The monday night economics pub quiz

After a brief spell on the sidelines the monday night economics pub quiz is back in its fourth installment. prepare to rack your brains to the limit!

1) Which English cricket ground recently got renamed as the Ageas bowl in a sponsorship deal with the insurance company?
a) Trent bridge                    b) Rose bowl                     c) New road

2) Who announcd that they had recorded the biggest profits of any Western bank in 2011?
a) Barcalays                        b) HSBC                            c) Lloyds

3) Vodafones chief executive recently slammed phone regulators for saying they were slowing the development of 4g by forcing down prices. But what is his name?
a) Richard Branson             b) Majorie Scardino          c) Vittorio Colao

4) How much did the UK's GDP fall by in the last three months of 2011?
a) 0.2%                                b) 0.4%                              c) 3.6%

5)  In an effort to cut down on organised crime the US government has freezed the financial assets of two groups. The yamaguchi-guma yazuka and...
a) Brothers circle                 b) Mafia                            c) Triads

Tough? Or are you a bonefied economics buff? Lets find out the answers are below...

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