Get down to business with our quiz of the year

Test your knowledge with these multiple choice teasers – the first instalment of our three-part festive brain twister

1 Bakery chain Greggs’ shares dipped 1pc on the day it released a Christmas nativity with baby Jesus replaced with what?

A: Steak bake

B: Sausage roll

C: Mince pie

2

How did Tesla chief Elon Musk describe the electric truck his company unveiled?

A: Trucking amazing

B: A space-age monster

C: An unreal beast

3

AA shares crashed 14pc when boss Bob Mckenzie was fired in the summer – but why did he go?

A: He was caught getting his car repaired by rival breakdown service RAC

B: A drunken punch-up with a colleague

C: Using an AA van as a company car

4

When Rolls-royce paid a record £671m penalty to settle bribery and corruption claims in January, how did Lord Justice Leveson describe what went on inside the engine maker?

A: Most serious breaches of criminal law

B: Truly vast, corrupt payments C: Egregious criminality

5

Ex-defence secretary Sir Michael Fallon said what was a factor in BAE Systems failing to land an order for Typhoon fighters from Saudi Arabia? A: MPS criticising Saudi Arabia’s human rights record

B: The fighters can’t fly in dusty conditions

C: American rivals offering better jets

6

TV presenter Noel Edmonds tried to settle his £300m legal claim against Lloyds Banking Group related to the collapse of his entertainment company for £10m. What did the bank say?

A: Deal

B: No deal

C: The banker wants to talk to you

7of

Lloyd Blankfein, the chief executive Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs, has tweeted 30 times this year. How many times has he directly or indirectly had a dig at Brexit?

A: Three times

B: Five times

C: Eight times

8

The FTSE 250 firm Genus locked horns with rivals in court this year in an effort to break a US monopoly. What product does Genus sell?

A: Sexed bull semen

B: Brass instruments

C: Synthetic reindeer heads 9 Which FTSE 100 boss linked fleetingly with a move to an Israeli rival said it would “break my heart” to leave the company?

A: Carolyn Mccall

B: Pascal Soriot

C: Rakesh Kapoor

10

Dignity’s share price fell 7pc in November after it warned of increasing competition in the funeral market.

But which of these is a genuine funeral start-up? A: Dead Cheap Funerals B: Comparethecoffin.com C: Reaper

11

Rupert Murdoch insisted he wasn’t “retreating” after selling a vast swathe of his media empire to Disney in a $60bn blockbuster deal in December. Which of these did he NOT sell to the entertainment giant?

A: The National Geographic channel B: A 39pc stake in British broadcaster Sky Plc

C: Fox News 12 Those living in the countryside have long complained about the state of Britain’s rural broadband services.

But what did the residents of Templeton, Devon, do this year to protest?

A: Repeatedly prank call BT boss Gavin Patterson in the middle of the night

B: Burn an effigy of a BT Openreach engineer’s van

C: Climb London’s BT Tower and unfurl a rude banner 13 Which classic British clothing brand will soon be made by billionaire industrialist Jim Ratcliffe? A: Burberry trench coats

B: Belstaff biker jackets C: Barbour waterproof jackets 14 Into which renewable energy source has BP invested £200m to form a new British company?

A: Wind, through Windsource BP B: Waste, through Wastesource BP C: Solar, with Lightsource BP

15

Which car did Royal Dutch Shell boss Ben van Beurden plan to buy this year?

A: Ineos’s reboot of the Land Rover Defender

B: The Mercedes-benz S500e

C: The Tesla Model S

16

Water companies admitted this year that their engineers use which scientifically debunked tools? A: Divining pendulums

B: Dowsing rods

C: Rune stones

17

Prominent Brexiteer and JD Wetherspoon founder Tim Martin has criticised what he calls “misinformation” about the upward effects on food prices of leaving the EU. How much does he think the cost of meals in his pubs could drop by?

A: 10p

B: 3.5p

C: 7.5p

18

Domino’s Pizza secured a record 200,000 online orders in one day – equivalent to 140 a minute – in 2017. But which TV show helped spur sales? A: The Great British Bake Off B: Masterchef

C: Strictly Come Dancing

19

US brewing giant Molson Coors had to abandon a new brand name after it emerged it was already in use by a UK group of real ale enthusiasts.

But what was the name?

A: The Brewhaha Club

B: The Brewtus Clan

C: Dead Brewer’s Society