The BBC 2009 global financial quiz
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Here's a fun little quiz from the BBC about financial market events and economic developments around the world that probably wouldn't be mentioned here if I hadn't just gotten 10 out of 10. I suppose you could go back and fix your answers (like on some DMV tests) in order to get a perfect score, but that's not what was done to generate this congratulatory message:
It's a good thing question #11 wasn't, "Who's Robert Preston?" because I haven't a clue.
The ten multiple choice questions are as follows:
- Which country introduced a car scrappage scheme in January that went on to become the biggest scheme in the world?
- The price of US light crude oil hit its lowest level of the year on 12 February, but what was the price?
- Which UK company, which ran some of the best-known fashion retailers on the High Street, went into administration in March?
- Which country unveiled in April its third major economic stimulus package since the onset of the financial crisis worth $150bn (£94bn)?
- Which two well-known European carmakers announced in May they had agreed to merge?
- Which US carmaking giant filed for bankruptcy on 1 June?
- Eurozone unemployment hit a 10-year high in July, but which country had the highest unemployment rate?
- Figures released in August showed that which two major economies exited recession between April and June?
- Which country passed a provisional banking code in September that limits bonuses to no more than 100% of a banker's annual salary?
- In October, which country became the first G20 nation to raise its interest rates since the onset of the financial crisis?
- Which US food giant made a hostile bid of $16.4bn (£9.8bn) for UK confectioner Cadbury in November?
- The price of gold hit its highest level on record in December, but what was the price?
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UPDATE - 12/31/09 9:45 AM PST
Uh... There are 12 questions, not 10. Nevermind that stuff above about perfection...
5 comments:
I got eight right.
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My Quiz Result:
"Are you an economist - right half of the time?!"
Ummm... 8 of 12 is greater than half... perhaps it is the BBC that is the "economist"?
Silly me. I thought there were only 10 questions. Oh well... Ten out of 12 is still a B which, as I recall, is good.
It seems I missed #3 and #9, both of which sound like trick questions to me...
Yeah, I screwed up on #'s
2 (oil price - forgot),
3 (I wouldn't have known otherwise),
4 (lost track) and
11 (didn't care, but thought it was Hershey's for some reason)
It's a good thing question #11 wasn't, "Who's Robert Preston?" because I haven't a clue.
You should try reading his blog!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/robertpeston/
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