Q 01/05

Joe Girard, recognised by Guinness as the world's greatest salesman, sold 13,001 of what between 1963 and 1978?

A) Insurance policies

B) Chevrolets

C) Encyclopaedias

D) Vacuum cleaners

Answer · why

B) Chevrolets

He worked at a single dealership in Detroit and still holds the record for cars sold in a year: 1,425 in 1973, mostly one at a time to retail buyers.

Q 02/05

How many cars did Joe Girard sell in his record year of 1973?

A) 1,425

B) 1,900

C) 2,400

D) 3,100

Answer · why

A) 1,425

That is about six a day, every working day; he sent every customer a greeting card every month, 13,000 cards a month at his peak.

Q 03/05

Who first played Willy Loman on Broadway in 1949?

A) Fredric March

B) Lee J. Cobb

C) Dustin Hoffman

D) Brian Dennehy

Answer · why

B) Lee J. Cobb

The play won both the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony for Best Play; Hoffman and Dennehy played Willy in later revivals.

Q 04/05

Which actor delivers the 'ABC' speech as Blake in Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), a role absent from Mamet's play?

A) Alec Baldwin

B) Al Pacino

C) Kevin Spacey

D) Ed Harris

Answer · why

A) Alec Baldwin

Mamet wrote the part specially for the film; Pacino was Oscar-nominated and Jack Lemmon won the Volpi Cup at Venice for the same movie.

Q 05/05

What do the salesmen in Glengarry Glen Ross sell?

A) Life insurance

B) Real estate

C) Encyclopaedias

D) Used cars

Answer · why

B) Real estate

Mamet's 1984 play about desperate Chicago land salesmen won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.