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Fictional Business Owners

Name the type of business owned by these fictional characters.
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Last updated: August 21, 2019
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First submittedJune 30, 2014
Times taken8,644
Average score50.0%
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Character
Business
Mr. Burns (The Simpsons)
Nuclear Power
Tony Stark (Iron Man)
Weapons Company
Rick Blaine (Casablanca)
Nightclub
Forrest Gump
Shrimp Company
Willy Wonka
Chocolate Factory
Mom (Futurama)
Robot Company
Mr. Krabs (SpongeBob)
Restaurant
George Bluth
(Arrested Development)
Real Estate
Mort Goldman (Family Guy)
Pharmacy
Nate Fisher (Six Feet Under)
Funeral Home
Character
Business
Basil Fawlty (Fawlty Towers)
Hotel
Terry Benedict (Ocean's 11)
Casino
Kathleen Kelly (You've Got Mail)
Book Store
George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life)
Savings and Loan
Fred G. Sanford (Sanford & Son)
Junk Yard
Daniel Plainview (There Will be Blood)
Oil Company
Skyler White (Breaking Bad)
Car Wash
Buck Strickland (King of the Hill)
Propane and
Propane Accessories
Charles Foster Kane (Citizen Kane)
Newspaper
J. Peterman (Seinfeld)
Mail Order
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Level 84
Jul 3, 2014
Yes! You accepted Banana Stand! :-)
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Level 83
Nov 14, 2016
There's always money in the banana stand.
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Level 84
May 29, 2018
No touching!
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Level 88
Aug 2, 2018
Not if you take a banana, take a buck.
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Level 84
Jul 7, 2014
While Stark Industries was responsible for the creation of many weapons I'm not sure I would classify it as a weapons company. Maybe R&D or Defense Contractor.
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Level 44
Aug 4, 2014
R&D and Defense Contractor are polite ways of saying weapons companies.
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Level 65
Mar 10, 2020
@fractaldoom R&D is research and development, companies that design electric tootbrushes and electric razor have those, wouldnt exactly call them weapons...

Trust me I have studied Industrial/enigneering design (hope it is the correct term in English) and R&D is NOT synonymous with weapons. That is such a ridiculous assumption that I dont even know what to say. Sure arms need to be designed and tested too. But that makes as much sense as saying weapons are made from metal so a bike or a bathtub is a weapon too..

On a side note, on of of our course we built fighting robots :D anyone familiar with robotwars?

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Level 77
Mar 18, 2021
But Tony Stark's company primarily made weapons and they researched mostly into weapons. It's a de facto weapons company at the very least, but I'm sure I've seen his company described as a weapons company in writing.
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Level ∞
Aug 4, 2014
Defense, Armament, and Munitions will all work for that one now.
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Level 51
Aug 4, 2014
Please also accept guns, boomers, explosions, fire things, and destroying things while you're at it.
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Level 67
Aug 22, 2019
It also could be classified as a tech company/innovative tech.
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Level 88
Aug 4, 2014
"Propane and propane accessories." I love it! I can hear Hank's drawl now...."Damnit, Bobby!"
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Level 50
Aug 6, 2014
Second that.
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Level 83
Aug 4, 2014
Correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't a mortuary be an acceptable answer for Nate Fisher (Six Feet Under)?
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Level ∞
Aug 4, 2014
Okay
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Level 78
Aug 22, 2019
mortician?
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Level 88
Aug 2, 2018
Geez, I tried "innkeeper" for Fawlty, which is more appropriate, but instead of complaining about my lack of knowledge of synonyms, I just went to typing "hotel" and called it a day.
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Level ∞
Aug 21, 2019
Innkeeper will work now
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Level 66
Aug 22, 2019
He owned an innkeeper?
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Level 51
Aug 4, 2014
Only 40% of you remember the old Building and Loan? I've had it with you people.
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Level 72
Aug 22, 2019
well, it's savings and loan. and I tried several other things including money lending and just "loans" before trying savings and loan, people probably don't remember the specific term used in the movie, especially since these days savings and loan services would mostly just be called banking.
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Level 28
Aug 6, 2014
You should accept "Home construction" or "building contractor" or "construction" for Arrested Development.
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Level 88
Aug 2, 2018
It's a model home.
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Level 77
Mar 18, 2021
This would be helpful. The company developed land, but didn't seem to receive income from buying and selling real estate like a real estate company would. Unless I have a poor understanding of what real estate companies do.
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Level 35
Aug 7, 2014
Mom (futurama) was also a delivery company, which is why she was often at odds with the main characters.
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Level 82
Aug 22, 2019
I tried mail and delivery first and then got robotics.
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Level 63
Jul 18, 2017
Helps to read the instructions... I must've tried Stark Industries five times before giving up and checking them.
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Level 58
Dec 1, 2017
I couldn't figure out why Candy Factory didn't work for Wonka. Gobstoppers are not chocolate.
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Level 84
May 29, 2018
The 1971 movie was called "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory". The book (and 2005 movie) was called "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". While the real-life company may sell non-chocolate products, the fictional business was called a chocolate factory.
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Level 95
Nov 26, 2018
Name the TYPE of business. Candy would be the type of business. It's called a chocolate factory, but he makes candy.
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Level 92
May 13, 2019
He makes chocolate and happens to invent other things too, the business is a chocolate factory. FYI it was written in the UK where it is very uncommon to refer to chocolate as candy (that would be hard sugar products) and it was inspired by his experience with a chocolate factory (Cadbury's) while at school.
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Level 86
Apr 1, 2019
Doesn't accept "gin joint" :(
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Level ∞
Aug 21, 2019
Gin joint will work now.
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Level 70
Aug 22, 2019
Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she had to walk into mine
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Level 71
Aug 22, 2019
I tried "prawn" for Forrest Gump and failed to realise I was just a synonim away :(

