Dow Jones 30 Companies Quiz

Name the companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

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First submitted	June 9, 2012
Times taken	21,362
Average score	63.3%
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Industry	Year	Symbol	Company
Consumer goods	1932	PG	Procter & Gamble
Conglomerate	1976	MMM	3M
Tech	1979	---	IBM
Pharmaceutical	1979	MRK	Merck
Payments	1982	AXP	American Express
Restaurant	1985	MCD	McDonald's
Aerospace	1987	BA	Boeing
Beverages	1987	KO	Coca-Cola
Construction	1991	CAT	Caterpillar
Finance	1991	JPM	JP Morgan
Entertainment	1991	DIS	Walt Disney
Pharmaceutical	1997	JNJ	Johnson & Johnson
Retail	1997	WMT	Wal-Mart
Home improvement	1999	HD	Home Depot
Semiconductors	1999	INTC	Intel

Industry	Year	Symbol	Company
Software	1999	MSFT	Microsoft
Telecom	2004	VZ	Verizon
Oil	2008	CVX	Chevron
Networking	2009	CSCO	Cisco
Insurance	2009	TRV	Travelers
Health	2012	UNH	UnitedHealth
Finance	2013	GS	Goldman Sachs
Apparel	2013	NKE	Nike
Payments	2013	V	Visa
Phones	2015	AAPL	Apple
Chemicals	2017	DOW	Dow, Inc
Pharmacy	2018	WBA	Walgreens
Pharmaceutical	2020	AMGN	Amgen
Conglomerate	2020	HON	Honeywell
Business software	2020	CRM	Salesforce

Level 84

Jul 9, 2014

Goldman Sachs?

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Level ∞

Sep 29, 2014

Added. Was tempted to put "vampire squid" as its industry.

Level 73

Dec 6, 2018

/shrug My wife worked there for a decade as a programmer. I worked at similar firms for 25 years. It's just a business that at its core facilitates the transfer of risk - from those who have it and don't want it to those who don't have it and do want it. Every so often nobody wants any risk - financial crisis - and investment banks get stuck with a bunch of risk and nobody who will buy it at any price. Events like 2008 or 1929 occur as the result of borrowing (systemic leverage) used to acquire or finance that risk. Oversimplification? Sure but it's a small text box.

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Level ∞

Sep 24, 2020

Some of what Goldman Sachs does might have societal value. Much of it probably does not.

Of course, they are not unique in this regard. I'd argue that if Facebook ceased to exist the world would be a far better place.

Level 57

Jan 12, 2021

Watch The Social Dilemma

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Dilemma

Level 66

Oct 4, 2014

I must have spelled Merck 100 different ways, except for the way it's actually spelled. Easy enough quiz though.

Level 82

Oct 4, 2014

There's only 30? Didn't know that. Managed to get most of them with the hints. Never heard of United Technologies but should have guessed the other two I missed.

Level 79

Jun 3, 2015

There's been only 30 companies for going on probably 70 years or so. Every so often the drop someone and add someone. In March they dumped AT&T for Apple.

Level 73

Mar 29, 2018

Since 1896, actually. The DJ Industrial Average is actually not the first stock index. That's the DJ Transportation Average (1884). I worked at DJ Indexes for a few years.

Level 87

Apr 1, 2017

Actually, I think this is too easy when the stock symbols are given. Better to just list the industry, don't you think?

Level 82

Dec 6, 2018

I think it would be way too hard without the symbols for anyone who didn't have a particular interest in the stock market. I can think of half a dozen other big pharma companies off the top of my head, for example.

Level 84

Jun 23, 2018

I took this quiz about a week ago and now it's been reset because the first company on the list got dropped. (Actually, it's being dropped as of June 26.) Until Tuesday, it will be the only company listed in the DJII that was in the original index (of 12 companies) in 1896. It's been on the list from 1896-1898, 1899-1901, and 1907-2018.

Level 73

Oct 1, 2020

Yes, General Electric. It somehow feels melancholy that the last original titan has been chosen to step down. An ode to the inevitability of time, but a mark of GE's longevity, nonetheless.

Level 73

Oct 1, 2020

Not that this index matters all that much anyway. It's a subjective selection by the Wall Street Journal, and is hardly a sufficient representation of the whole US market (according to Wikipedia). I think it's more of a prestige thing.

Level 72

Jun 23, 2018

24/30, happy enough with that as a Brit. A few companies on there that I haven't heard of.

Level 72

Sep 25, 2020

Only 22 this time, and five I missed I have never heard of.

Level 65

Dec 6, 2018

I wonder if a) they all have company softball teams and b) how much subterfuge would go on behind the scenes if there was a giant softball tournament with all of these teams?

Level 85

Aug 24, 2020

Just announced: 3 stocks will be replaced.

Level 87

Sep 24, 2020

Not sure why Honeywell is in there, but the rest make sense. Figuring out which company had DOW as its ticker symbol took some thinking.

Level 85

Sep 27, 2020

Agreed. Perhaps that one shouldn't have the ticker symbol, since, similar to the itty-bitty machine corp, the symbol gives it away?

Level 74

Sep 30, 2020

I feel like Dow is kind of the same as IBM in terms of having or not having the stock symbol, you could go either way but right now it seems inconsistent. Also, what happened to the comment I made on here like two weeks ago about Raytheon? Do you delete comments that aren't applicable when a quiz gets updated?

Level 82

Sep 30, 2020

I was going to ask about this. Why is IBM missing when Dow and CAT are not? ::shrug:: I appreciated the hints and IBM was easy enough.

Level 73

Oct 1, 2020

I think it's because the official name of CAT is Caterpiller, and of DOW is Dow, inc., but IBM is just IBM? Not a difference for DOW but I appreciated the CAT hint as well, and I think IBM could also be added for consistency's sake. It's better than making the quiz harder than it is.

Level 74

Sep 30, 2020

If you want to learn more about these companies, try my quiz Name A Valid Member of the DJIA.

Level 77

Sep 30, 2020

Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing should be accepted for mmm

Level 74

Sep 30, 2020

No, that's not what it's called

Level 79

Sep 30, 2020

Got 7 out of 30 answers. Not too proud of myself. But then again I know next to nothing about economics and the stonk market.

Level 79

Sep 30, 2020

Stonk go up = good, stonk go down = bad. I think.

Level 92

Oct 1, 2020

Must be too early in the morning. I started the quiz by putting in Stock symbols instead of typing out the company names. Was coming to the comments to suggest accepting them... and saw the discussion about whether or not they should be displayed. I somehow missed seeing that column throughout the entire quiz.

Level 75

Oct 5, 2020

I know little about the Dow - when I saw "payments" I couldn't figure out what type of company that meant. I facepalmed when I saw the answer.

Level 84

Oct 6, 2020

Can you take Wallgreens? I know it's wrong but it's just a simple error. Thanks!

Level 77

Feb 16, 2021

My brain would not stop thinking "Parental Guidance". I feel stupid now.

Level 85

Mar 16, 2023

Dow should probably have its ticker symbol hidden, and Apple should probably be described as "Tech" rather than "Phones"

Level 67

Jun 5, 2023

This is quite tough as a non-American

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