American history game

Nick22 · **Reply #440 on:** October 18, 2005, 09:45:01 AM

yep, that was the first year Stitch. Nice job!

Stitch · **Reply #441 on:** October 18, 2005, 11:17:18 AM

Here's a "recent" item:

What caused one of the "Big 4" to go out of business?

Malte279 · **Reply #442 on:** October 18, 2005, 06:36:15 PM

I am not familiar with the term of "Big 4" and Wikipedia provides quite a bunch of "Big 4s". None of them seems to fit though.
My wildest guess is that the "Big 4" might be four leading people in the US government in which case the person in question is likely to be Colin Powell. He resigned partly because of the role he played in the prelude of the war in Iraq.

Stitch · **Reply #443 on:** October 18, 2005, 07:54:04 PM

Big 4 refers to the biggest suppliers of something every company needs, especially around tax time.

Nick22 · **Reply #444 on:** October 19, 2005, 09:09:21 AM

Accountants?

Stitch · **Reply #445 on:** October 19, 2005, 10:56:21 AM

Nick22 · **Reply #446 on:** October 19, 2005, 12:30:23 PM

Arthur Anderson?

Petrie. · **Reply #447 on:** October 19, 2005, 02:47:03 PM

Big 4 doesn't refer to the four large tv networks that were created when tv first became mainstream does it? ABC, NBC, CBS, and Dupont....

Only "Big 4" I could think of.

Stitch · **Reply #448 on:** October 19, 2005, 03:44:57 PM

You got the company, Nick22

What put it out of business?

Nick22 · **Reply #449 on:** October 19, 2005, 04:48:37 PM

Illegal insider trading Stitch. it was hit with enormous fines which bankrupted the company. Anderson had helped hide billions in losses incured by Enron, which was at one time one of the world's largest companies, valued at nearly $200 billion in worth. But after the book-cooking was revealed, Enron went belly-up taking the life-savings of thousands of employees and millions of investors. Arthur Anderson was implictated in the shenaginagans, and it too went belly up.

Stitch · **Reply #450 on:** October 19, 2005, 11:17:31 PM

You know your business news.

Your turn.

Nick22 · **Reply #451 on:** October 20, 2005, 01:07:50 PM

Enron wasn't the Only company Athur Anderson dEalt with that went bankrupt. Name another.
Nick

Stitch · **Reply #452 on:** November 28, 2005, 02:02:01 AM

I can't believe I missed this.

Worldcom also went bankrupt.

Nick22 · **Reply #453 on:** November 28, 2005, 09:23:30 PM

Yep . It was another mulitbilion dollar company that ruined its investors and shareholders. Your turn Stitch.

Stitch · **Reply #454 on:** December 01, 2005, 05:51:23 PM

What has happened only 4 times in the history of the presidential election?

(happened to Bush)

Petrie. · **Reply #455 on:** December 01, 2005, 06:04:08 PM

I'm taking a stab at this before Nick gets here.

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I'd say he won the Electoral College, but not the popular vote.

Nick22 · **Reply #456 on:** December 01, 2005, 07:02:46 PM

Yep the others were John Quicy Adams lincoln and Bejamin Harrison. Adams didn't win in the electoral college either.

Stitch · **Reply #457 on:** December 01, 2005, 11:56:25 PM

That's it. He won the job, but not by popular vote.

Your turn.

Nick22 · **Reply #458 on:** December 14, 2005, 03:05:49 PM

Your turn Roger...

Petrie. · **Reply #459 on:** December 14, 2005, 08:07:59 PM

I forget every now and then.....

There were only three times when an "independent" candidate for the presidency (not from the majority parties) earned over 10% of the popular vote. Name all three instances and who was running for which party.