Cash Quiz
1. What number in Bingo is 'Open Two Doors'?
44
2. Which British comedian said "Money can't buy you friends but you get a better class of enemy"?
Spike Milligan
3. What currency is used in Denmark?
Kroner
4. How much has supermodel Heidi Klum reportedly insured her legs for?
£2 million pounds
5. Where would you go to spend your Rupees?
India
6. Which country does not have the euro as its currency - Switzerland, Italy, Ireland or France?
Switzerland
7. Where would you go to spend your kips?
Laos
8. The COLOUR OF MONEY was a sequel to which film?
The Hustler
9. A Premium Bond bought in 1966 would be worth how much in real terms today?
9p
10. In which nursery rhyme was the king in his counting house counting out his money?
Sing a Song of Sixpence
11. In what 1972 film about a large Italian family does the line ''And the promise is the deal is so good, we can’t refuse'’ appear?
The Godfather
12. What does GDP stand for?
Gross domestic product
13. The exchange rate for foreign-exchange transactions which are being done immediately is called what?
Spot rate
14. Which solo artist sang IT AIN’T THE MONEY?
Macy Gray
15. What, before Euroland, was the currency in The Netherlands?
Guilder
16. What did Cyrus McCormick invent that revolutionised the retail industry?
Hire purchase
17. Who sang the immortal line 'Get your money for nothing'?
Mark Knopfler
18. Where in the world would you spend your drams?
Armenia
19. How much is the basic retirement pension for a single person?
£82.05
20. Which actor paid £30,000.01 for the Big Brother purple diary room chair in 2000?
Alan Davies
21. The collection of funds which a cheque is drawn on, and the payment of those funds to the bearer is called what?
Clearing
22. What is a FTSE 100 index tracker?
A fund that invests in all of the FTSE 100 companies in order to follow the index's movements
23. When did the first premium bond draw take place?
June 1 1957
24. What is a sector fund?
A mutual fund that invests in the stocks of a particular industry
25. National Insurance Contributions are payable by employees between what ages?
16 and 65 for men or 16 and 60 for women
26. What is a blue-chip company?
A company which is considered to be sound and likely to produce solid financial returns
27. When applying for a loan what does the accronym AER mean?
Annual Equivalent Rate
28. A formal opinion by the Stamp Office as to the amount of stamp duty due is called a what?
Adjudication
29. How did Ken Livingstone earn the £150,000 he failed to declare to Parliament?
After-dinner speaking
30. How much unpaid parental leave is an employee with more than 1 year's service entitled to take to care for their child?
13 weeks
31. A contractual clause which stipulates who should pay for certain items is called a what?
Charges clause
32. What is a tracker fund?
A unit trust linked to the movements of the Stock Exchange
33. To Take the King's Shilling meant to what?
To enlist in the Army or Royal Navy
34. What does APR stand for?
Annual Percentage Rate
35. What sort of couple faces an average bill of over £13,000, according to recent Norwich Union research?
A divorcing couple
36. What is an officer of the court called who can take and sell a debtor's goods to get money to pay the debtor's debts?
Bailiff
37. What does OPRA stand for?
Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority
38. What is the commission earned by stockbrokers called?
Brokerage
39. What is the term used for primitive forms of currencies?
Shell Money
40. Who created the comic characters "Loadsamoney" and "Bugger all Money"?
Harry Enfield
Tiebreaker - How much did Sharon Osbourne admit to spending on plastic surgery?
£120,000

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