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March 5 QoD -- "Stocking Up in London"
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:02 am
by NellyLunatic1980
Rules:
viewtopic.php?p=40443#40443
Here in America, one of the most prominent economic indicators is the Dow Jones Industrials Average. London’s version of the DJIA is the Financial Times 100 Index (or the FTSE 100). Below is a list of British companies that are either well-known or fairly known in America. Answer “Yes” or “No” if that company trades on the FTSE 100.
Answers are due by Thursday at 5 PM Eastern.
1. AstraZeneca
2. Reuters
3. Vodafone
4. BASF
5. Rolls-Royce
6. INVESCO
7. British Airways
8. Signet
9. Dyson
10. Unilever
11. Burberry
12. Carnival Cruises
13. Pearson
14. Weetabix
15. Virgin
BONUS
HSBC
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:25 am
by littlebeast13
Nothin' but guesses today.....
Here in America, one of the most prominent economic indicators is the Dow Jones Industrials Average. London’s version of the DJIA is the Financial Times 100 Index (or the FTSE 100). Below is a list of British companies that are either well-known or fairly known in America. Answer “Yes” or “No” if that company trades on the FTSE 100.
Answers are due by Thursday at 5 PM Eastern.
1. AstraZeneca - Y
2. Reuters - Y
3. Vodafone - N
4. BASF - N
5. Rolls-Royce - Y
6. INVESCO - N
7. British Airways - Y
8. Signet - Y
9. Dyson - N
10. Unilever - Y
11. Burberry - N
12. Carnival Cruises - N
13. Pearson - N
14. Weetabix - Y
15. Virgin - Y
BONUS
HSBC - Y
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:20 am
by peacock2121
1. AstraZeneca - no
2. Reuters - yes
3. Vodafone - no
4. BASF - no
5. Rolls-Royce - yes
6. INVESCO - no
7. British Airways - yes
8. Signet - yes
9. Dyson - yes
10. Unilever - no
11. Burberry - yes
12. Carnival Cruises - yes
13. Pearson - yes
14. Weetabix - yes
15. Virgin - yes
BONUS
HSBC - yes
Re: March 5 QoD -- "Stocking Up in London"
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:02 am
by fantine33
I don't know enough about the stock market to even understand the instructions. But I know enough to understand that's it's another 50/50 day, so WTF. Bold answers are YES
1. AstraZeneca
2. Reuters
3. Vodafone
4. BASF
5. Rolls-Royce
6. INVESCO
7. British Airways
8. Signet
9. Dyson - James Dyson, I love you!
10. Unilever
11. Burberry
12. Carnival Cruises
13. Pearson
14. Weetabix
15. Virgin
BONUS
HSBC
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:05 am
by mikehardware
1. AstraZeneca - Yes
2. Reuters - Yes
3. Vodafone - Yes
4. BASF - Yes
5. Rolls-Royce - Yes
6. INVESCO - Yes
7. British Airways - Yes
8. Signet - Yes
9. Dyson - Yes
10. Unilever - Yes
11. Burberry - Yes
12. Carnival Cruises - Yes
13. Pearson - Yes
14. Weetabix - Yes
15. Virgin - Yes
BONUS
HSBC - Yes
Can you tell I have no clue?
Re: March 5 QoD -- "Stocking Up in London"
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:31 am
by plasticene
1. AstraZeneca YES
2. Reuters NO
3. Vodafone NO
4. BASF NO
5. Rolls-Royce NO
6. INVESCO YES
7. British Airways NO
8. Signet YES
9. Dyson NO
10. Unilever NO
11. Burberry NO
12. Carnival Cruises NO
13. Pearson YES
14. Weetabix YES
15. Virgin NO
BONUS
HSBC NO
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:31 am
by gsabc
1. AstraZeneca YES
2. Reuters NO
3. Vodafone NO
4. BASF YES
5. Rolls-Royce YES
6. INVESCO YES
7. British Airways NO
8. Signet NO
9. Dyson NO
10. Unilever YES
11. Burberry NO
12. Carnival Cruises NO
13. Pearson YES
14. Weetabix YES
15. Virgin YES
BONUS
HSBC YES
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:51 am
by themanintheseersuckersuit
1. AstraZeneca Yes
2. Reuters no
3. Vodafone yes
4. BASF no
5. Rolls-Royce no
6. INVESCO yes
7. British Airways yes
8. Signet yes
9. Dyson no
10. Unilever yes
11. Burberry no
12. Carnival Cruises no
13. Pearson yes
14. Weetabix no
15. Virgin yes
BONUS
HSBC no
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:23 am
by ne1410s
1. AstraZeneca --no
2. Reuters --yes
3. Vodafone --no
4. BASF --yes
5. Rolls-Royce --no
6. INVESCO --no
7. British Airways --yes
8. Signet--yes
9. Dyson --no
10. Unilever--no
11. Burberry --no
12. Carnival Cruises --no
13. Pearson --yes
14. Weetabix --no
15. Virgin --yes
BONUS
HSBC--yes
Re: March 5 QoD -- "Stocking Up in London"
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:26 am
by andrewjackson
1. Yes
2. Yes
3. No
4. No
5. No
6. Yes
7. Yes
8. Yes
9. No
10. Yes
11. No
12. No
13. Yes
14. No
15. Yes
BONUS
Yes
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:48 am
by megaaddict
1. AstraZeneca --N
2. Reuters --Y
3. Vodafone --N
4. BASF --Y
5. Rolls-Royce --N
6. INVESCO --N
7. British Airways --Y
8. Signet --Y
9. Dyson --N
10. Unilever --Y
11. Burberry --Y
12. Carnival Cruises --N
13. Pearson --N
14. Weetabix --Y
15. Virgin --Y
BONUS
HSBC --N
Re: March 5 QoD -- "Stocking Up in London"
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:15 am
by Catfish
Basically, I have no clue, but what the hell?
