Q 01/05

In which Washington city is Costco's worldwide headquarters?

A) Redmond

B) Bellevue

C) Issaquah

D) Tacoma

Answer · why

C) Issaquah

Costco's worldwide headquarters is in Issaquah, Washington, on a campus built beside a working warehouse so buyers can walk over and see how merchandi...

Q 02/05

In which city did Costco open its very first warehouse?

A) Seattle

B) Portland

C) San Diego

D) Spokane

Answer · why

A) Seattle

Costco's first warehouse opened in Seattle, Washington, at 4401 Fourth Avenue South in the city's industrial SoDo district, south of downtown.

Q 03/05

In what year did the first Costco warehouse open?

A) 1976

B) 1983

C) 1987

D) 1993

Answer · why

B) 1983

The first Costco warehouse opened in 1983 in Washington state, and the company became the first ever to grow from zero to $3 billion in sales in under...

Q 04/05

What is the Kirkland Signature house brand named after?

A) The founder's mother's maiden name

B) A Scottish whisky distillery

C) The first store's head buyer

D) The town where Costco's HQ used to be

Answer · why

D) The town where Costco's HQ used to be

The town where Costco's HQ used to be, Kirkland, Washington, gave the brand its name; the company left Kirkland for a new campus in 1996 but kept the ...

Q 05/05

In what year was the Kirkland Signature brand launched?

A) 1985

B) 1990

C) 1995

D) 2001

Answer · why

C) 1995

Kirkland Signature launched in 1995 as Costco's single private label, consolidating a scattered set of earlier house brands under one name across cate...