A team of Executive MBA students from The Booth School of Business participated in the 2nd annual Financial Times MBA Quiz — a fast-paced competition pitting ten business schools against each other for charity. The quiz was moderated by Financial Times Management Editor, Andrew Hill, at the publication’s London office.
According to a press release on the school’s website, the event raised £40,000 for International Rescue Committee, a humanitarian charity that works across the globe on various crises. The participating teams raised £20,000 from combined entry fees, and the UK Government matched the team’s contributions.
Booth’s team of EMBA students came from its London campus. Conrad Caplin, Greg Hodge, Eric Whorton and Team Captain Paulina Caledon all answered questions ranging across various sections of ft.com site including World News, Companies, Life & Arts, Business Education, FT Lexicon, FT Data and FT Illustrations.
Keith Breslauer, a Booth alumni and founder of Patron Capital, sponsored his alma mater’s squad. After completing his MBA at Chicago Booth in 1988, Breslauer went on to found Patron Capital, one of the leading private equity real estate funds in Europe, which currently represents universities, major institutions, private foundations and high-net worth individuals.
According to the Financial Times website, some sample questions from the quiz include:
- “This year’s quiz on February 24 will raise funds for the International Rescue Committee, which supports humanitarian aid and development in more than 30 countries. How many refugees in northern Syria does the organisation hope to train for employment this year?”
- “Last week, US technology group Apple reported the most profitable quarter in corporate history with the iPhone generating 68.6 per cent of the company’s overall sales. Apple’s net profit for the three months to December beat which oil and gas company’s previous quarterly record set in 2012?”
- “In a recent “Lunch with the FT” interview, Brian Chesky said: “Letting out an inflatable mattress to someone you’d met over the internet sounded to many like a crazy idea. But if it didn’t sound crazy, someone else would have done it already.” Mr Chesky is co-founder and chief of which a $13bn business?
- “Seven European business schools entered the MBA quiz in 2014. Which UK business school won?”
We’ll leave you off with one of the answers — last year’s event was won by the team of MBAs from Imperial College Business School.