High five for 75 -- quiz #2.

Go to www.irem.org/75thContest to answer this quiz online. You'll find all of the answers in this issue of JPM.

1 An unexpected benefit of the Great Depression was the transition of mortgage holders from mortgages to ______. This actually helped accelerate the development of formal management standards.

A Landlords

B Institutes

C Tenants

D Owners

E None of the above

2 Serving in the war in Italy, Frederick Wayland discovered that his ______ was instrumental in his assignment to become a staff member at the Fifth Army's Senior Officers' Rest Hotel overlooking Lake Maggiore in the Italian Alps:

A Professional experience

B CPM certification

C IREM membership card

D His judicious and militarily-correct use of the term "bepapered"

E None of the above

3 True or False: More than 85 CPM Members served in the military overseas during World War II.

A True

B False

4 JPM was late in March and June, 1945. Specifically, the lateness was due to:

A Paper and printing wartime shortages

B Lost production schedules and timeliness

C Staff working in wartime "Rosie the Riveter-type jobs"

D Staff cutbacks

E All of the above

5 In the 1940s, there was great alarm that the National Debt had risen to:

A $18 million

B $200 Million

C There was none--the US had a surplus

D $43 billion

E $100 billion

6 Which of these was NOT a significant milestone of the 1940s?

A African Americans were formally granted the right to vote by the Supreme Court

B First IBM personal computer was developed

C Center of the western art world shifted from Paris to New York

D First skyscraper was constructed

E None of the above

7 Changes planned for JPM included:

A A complete redesign

B Pictures

C Illustrations

D "Punchier" articles

E All of the above

8 When JPM quoted "The shock of the sudden stop has passed, and we have started climbing the hill again," it was referring to:

A The commercial building boom that suddenly stopped just after the war

B The end of World War II and the shock of troops returning home

C The end of the Great Depression and the slow recovery at hand

D All of the above

9 Another shocking development in real estate management techniques was when the Institute sponsored a(n) ______ competition:

A "IREM GI of the Year"

B "High Five for 45" Quiz and Sweepstakes

C Advertising

D Clean building

E Bepapering

10 One IREM Member thrilled a crowd of Japanese women by introducing them to:

A CPM certification

B Western movie magazines

C A bunch of single GI's

D The automatic washing machine

E Coca-Cola

11 The ad by Yardi, an IREM 75th Anniversary Diamond Sponsor, features a client profile. Who is the subject of the profile in this issue of JPM?

A Roto-Rooter

B Cushman & Wakefield

C Madonna

D None of the above

12 Which advertiser encourages property managers to "do the math" to decide which is the best solution for a specific property-related problem?

A Roto-Rooter

B Wood Concepts

C Duro-Last Roof

13 IREM proudly welcomes a new 75th Anniversary Platinum Sponsor. That sponsor is:

A Dunkin Donuts

B Realtors[R] Commercial Alliance & National Association of Realtors[R]

C Real Management Company, Inc.

D None of the above

14 How does advertiser Wood Concepts help your property make a great first impression?

A Solid Surface Signage

B PVC Signage

C Double-Column Mounted Signage

D All of the above

15 Roto-Rooter always has amusing ads--what is the theme this month?

A We Take Plumbing Problems Off Your Back.

B Big Problem? Small Problem?

C If Your Buildings Could Talk ...

D ... and away go troubles down the drain? Roto-Rooter!

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