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Companies A-Z

Name these companies starting with each letter A-Z.
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Last updated: August 29, 2015
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First submittedDecember 4, 2013
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Clue
Company
A
Steve Jobs, iPads, iPods
Apple
B
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
BP
C
World's largest soda company
Coca-Cola
D
Vacuums, fans, and hand dryers
Dyson
E
High-speed train between
London and Paris
Eurostar
F
Assembly line pioneers
Ford
G
Conglomerate co-founded
by Thomas Edison
General Electric
H
"The world's local bank"
HSBC
I
Swedish furniture
IKEA
J
American department stores soon
to be out of business, probably
J.C. Penney
K
Cornflakes and Froot Loops
Kellogg
L
The start of the financial crisis
Lehman Brothers
M
Bill Gates
Microsoft
 
Clue
Company
N
Won its first Emmy in 2013
Netflix
O
Official Olympic timekeeper
Omega
P
Makers of blue pills for men
Pfizer
Q
Australia's national airline
Qantas
R
Privatized British postal company
Royal Mail
S
Playstation
Sony
T
Up to 140 characters
Twitter
U
Brands include Dove, Ben & Jerry's
Unilever
V
Golf, Beetle, Passat
Volkswagen
W
World's largest retailer
Wal-mart
X
Computer mouse and GUI inventors
Xerox
Y
Makers of musical instruments
and motorcycles
Yamaha
Z
Farmville, Words With Friends
Zynga
16 Comments
+1
Level 78
Feb 18, 2014
It was the Deepwater Horizon.
+3
Level 86
Feb 18, 2014
For HSBC can you accept Hongkong Shanghai Bank.
+2
Level 41
Feb 18, 2014
I thought Dirt Devil instead of Dyson
+1
Level 46
Apr 24, 2014
Click here for Part 2
+8
Level 71
Apr 9, 2018
Twitter now allows 280 characters! (Twice the Trump for the same price...)
+1
Level 87
Jun 25, 2018
Dang. Guessed "Royal Post." So close . . .
+1
Level 64
Jun 4, 2023
Me from the future gives you logic credit.

Also. You led me to the British Post Office Scandal - absolute balmy British madness of which I had no knowledge!

Gratzie mille, fratelli 💂

+2
Level 65
Oct 14, 2020
Surprised by the few guesses on Netflix
+3
Level 73
Aug 15, 2023
I suppose most people, like me, didn't know that Netflix won an Emmy, or even, like me, didn't really know what an Emmy was awarded for and didn't think of a company like Netflix as a recipient of one.
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Level 49
Apr 27, 2024
yeah, if the description was something like "popular movie streaming platform", it would probably be over 80%
+3
Level 77
Jul 16, 2021
i think there's now something a lot more people would know about pfizer, maybe the clue could be changed to include their vaccine?
+1
Level 79
Jun 22, 2022
Many of the clues are not the most 'obvious' thing about the answer. Xerox, for example, is far better known for its printers.
+1
Level 87
Dec 19, 2021
280 characters now
+2
Level 65
May 24, 2023
The Twitter limit is 280 characters now, so this is inaccurate
+6
Level 72
Aug 2, 2023
I hate to be that guy but the T company isn't named that anymore
+2
Level 66
Jun 26, 2024
10 years later and JCPenney is still around.