January 10, 2013
Are You Smarter than a Stock Professional?
The end of 2012 marked many things (remember the fiscal cliff?), and among them was the conclusion of the year’s NASPP Question of the Week Contest. For those of you who are asking “What’s the Question of the Week Contest?”, it’s a weekly quiz challenge designed for stock plan professionals to test their know-how in a variety of areas, while competing against their peers. There’s a new question each week, and a correct answer earns points.
And the Winners Are…
A big congrats to screen name alias edodge for coming out on top of our 2012 contest, with a score of 410. The screen names of the top 5 scorers are:
- edodge (410 points)
- mamaandmore (400 points)
- Flower power121 (395 points)
- DMekwunye (370 points)
- CEP 1001 (365 points)
What’s in a Name?
In reviewing the scores from last year’s challenge, I couldn’t help but observe the originality of some of the screen names users are deploying in our contest. It seems nothing was off limits, from the range of “equity” and “stock” possibilities (Equidude, StockPrincess, Stockmonster, Stock Diva and so on) to a few that would probably require a happy hour and some time to explain. Some of my favorite screen names are:
- Cabanaboy
- honey badger don’t care
- InCaseIFlunk
- Stockless in Seattle
- Guido
- RU Crazy
- Emily’s Tutu
I’m not suggesting that I understand what any of these screen names mean, but they did bring a smile or a laugh.
Play, Outwit, Outlast!
Are you missing out on the fun? Can out outwit your fellow stock plan professionals in a contest? We’ve just reset scores and this week’s challenge starts a whole new contest, so this is the perfect time for NASPP members to sign up, create your screen alias and jump into the Question of the Week Contest. We leave all of January’s questions active for the entire month, so you have plenty of time to complete the first quizzes of the new game. Answers to the quizzes are found within any of the content on our web site, so if you don’t know one right off the bat, you can search our site. It’s a great way to test and hone your knowledge, week after week!
Stump Your Peers
If you really want to take the game to a new level, our Stump Your Peers feature allows you to submit your own question and answer for one of the weekly quizzes. You’ll get the credit, and, you can still take the quiz that week, giving you the advantage (since you’ll know the answer).
Membership
The weekly quizzes are only available to NASPP members, so renew or join today!
Best of luck to everyone in 2013.
-Jennifer