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Facts about Accounting that are interesting and possibly not well known #QCAAyr11accounting
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1
Before numbering systems were devised, record keeping was possibly done on what material?
Animal hides
Stone tablets
Clay slabs
Leaves
2
Who said: "One should not go to sleep at night until the debits equal the credits"?
Leonardo da Vinci
Luca Pacioli
Al Capone
3
The FBI employs lots of accountants. True or false?
False
True
4
The first written information that can be traced was by an accountant. His name was?
Kushim
Marco Polo
Columbus
Pacioli
5
Accountants spend about 1700 hours counting ballots for the Oscars by hand. True or False?
False
True
6
Why was Al Capone jailed?
Not having a gun licence
Income tax evasion
Murder
Bootlegging (illegal supply of alcohol)
7
Mick Jagger, Janet Jackson, John Grisham and William Shakespeare all studied accountancy.
One of these did NOT study accountancy
False, none studied accountancy
Two out of four mentioned studied accountancy
True, all studied accountancy
8
The development of a system of writing is linked to Accounting. True or False?
True
False
9
An accountant is credited with creating which one of these items?
Plastic
Cupcakes
Bubblegum
Whiteout
10
Quantum computing will facilitate financial transactions
unable to be defrauded.
True or False?
False
True
