Venture Update March 2010

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August 2010
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1. Who was Time Magazine's "Person of the Year" in 2009?
 
2.  Cinco de Mayo is the biggest day for Americans to eat avocados.  What is the second largest avocado eating occasion? 
 
3.  Second to the Nile (4,145 miles), which is the world's next longest river? 
 
4.  The Eiffel Tower, 984 feet tall, was the world's tallest building in 1900.  What was the second?
 
5. What was America's first fast food place?
 
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American Express reports corporate travel is up 40 percent since 2007.  Venture Up is also feeling a surge, with a sharp rise in fall bookings, and the highest number of August team building programs run since 1998.  "Many of our clients tell us they are stable, have new budgets, and are ready to invest in their teams,"  says David Lengyel, managing director of Venture Up.  Overall, top corporate managers appear to be holding on to their best and brightest to break trail in the new economy.  Thanks to our long-time clients and new clients alike, Venture Up is ready to forge ahead to a successful fall 2010with even more new programs.
 
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ESSENTIAL TRIVIA Answers
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1. Who was Time Magazine's "Person of the Year" in 2009?  Tiger Woods
 
2.  Cinco de Mayo is the biggest day for Americans to eat avocados.  What is the second largest avocado eating occasion? Super Bowl Sunday
 
3.  Second to the Nile (4,145 miles), which is the world's next longest river? The Amazon at 4007 miles.
 
4.  The Eiffel Tower, 984 feet tall, was the world's tallest building in 1900.  What was the second? The Washington Monument at 555 feet.
 
5. What was America's first fast food place?  White Castle, in Wichita, Kansas in 1921

 
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