Take the January 2025 AlaBiz Quiz

Challenge yourself with these Alabama business-related puzzlers from the past.

Where was Ellen McNair before coming to lead Alabama’s Department of Commerce? (Photo/Stew Milne)

AlaBiz Quiz - January 2025

1) JANUARY 2025: For the past year, Ellen McNair has served as Alabama's secretary of Commerce. Where did she work before moving to the state's top economic development job?(Required)
2) DECEMBER 2024 (one month ago): APM Terminals kicked off a fourth expansion at the Port of Mobile, enabling the firm to double its capacity, which is measured in 20-foot equivalent units – basically rail-car size units. How many will it be able to handle in a year, after the expansion? Hint, the port is growing very rapidly.(Required)
3) JANUARY 2024 (one year ago): Beyond its focus on genomics in relation to human health, Huntsville's HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology also has long researched agricultural issues. Not long ago, it opened an additional facility with a special focus on agriculture. Where?(Required)
4) JANUARY 2020 (five years ago): We looked at two cities and their decisions about public spaces. One city chose to preserve on Chapman Mountain. The other built a walkway along the Black Warrior. Which two cities?(Required)
5) JANUARY 2015 (10 years ago): Food entrepreneur Keith Richards started his career in a Kmart cafeteria and worked his way up to launching his own restaurant chain. At the time of our 2015 feature, his chain had just celebrated a $28 million year and was growing. What's the name of the Mediterranean chain he founded?(Required)
6) JANUARY 2000 (25 years ago): Our first cover story of the millennium featured the governor in a helicopter, where he was hosting Yoshuo Saito, consul-general of Japan for the Southeast, on a tour of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail. Who was the governor of Alabama in 2000?(Required)
This quiz appeared in the January 2025 issue of Business Alabama.

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