Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:
1) What are the three longest running Broadway shows?

2) Which denominations of currency are in use (as of 1969)?

3) Name the three corporations to have the largest revenues in 2009 (according to Fortune Magazine).

4) Name the seven people whose portraits are on seven denominations of U.S. currency.

Answers:

1) Phantom of the Opera is number one, with over 9,300 performances, Cats, with nearly 7,500 performances, and Les Miserables, with nearly 6,700 performances.

2) Currently printed denominations are $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100. Notes above the $100 denomination ceased being printed in 1946 and were officially withdrawn from circulation in 1969. These notes were used primarily in inter-bank transactions or by organized crime; it was the latter usage that prompted President Richard Nixon to issue an executive order in 1969 halting their use.

3) In order, they are: Royal Dutch Shell (Shell Oil), with $458.4 billion, Exxon, with $442.9 billion, and Wal-Mart, with $405.6 billion.

4) $1 - George Washington, $1.00; Thomas Jefferson, $2.00; Abraham Lincoln, $5.00; Alexander Hamilton, $10.00; Andrew Jackson, $20.00; Ulysses Grant, $50.00; Benjamin Franklin, $100.00.