Take the October 2023 AlaBiz Quiz

Challenge yourself with these Alabama business-related puzzlers from the past.

By
Nedra Bloom
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Which two companies are part of the joint venture called United Launch Alliance?

AlaBiz Quiz - October 2023

1) OCTOBER 2023: One of the state's big automakers announced plans to invest an additional $290 million to upgrade facilities. Which automaker?(Required)
2) SEPTEMBER 2023 (one month ago): When an Alabama city annexed some of its suburban areas, it became the state's second-largest city, after Huntsvlle. Which city?(Required)
3) OCTOBER 2022 (one year ago): Huntsville International Airport won an FAA license allowing commercial spacecraft to land at the airport. What is the name of the Sierra Space craft that's now eligible to land in Huntsville?(Required)
4) OCTOBER 2018 (five years ago): We featured the Center for Domestic Preparedness, which trains the nation's first responders to deal with everything from hurricanes to the Ebola virus. Where is this center operated by Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency?(Required)
5) OCTOBER 2013 (10 years ago): Our October aviation and aerospace issue introduced United Launch Alliance, the Decatur company that crafts rockets that carries most U.S. satellites to space. ULA is a joint venture between which two companies?(Required)
6) OCTOBER 1998 (25 years ago): Alabama is home to dozens of general contracting firms, prompting Danny Rogers of concrete supplier Sherman International to dub one of its cities a "Mecca of general contractors." What city earned that moniker?(Required)

This quiz appeared in the October 2023 issue of Business Alabama.

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