AlaBiz QuizHistory Take the October 2026 AlaBiz Quiz Challenge yourself with these Alabama business-related puzzlers from the past. By Nedra Bloom - October 20, 2026 Who did the steel work for Auburn University’s Plainsman Park? AlaBiz Quiz - October 2026 1) OCTOBER 2026: A Korean firm is offering more than $1 billion in its attempt to take over one of Alabama's major defense contractors. Which firm is its target?(Required) Boeing Austal USA Lockheed Martin United Launch Alliance 2) SEPTEMBER 2026 (one month ago): A family-owned Pell City firm has provided the structural steel for some of the biggest recent athletic facilities in Alabama — Mobile's new Regions Arena, basketball arenas at Auburn and Samford universities, plus college and minor-league baseball stadiums. Which company?(Required) Garrison Steel Arenas-R-Us All Sports Steel U.S. Steel 3) OCTOBER 2025 (one year ago): One of America's oldest aircraft companies started in Michigan but moved to Mobile almost simultaneously with the closure of the Brookley Air Force Base. It's been making aircraft engines here ever since. What company?(Required) Continental Aerospace Airbus Segers Aero Corp. Collins Aerospace 4) OCTOBER 2021 (five years ago): Brad Bolton was chosen to take over leadership of the Independent Community Bankers of America. What bank does Bolton lead in Alabama? Hint: As of our 2025 listings, it's the 59th biggest in Alabama.(Required) First Cahawba Bank in Selma Friend Bank in Slocomb Farmers and Merchants Bank in Lafayette Community Spirit Bank in Red Bay 5) OCTOBER 2016 (10 years ago): In October 2016, we included a major feature on development of the Space Launch System at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, including the many Alabama companies at work on the project. When the interim cryogenic propulsion stage was ready for testing, how was it transported between United Launch Alliance in Decatur and Marshall in Huntsville?(Required) Barge Train Truck Rocket 6) OCTOBER 2001 (25 years ago): Our construction issue featured an array of milestone projects by Alabama-based builders, engineers and architects. Featured first was a project, valued at $79.8 million, that constituted the largest single construction contract by the Alabama Department of Transportation from the project opening in 1978 until at least 1990, when it was inducted into the state Engineering Hall of Fame. What project?(Required) I-10 twin bridges crossing over Mobile Bay I-20 and I-59 interchange in downtown Birmingham Interstate 565 from I-65 to Huntsville Dauphin Island Bridge This quiz appeared in the October 2026 issue of Business Alabama.
