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Eli Lilly Trivia Questions

How much do you really know about Eli Lilly? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

Eli Lilly is a privately held company, having never traded on a public stock exchange.

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Easy
✗ FALSE

Eli Lilly is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker LLY and has been since 1952.

2.

Eli Lilly’s headquarters are located in Indianapolis, Indiana, where the company was founded in 1876.

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Easy
✓ TRUE

Founded by Colonel Eli Lilly, the company remains headquartered in Indianapolis, a source of local pride and economic impact.

3.

Eli Lilly developed the first commercially available insulin in 1923.

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They partnered with the University of Toronto to mass-produce Iletin, the world’s first commercial insulin, saving millions of lives.

4.

Eli Lilly invented the first oral contraceptive, Enovid, in 1960.

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Medium
✗ FALSE

Enovid was developed and marketed by G.D. Searle & Company, not Eli Lilly. Lilly entered the birth control market later with different products.

5.

Eli Lilly’s drug Cialis was originally tested as a treatment for high blood pressure.

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✓ TRUE

Cialis (tadalafil) was initially studied for cardiovascular conditions before its erectile dysfunction and pulmonary hypertension uses were discovered.

6.

Eli Lilly is the only company to have developed drugs for all four major global health pandemics of the 21st century.

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Hard
✗ FALSE

While they contributed to COVID-19 treatments, they did not develop drugs for HIV/AIDS, H1N1, or Ebola as a primary pandemic responder.

7.

Eli Lilly once owned a subsidiary that manufactured a popular brand of marshmallows.

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Hard
✓ TRUE

Lilly owned the Eli Lilly and Company subsidiary that produced the marshmallow-like candy known as 'Marshmallow Peeps' in the 1950s.

8.

Eli Lilly’s blockbuster drug Zyprexa was originally developed to treat malaria.

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Hard
✗ FALSE

Zyprexa is an antipsychotic for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, not a malaria drug. That myth likely confuses it with quinine.

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