Book of Lists an essential directory

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Call it the Columbia area’s big business directory.

The State’s annual Book of Lists highlights the companies and locations making a mark in the Midlands.

You will see who has the most employees, square footage, rooms, students, deposits, billings and beds.

- The State

Link: Go to the complete Book of Lists

But you will learn a lot more by reading the lists closely.

Here’s a quiz to check on the details you will find inside some of what we compiled. (The answers are below.):

1. Which meeting space has the tallest ceiling?

2. Which law firm does work for Verizon, Bank of America and Honda?

3. What is the biggest locally headquartered bank based on deposits?

4. What does the Midlands’ largest foreign-owned operation make?5. What field includes three of the region’s top four employers? 6. How many local offices does the largest real estate agency have?7. Which of Columbia’s two largest private schools charges the highest top-level tuition?

8. Which credit union granted the most loans last year?

9. Which office building charges the most expensive rent?

10. What do three of the five largest manufacturers produce?

11. What’s the annual budget of the area’s two biggest hospitals?

12. Which architecture firm worked on the new USC baseball stadium?

13. Which home builder had the greatest permit value last year?

14. Which shopping center has the most parking spaces?

15. Which of the largest hotels have the least expensive and most expensive nightly corporate rates?

16. Which staffing service places the most workers each week?

17. Which bank has the most local branches?

18. Which ad agency has worked with the WWE?

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