The Biz Quiz - 17 February 2008

Questions

1. The Competition Commission has just published its long-awaited report into:

( )Why there is only one Competition ( )Grocery retailing

Commission

( )Banking charges ( )Mobile phone charges

2. The right to publish the world's bestselling copyright book has just been sold for £60m. What is
the book?

( )The Guinness Book of Records ( )The Anglican Bible

( )The Kama Sutra ( )The Highway Code

3. The first newsreader to earn a salary of £1m a year starts work this week. Who is he/she?

( )Natasha Kaplinsky ( )Kate Garraway

( )Andrew Castle ( )Trevor McDonald

4. Rupert Murdoch's News International has entered the battle to acquire:

( )MySpace ( )Bebo

( )Yahoo ( )FHM magazine

5. People who flew long-haul with British Airways or Virgin Atlantic between 11 August 2004 and
23 March 2006 will be eligible for:

( )10,000 free air miles ( )A refund of a price surcharge

( )A free flight to Dubai ( )Free meals on their next flight

6. Which club has retained the title of the richest football club in the world?

( )Cheltenham Town ( )Real Madrid

( )Manchester United ( )Chelsea

7. Why will low-cost airline Ryanair shut down its website for three days in late February 2008?

( )In protest against new European legislation ( )To test an experiment with telesales only

( )To upgrade its reservations systems ( )Because all of its flights in March 2008 are
now full

8. The government is planning to impose more taxes on rich foreigners who are known as:

( )"Free-loaders" ( )"Tom-Toms"

( )"Non-doms" ( )"Russian Exiles"

9. Road haulage operators have urged the Chancellor of the Exchequer not to:

( )Fund a new runway at Heathrow ( )Raise fuel taxes

( )Increase interest rates ( )Impose a congestion charge on vans and

lorries in UK cities

10. Polaroid has announced that it is to stop producing...

( )television adverts; from now-on it will only ( )cameras for export to China
advertise online

( )the film for its instant cameras ( )photocopiers

Answers

1 Grocery retailing

2 The Guinness Book of Records

3 Natasha Kaplinsky

4 Yahoo

5 A refund of a price surcharge

6 Real Madrid

7 To upgrade its reservations systems

8 "Non-doms"

9 Raise fuel taxes

10 the film for its instant cameras