Commercial Awareness Quiz of 2022!

Which one of these tech companies bought game studio Activision Blizzard, the maker of Call of Duty & Candycrush, for $69 billion?

M&S settled its trademark dispute with one of these supermarkets over its Cuthbert the Caterpillar cake. M&S had claimed this cake was too similar to its own Colin the Caterpillar cake. Which supermarket was it?

P&O Ferries sacked 800 staff without notice in March. When questioned by MPs about the company's actions, CEO Peter Hebblethwaite....

The UK introduced no fault divorces in April, meaning blame no longer has to be assigned to obtain a divorce. Which of these reasons was NOT a permissible reason for divorce under the previous laws?

Which one of these fast fashion companies reached a huge $100 billion valuation in April?

Todd Boehly’s £4.25 billion takeover of one of these English football clubs was completed in May. Which club was it?

The biggest story in the US in June was the Supreme Court decision to overturn the 1973 Roe v Wade judgement. What is the implication of this latest decision of the Supreme Court?

One of these currencies fell below the dollar for the first time since 2002. Which currency was it? Investors have been concerned about slow decisions by the relevant central bank along with gas supply issues due to the war in Ukraine.

Which one of these retailers sold Footasylum for a £50m loss after the Competition and Markets Authority ordered these companies to split?

Which of these measures was NOT initially announced in Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini budget? 

Elon Musk completed his $44 billion takeover of Twitter in October. Which of these measures was NOT taken by Musk in his first week as owner?

Meta was ordered to unwind its $400 million acquisition of one of these companies in October. Which one was it?

The world's second largest cryptocurrency exchange collapsed in November after a huge scandal about the company emerged. Which exchange was it?

Which one of these measures was NOT announced in Jeremy Hunt's first budget as Chancellor?

In December, one of these tech giants settled a lawsuit over a data breach linked to Cambridge Analytica for $725 million. Which one was it?