The Boxing Day Economics Pub Quiz

In this special Christmas edition of the quiz, test yourself on the latest economical news as well as a few more 'Christmassy' based questions.

   
1)      Which Prime minister/President recently appointed an ex-Lehman executive as his economy minister?

a)      Mariano Rajoy           b)    Barack Obama           c)     Helle Thorning-Schmidt       

      2)      Which British lingerie company entered administration last week?

a)      Bella Lingerie             b)    Ultimo                        c)    La Senza

      3)      How much did British Airways pay to purchase BMI, the airline company?

a)      $134.6million             b)    £195million                c)    £172.5million

      4)      Roughly how many fake Christmas trees were sold in the UK this year?

a)      10million                    b)    5million                      c)    30million

      5)      How much higher are sales expected to be in December 2011 than any other month of this year?

a)      5%                            b)   30-40%                      c)    50%

How do you think you did? Well you can find out the answers are below.

Answers: 1-a, 2-c, 3-c, 4-b, 5-b