Everyone's favorite plagiarizer strikes again. A question from this week's QuizNet match <a href=http://www.qunlimited.com/quiznet1.html target=new>http://www.qunlimited.com/quiznet1.html</a> >>The original was founded in Paris in 1852, but it collapsed in 1869 because of excessive speculation. Its American namesake was founded in 1859 as the Pennsylvania Fiscal Agency, which was bought and renamed in 1864 the by Union Pacific Railroad. Name this scandal-ridden company accused of bribing officials in the Grant Administration." (Ans. -- Credit Mobilier) << And what do we find in a Penn Bowl semifinal from 1993? <a href=http://www.stanford.edu/group/CollegeBowl/Archive/penn93/penn93_sf1.txt target=new>http://www.stanford.edu/group/CollegeBowl/Archive/penn93/penn93_sf1.txt</a> >>12. The original was founded in Paris in 1852, but it collapsed in 1869 because of excessive speculation. Its American namesake was founded in 1859 as the Pennsylvania Fiscal Agency, which was bought and renamed in 1864 by the Union Pacific Railroad. FTP, name this scandal-ridden company accused of bribing officials in the Grant Administartion. A: Credit Mobilier of America. << Expose the fraud. --M.W.
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