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Can you name the largest U.S. public company bankruptcy filings (1980 - Present)? Enter a company in the box below Correctly named companies will show up in the table below Answers do not have to be guessed in order Source: bankruptcydata.com This quiz was contributed by ItsNickk at the Sporcle Facebook page. You have 4 minutes to guess after you click the button below.	Search: Popular trivia games today First Hit Song 20941 Eponymous Movies 15297 Super Bowl Losing QBs 5885 US Government Last Five 4378 Ends in 'gue' 4065 U.S. States 2944 And more...
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Date	Company	Type
9/15/08		Investment Bank
9/26/08		Savings & Loan Holding Co.
7/21/02		Telecommunications
6/1/09		Car Manufacturer
12/2/01		Energy Trading, Natural Gas
12/17/02		Financial Services Holding Co.
4/30/09		Car Manufacturer
5/1/09		Residential Mortgage Lending Company
4/6/01		Electricity & Natural Gas
4/12/87		Petroleum & Petrochemicals
9/9/88		Financial Services & Savings and Loans
10/17/05		Brokerage Services
7/31/08		Bank Holding Company
1/28/02		Telecommunications Carrier

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	Tchaikovsky08:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 08:21 GMT	14 points
	2008, 2008, 2008, 2009, 2009, 2009 ... depressing

	Cheeseknight:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 08:34 GMT	-1 points
	Circuit City?

	DirtyKash:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 08:36 GMT	0 points
	R.I.P. GM

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	kmzh:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 08:38 GMT	5 points
	Circuit City was small fish compared to these.

	kmzh:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 08:38 GMT	11 points
	@GeoExpert Iceland is a U.S. company?

	Chuck:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 08:41 GMT	2 points
	Somehow I think Texaco recovered. With their billions in profits, I hope they at least paid the $$$ back.

	oldkent:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 08:55 GMT	3 points
	great time for this quiz may i a add

	capncokenojoke:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 08:56 GMT	-2 points
	i was broke on this quiz

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	bean:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 09:16 GMT	13 points
	I wouldn't mind having them put in chronological order

	fatbeard:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 09:27 GMT	0 points
	this is so sad...

	alexielrieth:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 09:43 GMT	0 points
	Really shows you the state of our economy with all but 2 being this decade, and 6 being in the last 2 years.

	leob:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 10:00 GMT	3 points
	PGE should be accepted for Pacific Gas and Electric.

	JoeGrzzly:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 14:27 GMT	-3 points
	That's a bit of dark humor that Chrysler and GM are most guessed. Are there any talks of Ford joining this list?

	procrstinologist:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 14:39 GMT	-2 points
	I agree with bean- it would be more organized if it were in chronological order

	wolverine:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 18:18 GMT	1 point
	I believe the list is sorted from largest bankruptcy to smallest. On quizzes that use terms like largest and smallest, it makes sense they are ordered as such, not alphabetically.

	GPB:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 19:36 GMT	1 point
	In line with Wolverine's comment, can we get a purported value before bankruptcy? I just think it would be interesting to see the damage done.

	GeoExpert:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 19:38 GMT	-3 points
	I apologize. I did not realize it said "U.S. Public Companies" at the top. My bad.

	Jack:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 20:17 GMT	2 points
	Surprised to see that they didn't include any airlines

	Skydog:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 21:21 GMT	0 points
	Very Sad Seeing All These Shut Down, But hey that's what happens in a competitive world. :)

	eln77:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 21:21 GMT	1 point
	Remember the good old days, when we were all shocked that a huge company like Enron could fold in a cloud of mismanagement and scandal? Enron is positively quaint compared to the giants that have fallen since.

	micah:	Jun 4th, 2009 at 00:23 GMT	1 point
	@Jack: Me too. If you follow the link, apparently the highest-listed airline bankruptcy is United, in 20th place.

	guyleguy:	Jun 4th, 2009 at 00:31 GMT	1 point
	alexielrieth: "GM, don't believe in yourself! Believe in the me that believes in you!"

	danzam:	Jun 4th, 2009 at 00:33 GMT	1 point
	surprised K-Mart wasn't on the list.

	aweis:	Jun 4th, 2009 at 01:33 GMT	1 point
	what about bear sterns? "one of the largest global investment banks and securities trading and brokerage firms prior to its sudden collapse and distress sale to JPMorgan Chase in March 2008" according to wikipedia. Since they sold it, does it not count? I just remember it being in the news every day a couple months ago.

	the99:	Jun 4th, 2009 at 05:24 GMT	0 points
	Really fun quiz to take. 8/10

	Hope:	Jun 4th, 2009 at 06:22 GMT	3 points
	I doubt Ford will join this list. It seems they are doing okay. They are doing their best to stay out of the problems GM and Chrysler had.

	Sockmonkey:	Jun 6th, 2009 at 01:00 GMT	1 point
	aweis - yes, Bear was sold without going through bankruptcy.

	JoeGrzzly:	Jun 6th, 2009 at 05:20 GMT	0 points
	Ironic that a Financial Services & Savings and Loans business filed for bankruptcy.

	icing:	Nov 13th, 2009 at 08:19 GMT	1 point
	Hey this is interesting ... this list corresponds almost exactly to "Companies Whose CEOs (and executive management) Should Rot in Prison"!