Posted by geemiz | Posted in Trivias & Biographies | Posted on 31-01-2011
Tags: Accounting Trivia, Philippine Accounting Trivias
I have been a big fan of trivia’s and fan facts so I have decided why learn the fan facts of my chosen profession accounting.
I have gathered several accounting trivia’s and the more I read them the more eager I am to look for more. So I am bringing this to a higher level. I will collect more accounting trivia’s all over the Globe.
Here are some of the Accounting trivia’s that I am really fond of reading and I am proud of.
– Did you know that DR and CR are abbreviation for Debit register and Credit register?
– Before Robert Downey the very first actor who played the role Sherlock Holmes was an accountant at
Samuelson’s Royal Film Agency.
– The movie “The Apostle” would not be possible if not because of the advice of Robert Duvall’s
accountant.
– “The Spanish Prisoner” movie has featured a portrait of the father of accounting Luca Pacioli.
– New York and the year 1896 are especial to every accountant because it is in this City and year where
in the first CPA exam has taken place.
– The home of the Accounting Hall of Fame is the Ohio State University which honors prominent
contribution to the accounting profession.
– What profession aside from accounting is mentioned in the Bible? Yes you have understood it right;
accounting is mentioned in Luke 14:28 and it says “For which one of you, when he wants to build a
tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?”
– Almost 1,400 of the special agents of the FBI where accountants.
– Some of the Fortune 500 Chairs are Accountants.
– The person who has invented the bubble gum is an accountant.
These are just the few accounting fan facts to be proud of.
