The Wall Street Journal Weekly QuizCovering front-page articles from November 26 – December 2, 2005

Developed by: Scott R. Homan Ph.D., Purdue University

Issue #14 Fall 2005

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WSJ Weekly Quiz

Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2005

a. Black Fridayb. Red Fridayc. Cyber Fridayd. Crazy Shopping

Deals Friday

1. The Friday after Thanksgiving is known as _______ because retailers hope to turn a profit on that day.

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WSJ Weekly Quiz

Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2005 a. ignored by most consumers

who are worried about high heating bills

b. huge, rowdy crowds at some stores

c. most people sleeping in after eating way too much pumpkin pie

d. a very small increase in the number of shoppers willing to get up so early

2. The response to huge “early bird” discounts offered at retailers has been

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WSJ Weekly Quiz

Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2005

a. residential housingb. unique shopping

and restaurantsc. new office spaced. a & b

3. Downtown areas are trying to develop ________ to revitalize their cities.

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WSJ Weekly Quiz

Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2005

a. 5,000 b. 10,000c. 100,000d. 150,000

4. Downtown Dallas hopes to have about _______ residences in order to build a self-propelling economy.

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WSJ Weekly Quiz

Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2005

a. 100,000 b. 500,000c. 2 milliond. 5 million

5. Convicted of white collar crimes, corporate executives, Wall Street traders and accountants are now joining the more than _____ people in a U.S. jail or prison.

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WSJ Weekly Quiz

Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2005

a. personal financesb. marriages c. childrend. all of the above

6. The consequences of serving time in prison also have a devastating effect on __________.

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WSJ Weekly Quiz

Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2005

a. 10%b. 15%c. 18%d. 28%

7. Investors have driven down home-builder stocks by nearly _____ since their July peak, as measured by a Bank of America Securities index of the industry.

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WSJ Weekly Quiz

Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2005

a. 12%b. 15%c. 25%d. 30%

8. Five years ago, the top 10 home builders controlled only about 10% of the U.S. market. Now their share is about ________.

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WSJ Weekly Quiz

Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2005

a. 406,000b. 4.6 millionc. 46 milliond. 64 million

9. Norway home to the Nobel Peace Prize and a plethora of human rights and peace groups, a nation of just _______ has long used its reputation for moral rectitude to wield influence around the globe out of proportion to its size.

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WSJ Weekly Quiz

Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2005

a. Petroleumb. Taxc. Futured. Child

10. The ________ Fund was set up to husband Norway's oil wealth for future generations.

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WSJ Weekly Quiz

Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2005

a. pay wagesb. provide benefits

onlyc. provide

retraining onlyd. provide

relocation only

11. Even if Ford permanently idles a factory, it must continue to _______ to UAW workers who don't choose to retire.

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WSJ Weekly Quiz

Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2005

a. 2,000b. 4,000c. 8,000d. 12,000

12. Ford leadership has signaled plans to shake up Ford's North American white-collar work force, cutting an additional __________ salaried jobs, about 10% of the total -- after eliminating 2,700 jobs this year.

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WSJ Weekly Quiz

Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2005

a. ‘Me-centric’ bullies

b. ‘We- centric’ and more down to earth

c. Big shot celebrity types

d. High octane egotistical jet-setters

13. In a shift from the 1990’s, companies are tending to hire CEOs that are more

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WSJ Weekly Quiz

Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2005

a. Black Friday b. Cyber Mondayc. Web-site

Wednesdayd. Net Tuesday

14. The unofficial kick-off to the Internet shopping season is known as:

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WSJ Weekly Quiz

Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2005

a. educational awareness

b. potential cost savings by encouraging preventive care

c. sheer gross-out entertainment

d. a & b

15. Health Insurance Web sites are using medical surgery videos for

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WSJ Weekly Quiz

Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2005

a. live forb. want morec. loved. hate

16. Chinese people "________" voice mail, says Danny Wang, a software executive in China who studied and worked for several years in the U.S.

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WSJ Weekly Quiz

Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2005

a. can notb. canc. may be able tod. can never

17. A growing chorus of researchers is saying, that you ___ teach an old brain new tricks.

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WSJ Weekly Quiz

Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2005

a. baby suppliesb. family travelc. automobilesd. college

18. LittleGrad, Upromise and BabyMint fall into a subset of rebate services that pitch themselves as a way to save for _________.

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WSJ Weekly Quiz

Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2005

a. Red Fridayb. Green Fridayc. Blue Fridayd. Black Friday

19. The day after Thanksgiving, is called ___________ since retailers' earnings often move into the profit column for the year.

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WSJ Weekly Quiz

Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2005

a. aboveb. belowc. equald. double

20. Virtually every major report on the U.S. housing market that has come out in the past month has come in _______ economists' expectations.

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WSJ Weekly Quiz

Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2005

a. highb. double the typical

averagec. above averaged. low

21. Defaults and late payments at credit-card and mortgage companies remain __.

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WSJ Weekly Quiz

Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2005

a. golf sponsorship media packages

b. digital systems c. copper systemsd. acquisitions

22. Trying to expand their businesses, telephone companies were making multibillion-dollar _____________ last winter.

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WSJ Weekly Quiz

Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2005

a. 2200b. 22,000c. 220,000d. 2,200,000

23. Economists polled by Dow Jones Newswires and CNBC estimate that the U.S. added ______ jobs in November after gaining just 56,000 in October and losing 8,000 in September in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

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WSJ Weekly Quiz

Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2005

a. adjustable rate mortgage

b. affluent rate mortgagec. additional rent moneyd. advertised rate

mortgage

24. The term ARM means

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WSJ Weekly Quiz

Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2005

a. the increased use of pre-cut, pre-packaged produce

b. centralized distribution

c. a rise in produce imports

d. all of the above

25. Which factors have increased the amount of food-born illness associated with fruits and vegetables?

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WSJ Weekly Quiz

Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2005

a. 18%b. 18.5 %c. 19%d. 35%

26. US workers 55 and over are growing four times faster than the work force as a whole. By 2012, this age group will account for more than _______ of the labor force, up from less than 16% now, Bureau of Labor Statistics data show.