1. AstraZeneca Yes
2. Reuters No
3. Vodafone Yes
4. BASF Yes
5. Rolls-Royce No
6. INVESCO Yes
7. British Airways Yes
8. Signet Yes
9. Dyson No
10. Unilever Yes
11. Burberry No
12. Carnival Cruises No
13. Pearson Yes
14. Weetabix No
15. Virgin Yes
BONUS
HSBC Yes
Re: March 5 QoD -- "Stocking Up in London"
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:43 am
by MarleysGh0st
In other game show venues, I would either stay clam or run through my lifelines in an instant. Here, it's WAG time.
1. AstraZeneca - Yes
2. Reuters - Yes
3. Vodafone - Yes
4. BASF - Yes
5. Rolls-Royce - Yes
6. INVESCO - Yes
7. British Airways - Yes
8. Signet - Yes
9. Dyson - No
10. Unilever - Yes
11. Burberry - No
12. Carnival Cruises - Yes
13. Pearson - No
14. Weetabix - No
15. Virgin - Yes
BONUS
HSBC - No
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:59 am
by tlynn78
Riiiiiighht....
WAG's, one and all:
1. Y
2. N
3. Y
4. Y
5. N
6. N
7. Y
8. Y
9. N
10. Y
11. Y
12. Y
13. N
14. N
15. Y
bonus
Y
t.
Re: March 5 QoD -- "Stocking Up in London"
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:20 am
by tanstaafl2
Umm, yuk. Time for a SWAG or two.
NellyLunatic1980 wrote:Rules:
viewtopic.php?p=40443#40443
Here in America, one of the most prominent economic indicators is the Dow Jones Industrials Average. London’s version of the DJIA is the Financial Times 100 Index (or the FTSE 100). Below is a list of British companies that are either well-known or fairly known in America. Answer “Yes” or “No” if that company trades on the FTSE 100.
Answers are due by Thursday at 5 PM Eastern.
1. AstraZeneca YES
2. Reuters YES
3. Vodafone YES
4. BASF YES
5. Rolls-Royce YES
6. INVESCO NO
7. British Airways YES
8. Signet NO
9. Dyson NO
10. Unilever NO
11. Burberry YES
12. Carnival Cruises NO
13. Pearson YES
14. Weetabix NO I don't even know what the heck it is...
15. Virgin YES
BONUS
HSBC YES
Sadly, no opportuntiy for humor points which has accounted for a good portion of my scoring lately...
Re: March 5 QoD -- "Stocking Up in London"
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:27 am
by ladysoleil
Might as well start the WAG fest.
Answers are due by Thursday at 5 PM Eastern.
1. AstraZeneca- no
2. Reuters- yes
3. Vodafone- no
4. BASF- yes
5. Rolls-Royce- yes
6. INVESCO- yes
7. British Airways- yes
8. Signet- no
9. Dyson- yes
10. Unilever- no
11. Burberry- yes
12. Carnival Cruises- no
13. Pearson- yes
14. Weetabix- yes
15. Virgin- yes
BONUS
HSBC- yes
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:17 pm
by Greyhound Dude
HMMMMMM - gotta luv these 50/50's.
1. AstraZeneca YES
2. Reuters YES
3. Vodafone YES
4. BASF NO
5. Rolls-Royce YES
6. INVESCO YES
7. British Airways YES
8. Signet NO
9. Dyson NO
10. Unilever NO
11. Burberry NO
12. Carnival Cruises YES
13. Pearson YES
14. Weetabix NO
15. Virgin NO
BONUS
HSBC YES
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:16 pm
by christie1111
10. Unilever - Yes
I think I know this one!
Re: March 5 QoD -- "Stocking Up in London"
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:49 pm
by DadofTwins
Blind guessing . . .
