AlaBiz QuizHistory Take the March 2024 AlaBiz Quiz Challenge yourself with these Alabama business-related puzzlers from the past. By Nedra Bloom - March 20, 2024 Where did Nick Saban coach before heading to college football and, eventually, the University of Alabama? AlaBiz Quiz - March 2024 1) MARCH 2024: Every March we present an update on our state’s auto industry. Which of these is not an accurate picture of this burgeoning industrial sector?(Required) Most automotive workers in Alabama are members of United Auto Workers. Alabama can produce 1.3 million vehicles a year. Direct employment is nearly 50,000. Motor vehicles are the state’s top export category. 2) FEBRUARY 2024 (one month ago): We noted Nick Saban’s retirement as University of Alabama football coach. Earlier he coached at LSU and at an NFL team. Which team?(Required) San Francisco 49ers Chicago Bears New Orleans Saints Miami Dolphins 3) MARCH 2023 (one year ago): One of Alabama’s biggest cities set a record for capital investment from businesses, totaling $1.7 billion and led by a new beverage park estimated at $600 million. Which city?(Required) Montgomery Huntsville Mobile Birmingham 4) MARCH 2019 (five years ago): As business and government leaders signed the beam that would top the second Airbus final assembly line, Mobile looked forward to being the fourth-largest aircraft producing city in the world. Which cities top the list?(Required) Toulouse, France; London, England; and Los Angeles, California Shanghai, China; Seattle, Washington; and Mexico City Los Angeles, California; St. Louis, Missouri; and Seattle, Washington Toulouse, France; Hamburg, Germany; and Seattle, Washington 5) MARCH 2014 (10 years ago): The Bureau of Labor Statistics ranks Alabama third in the South Atlantic and East South Central region, after West Virginia and Kentucky, for what metric? Hint: It’s 11.7%.(Required) Coal production College graduates Rural population Union membership 6) MARCH 1999 (25 years ago): Morgan County was in the spotlight. It had topped the state for industrial investment in 1997, winning a $450 million project for Decatur that had been sought by cities across the nation. Which project? Hint: it’s still there but with a different name after opting into a joint venture.(Required) Mercedes-Benz auto plant ThyssenKrupp steel plant Boeing rocket plant Airbus aircraft plant This quiz appeared in the February 2024 issue of Business Alabama. The latest Alabama business news delivered to your inbox Sign Up Now!