Bloody British English, that's what you made to me!

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Level 73
Aug 22, 2019
prawn company was also my guess.
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Level 72
Aug 22, 2019
I agree that prawn should be accepted. But I can't help but think the quote sounds a bit strange using prawn instead of shrimp: "Dey's uh, prawn-kabobs, prawn creole, prawn gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple prawn, lemon prawn, coconut prawn, pepper prawn, prawn soup, prawn stew, prawn salad, prawn and potatoes, prawn burger, prawn sandwich. That- that's about it."
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Level 71
Aug 23, 2019
That's why I didn't complain it wasn't accepted. They always say "shrimp" in the film, therefore it's only logical to accept shrimp and not prawn.

I was just getting ashamed of myself, as by living in Britain I forgot most of the words used as synonim in the U.S.A. and uncommon there.

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Level 51
Aug 22, 2019
Genuinely Shocked by the low amount that got Mom. Was Futurama not as popular a show as I remember it being?
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Level 77
Mar 18, 2021
It wasn't popular enough to stay on the air consistently. It had to put out a few "movies" and finish on a new network.
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Level 82
Aug 22, 2019
Candy for Wonka?
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Level 88
Aug 22, 2019
Yeah - I tried candy factory, confections, and sweets before getting the more obvious answer.
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Level 82
Aug 22, 2019
I think I typed "burger joint," "Krusty Krab," "food," and "fast food restaurant" before getting Mr. Krabs with simply restaurant.

Skylar also helped run her husband's meth business.

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Level 75
Aug 22, 2019
Doesn't Mom start off as a delivery company competing with Planet Express?
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Level 77
Mar 18, 2021
No, the character is introduced as the owner of a friendly robot company, which is the most important part of MomCorp. Momcorp is a take on the conglomerate that constantly looks to absorb its competition, like in the second episode where Mom Corp. tries to take over Planet Express.
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Level 77
Aug 22, 2019
I said Realty instead of Real Estate. Would it be possible to have it accept that?
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Level 82
Aug 22, 2019
Surprised J Peterman is so low down, given that it's a real company (and therefore doesn't really fit in this quiz anyway).
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Level 82
Aug 25, 2019
You should add Trump to this quiz. His life as a successful businessman and real estate developer was total fiction. The only thing that man has ever been successful at, other than winning the electoral college, is losing obscene amounts of his daddy's money.
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Level 56
Aug 28, 2019
I couldn't get Willy Wonka because I kept typing "candy factory". In my defense, gopstoppers are not chocolate. And neither was that gum that blew up Violet. Not to mention the burping drink.