Bizquiz250211
- 1. The Biz Quiz 25 February 2011 Questions 1. Which product has just been given protection by the European Union? ( )Arbroath smokies ( )Cornish pasties ( )Danish pastries ( )Cheddar cheese 2. Which business is to make a total payout of £500m to 300,000 customers after admitting a promotional error? ( )Thomas Cook ( )Rentokil ( )Burger King ( )Halifax Bank 3. Name the multinational that has agreed to buy Turkish firm Mey Icki for £1.3 billion ( )Diageo ( )Accenture ( )Avensys ( )Aviva 4. Barclays paid £113m in corporation tax in 2009. What proportion of its global profit for 2009 did that represent? ( )17.5% ( )8.9% ( )2.4% ( )21.1% 5. Navigation systems maker TomTom has reported a sharp drop in profits. What is it blaming? ( )Navigation apps on smartphones ( )Production quality issues ( )A decline in the sale of new cars ( )A lost contract to supply Halfords www.tutor2u.net
- 2. 6. The price of Brent crude has recent hit what price per barrel for the first time since September 2008? ( )$25 ( )$110 ( )$2 ( )$50 7. How many members of the BoE Monetary Policy Committee voted for a rise in interest rates in Feb 2011? ( )Three ( )None ( )One ( )No-one knows - it is a secret meeting 8. The CEO of Asda has suggested UK consumers are behaving as though they are in a recession. One example behaviour that he points to is that customers are... ( )Demanding more luxury cakes and ( )Buying more lottery scratch cards biscuits ( )Bulk-buying cleaning detergent ( )Filling their trolleys with organic fruit & veg 9. Thai company SSI has agreed to spend £291m buying? ( )Tata's steel mill at Redcar ( )The Williams F1 team and factory ( )The media rights for the 2011 Royal ( )Juventus FC from President Gadaffi Wedding 10. What has Apple Inc this week refused to reveal on the grounds that it would give competitors an "unfair advantage"? ( )The names of its suppliers in China ( )How much profit it makes on each app download ( )Leadership succession plans ( )The price of the new iPad2 www.tutor2u.net
- 3. Answers 1 Cornish pasties 2 Halifax Bank 3 Diageo 4 2.4% 5 Navigation apps on smartphones 6 $110 7 Three 8 Buying more lottery scratch cards 9 Tata's steel mill at Redcar 10 Leadership succession plans www.tutor2u.net