Black Friday

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Black Friday

Black Friday begins the day after which holiday?

1. Memorial Day
2. Christmas
3. Halloween
4. Thanksgiving

The term Black Friday originated in what U.S. city?

1. Miami
2. Los Angeles
3. New York
4. Philadelphia

Police officers in Philadelphia were first to link Black Friday to the post-Thanksgiving period in the 1950s. Large crowds of tourists and shoppers came to the city the day after Thanksgiving for the Army-Navy football game, creating chaos, traffic jams and shoplifting opportunities. Police officers in the city weren't able to take the day off work and instead had to work long shifts to control the carnage, coining the phrase Black Friday to refer to it.

Why is Black Friday black?

1. Retailers become profitable
2. Shoppers end up black and blue
3. The weather is usually bad
4. It drives some stores out of business

Black Friday represents the point in the year when retailers begin to turn a profit, thus going from being "in the red" to being "in the black"

Which retailer is the most dangerous place to shop on Black Friday?

1. Target
2. Walmart
3. Dollar General
4. Costco

The most violence seems to occur at Walmart (57.1 percent of Black Friday incidents) leading to the Twitter hashtag each year #Walmartfights.

What did some merchants try to rename Black Friday?

1. Bad Friday
2. Blue Friday
3. Big Friday
4. Best Friday

As the name spread throughout Philadelphia in the 1950s, some of the city's merchants disliked the negative connotations and unsuccessfully tried to change it to "Big Friday".

What was the first department store to advertise a post-Thanksgiving sale?

1. Sears
2. J.C. Penny
3. Kohl's
4. Macy's

The department store Macy's was the first to advertise post-Thanksgiving shopping in 1924, during their Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York.

What percent of Black Friday shoppers later regret their purchases?

1. 52%
2. 63%
3. 32%
4. 19%

What is the going rate for hiring someone to wait in line for you on Black Friday?

1. 20$/hour
2. 35$/hour
3. 50$/hour
4. 15$/hour

What is the Monday after Black Friday called?

1. Super Monday
2. Manic Monday
3. Cyber Monday
4. Discount Monday

What year did the term Black Friday first appear in The New York Times?

1. 1965
2. 1995
3. 1975
4. 1985

How many countries besides the U.S. have some form of Black Friday?

1. 2
2. 20
3. 10
4. 15

Are all the shops open at the same time?

1. No, they are not allowed to be open at the same time as their neighbour.
2. Yes, they are required by law to be open all week.
3. No, some are open all week while some wait with opening until 12 a.m.
4. Yes, because they want to be open at the same time as their competitors.

What do people fight over?

1. Things they both want to purchase.
2. Nothing, people are usually in a good mood during Black Friday.
3. Over who enters a store first when it opens
4. Over who can park their car in the spots closest to the shops.