest story in the three-year history of Street Sense, was an exposé of businesses that allegedly recruit the homeless to _______.


WSJ Weekly Quiz

June 24-30, 2006 a. 20

billionb. 30

billionc. 100

billiond. 300

billion

13. Warren Buffett, the world's second-richest man, plans to give away the bulk of his fortune to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, run by the world's richest man.

The gift, is valued today at more than $______.


WSJ Weekly Quiz

June 24-30, 2006 a. cancer,

diabetes, and heart disease

b. ebola, starvation and AIDs

c. alcoholism, STDS and malaria

d. AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria

14. Since its founding in 1994 the Gates Foundation has built a track record in targeting the world's three biggest killers --_________ -- among other major scourges, and funding programs in prevention, diagnosis and treatment using existing tests, drugs and vaccines.


WSJ Weekly Quiz

June 24-30, 2006 a. 25b. 27c. 30d. 32

15. The "Mileage Maximizer," a mechanical modification claiming to help Hummer vehicles get ____ miles per gallon in highway driving. By comparison, an unaltered H3 gets 19 to 20 miles per gallon on the highway.


WSJ Weekly Quiz

June 24-30, 2006 a. “guides”b. “directors”c. “negotiators”d. "navigators"

16. AT&T's local marketing teams are burrowing deep into communities to find neighborhood leaders to pitch its new service. These people are referred to as:


WSJ Weekly Quiz

June 24-30, 2006 a. Walmartb. Hollisterc. Abercrombie &

Fitchd. Target

17. According to Sheryl Clark, Old Navy's executive vice president of merchandising Old Navy uses _______ as an internal gauge of the competition.


WSJ Weekly Quiz

June 24-30, 2006 a. Appleb. ProXV1 Incc. Noodle Incd. Yodlee Inc

18. Next month a company called _____ plans to unveil a Web-based data vault.


WSJ Weekly Quiz

June 24-30, 2006 a. risenb. fallenc. stayed neutrald. fallen rapidly

19. Michael Thompson, research director at Thomson Financial, says the earnings "purity" of stocks in the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index has _____ since 2002.


WSJ Weekly Quiz

June 24-30, 2006 a. foodb. automobilec. gasolined. college

20. The two measures of consumer attitudes investors watch closest are throwing off conflicting signals. The different courses the two gauges have charted may come down to ____ prices.


WSJ Weekly Quiz

June 24-30, 2006 a. 5b. 10c. 20d. 40

21. As part of an IPO 18.8 million shares of J. Crew were offered at $____ per share.


WSJ Weekly Quiz

June 24-30, 2006 a. rateb. recessionc. regulated. reserve

22. The “R” word referred to in the article Oddsmakers is


WSJ Weekly Quiz

June 24-30, 2006 a. diamondsb. copperc. coald. propane

23. BP PLC was accused of artificially inflating the price of ________ by withholding some of its inventory from the market.


WSJ Weekly Quiz

June 24-30, 2006 a. adding Metamucil for

the elderlyb. expanding their variety

of sweet, fruity drinks that appeal to kids

c. offering books on tape and music that are child orientated

d. Both b and c

24. Starbucks is expanding it’s demographics in the following ways


WSJ Weekly Quiz

June 24-30, 2006 a. WiFi networksb. MP3sc. USB connectionsd. employees

25. According to Jon Oltsik, senior analyst for information security at Enterprise Strategy Group, ______ are the weakest link in securing data.


WSJ Weekly Quiz

June 24-30, 2006 a. 10%b. 15%c. 18%d. 25%

26. The number of people ages 16 through 24 who volunteer 100 or more hours a year has risen nearly ___ since 2002, says a Census data analysis by the Points of Light Foundation, Washington.

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