Q 01/05

Home Depot's founders wrote which 1999 memoir?

A) Built from Scratch

B) Grinding It Out

C) Onward

D) Shoe Dog

Answer · why

A) Built from Scratch

Built from Scratch, written with Bob Andelman, is subtitled 'How a Couple of Regular Guys Grew The Home Depot from Nothing to $30 Billion.'

Q 02/05

In which metro area did The Home Depot open its first two stores in June 1979?

A) Dallas

B) Los Angeles

C) Atlanta

D) Miami

Answer · why

C) Atlanta

Atlanta, where its warehouse stores were built larger than any competitor's and dwarfed the competition.

Q 03/05

Bernard Marcus and Arthur Blank founded The Home Depot after being fired from which chain?

A) Hechinger

B) Handy Dan

C) Builders Square

D) Rickel

Answer · why

B) Handy Dan

Handy Dan, where Marcus was CEO and Blank ran finance until Daylin chief Sanford Sigoloff fired them both in 1978.

Q 04/05

Which investment banker organised the financing that let Marcus and Blank found The Home Depot?

A) Henry Kravis

B) Carl Icahn

C) Michael Milken

D) Ken Langone

Answer · why

D) Ken Langone

Ken Langone, who had earlier persuaded Ross Perot to let his firm handle the IPO of Electronic Data Systems.

Q 05/05

What is The Home Depot's signature colour, used on signs, equipment and employee aprons?

A) Green

B) Blue

C) Orange

D) Yellow

Answer · why

C) Orange

Orange, officially PMS 165 (hex FF6600); one British DIY rival even changed its corporate colour to the same shade in the 1990s.