1. AstraZeneca -- N
2. Reuters -- Y
3. Vodafone -- Y
4. BASF -- Y
5. Rolls-Royce -- Y
6. INVESCO -- N
7. British Airways -- Y
8. Signet -- N
9. Dyson -- Y
10. Unilever -- N
11. Burberry -- Y
12. Carnival Cruises -- N
13. Pearson -- Y
14. Weetabix -- Y
15. Virgin -- Y
BONUS
HSBC -- Y
Re: March 5 QoD -- "Stocking Up in London"
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:57 pm
by T_Bone0806
1. AstraZeneca NO
2. Reuters YES
3. Vodafone NO
4. BASF YES
5. Rolls-Royce YES
6. INVESCO YES
7. British Airways YES
8. Signet NO
9. Dyson NO
10. Unilever YES
11. Burberry YES
12. Carnival Cruises YES
13. Pearson NO
14. Weetabix YES
15. Virgin YES
BONUS
HSBC YES
Re: March 5 QoD -- "Stocking Up in London"
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:20 am
by TheConfessor
NellyLunatic1980 wrote:
1. AstraZeneca YES
2. Reuters NO
3. Vodafone YES
4. BASF YES
5. Rolls-Royce NO
6. INVESCO NO
7. British Airways NO
8. Signet NO
9. Dyson NO
10. Unilever YES
11. Burberry NO
12. Carnival Cruises NO
13. Pearson YES
14. Weetabix NO
15. Virgin YES
BONUS
HSBC YES
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:47 am
by nitrah55
1. AstraZeneca NO
2. Reuters YES
3. Vodafone YES
4. BASF YES
5. Rolls-Royce NO
6. INVESCO NO
7. British Airways YES
8. Signet NO
9. Dyson NO
10. Unilever YES
11. Burberry NO
12. Carnival Cruises YES
13. Pearson YES
14. Weetabix NO
15. Virgin YES
BONUS
HSBC YES
Re: March 5 QoD -- "Stocking Up in London"
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:20 am
by AnnieCamaro
NellyLunatic1980 wrote:
Answer “Yes” or “No” if that company trades on the FTSE 100.
1. AstraZeneca -- Yes
2. Reuters -- No
3. Vodafone -- Yes
4. BASF -- No
5. Rolls-Royce -- Yes
6. INVESCO -- Yes
7. British Airways --
8. Signet -- Yes
9. Dyson -- Yes
10. Unilever -- Yes
11. Burberry -- Yes
12. Carnival Cruises -- No
13. Pearson -- Yes
14. Weetabix -- Yes
15. Virgin -- No
BONUS
HSBC -- No
I'm glad it's okay to guess.
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:22 am
by mrkelley23
Without even looking at your list, since that might prejudice my answers, here are my blind guesses for today:
1. Yes
2. No
3. No
4. No
5. Yes
6. Yes
7. No
8. Yes
9. No
10. No
11. No
12. Yes
13. Yes
14. No
15. No
Bonus: Yes
3/5 ANSWERS/POINTS
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 4:47 am
by NellyLunatic1980
Here in America, one of the most prominent economic indicators is the Dow Jones Industrials Average. London’s version of the DJIA is the Financial Times 100 Index (or the FTSE 100). Below is a list of British companies that are either well-known or fairly known in America. Answer “Yes” or “No” if that company trades on the FTSE 100.
1. AstraZeneca - Yes
2. Reuters - Yes
3. Vodafone - Yes
4. BASF - No
5. Rolls-Royce - Yes
6. INVESCO - Yes
7. British Airways - Yes
8. Signet - No
9. Dyson - No
10. Unilever - Yes
11. Burberry - No
12. Carnival Cruises - Yes
13. Pearson - Yes
14. Weetabix - No
15. Virgin - No
BONUS
HSBC - Yes
On this total WAG® day, Greyhound still gets a 19 to make it four consecutive days with the best daily score. He now tops the century mark and leads by 27.
Wow, Mr. K went totally blind and still scored 15.
March 5 Scores / Scores after Day 6
Greyhound - 19 / 105
tansta - 14 / 78
aj - 18 / 77
fanny - 14 / 74
tlynn - 12 / 68
Confessor - 13 / 67.5
pea - 11 / 67
T_Bone - 13 / 61
Annie - 8 / 58.5
lb13 - 13 / 58.5
mrkelley - 15 / 58
nitrah - 15 / 56
ne - 11 / 55.5
Catfish - 14 / 54
gsabc - 13 / 53.5
mikehardware - 14 / 51.5
mega - 4 / 47
Marley - 11 / 46
plasticene - 7 / 45.5
TMITSSS - 10 / 45
Dad - 11 / 42
minty - X / 42
jarnon - X / 30
ladysoleil - 11 / 28
krox - X / 27
winter - X / 25
Sprots - X / 23
Bob#s - X / 18.5
Rexer - X / 18
trevor - X / 18
starfish - X / 17
hermillion - X / 12
SirG - X / 11
jsuchard - X / 5
LFHP - X / 5
etaoin - X / 3
christie - 1 / 1