Quiz of the year
1 Which two supermarkets announced shock plans for a mega-merger in April?
A) Aldi and Lidl
B) Tesco and Morrisons
C) Sainsbury’s and Asda
2 US cable giant Comcast beat Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox in a bitter takeover battle for satellite firm Sky in September. But how much was Comcast’s winning bid?
A) £300million
B) £30billion
C) £300billion
3 What was Britain’s best-selling car?
A) Ford Fiesta
B) Nissan Qashqai
C) VW Golf
4 Still on motors, what’s the world’s best selling car of all time?
A) VW Beetle
B) Mini
C) Toyota Corolla
5 The world’s richest one per cent of people saw their combined wealth rise by how much last year?
A) £6billion
B) £600billion
C) £6trillion
6 Which star designer this year announced they were creating a children’s clothing range based on characters from the Beano and Dandy comics?
A) Victoria Beckham
B) Stella McCartney
C) Vivienne Westwood
7 Which pub company announced it was ditching French champagne this year because of Brexit?
A) Greene King
B) JD Wetherspoon
C) Mitchells & Butlers
8 What does EBITDA mean in company accounts?
A) Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization
B) Easily Behind In Targets Designed Annually
C) Earnings Before Interest Tax Debts and Averages
9 In what month did the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee raise its base rate to 0.75%?
A) April
B) May
C) August
10 Who, according to this year’s Sunday Times Rich List, is Britain’s richest person?
A) Sir Jim Ratcliffe
B) The Queen
C) Sir James Dyson
11 This year saw Whitbread announce a deal to sell its Costa Coffee arm to soft drinks giant Coca Cola for £3.9billion. But how much did it buy the business for in 1995?
A) £19million
B) £190million
C) £1.9billion
12 What does LISA stand for in financial services?
A) Lost Interest Should Amount
B) Lifetime Individual Savings Account
C) Longer Interest Savings Account
13 A slump in Facebook’s share price in July saw how much wiped off founder Mark Zuckerberg’s stake in one day?
A) £12million
B) £120million
C) £12billion
14 The Royal Mail’s new chief executive Rico Back sparked controversy by continuing to commute to work from his home in where?
A) France
B) Spain
C) Switzerland
15 Fast food chain Domino’s Pizza had one of its biggest days of the year on Saturday, September 29, when Europe headed for victory over the US in golf’s Ryder Cup competition. How many pizzas did it sell on the day?
A) 500,000
B) 50,000
C) 5,000