£15,000 TO BE WON IN OUR QUIZ

Prove it by cracking our fiendish Money Mail quiz and you can pocket a nice little nest egg

HERE’S your chance to start 2015 with a bang — win £10,000 with Money Mail’s annual quiz. Britain’s biggest building society, Nationwide, is sponsoring our fiendish financial challenge. A lucky runner-up will bag £5,000. Nationwide, which has more than 15 million members, is one of the country’s leading mortgage lenders. Since April, it has helped nearly 3,000 people every month to buy their first home. The mutual is also a real alternative to banks with its range of current accounts. These include FlexPlus, a packaged account that offers in-credit interest, as well as FlexOne designed for teenagers. All you have to do is answer the 30 multiple-choice questions here set by Tony Hazell. They cover general money knowledge, trivia and major financial matters from the past year. Choose A,B, C, or D and fill out the coupon (below right). So, take your party hat off, put your thinking cap on — and get started . . .

1. Which car did Government minister Steve Webb suggest people might buy with their pension savings? A. Ferrari B. Lamborghini C. Maserati D. Porsche

2. What was special about donkey rides in Blackpool this year? A. Families got a two-for-one deal if it

was raining B. The cost halved from £20 to £10 C. You could pay by contactless card D. There was no charge if you

were over 100

3. The annual savings limit for Isas was raised to how much from July 1, 2014? A. £12,000 B. £13,500 C. £15,000 D. £16,500

4. When was the 50p piece — the world’s first seven-sided coin — first introduced? A. 1958 B. 1961 C. 1969 D. 1972

5. Star fund-manager Neil Woodford stepped down f rom running Invesco Perpetual’s High Income fund in April. A £1,000 investment in the Perpetual High Income fund when he took the reins 26 years ago had grown to how much by April 2014? A. £11,220 B. £19,266 C. £25,349 D. £38,192

6. How frequently does Nationwide say new current accounts are opened with it? A. One every five seconds B. One every 50 seconds C. One every five minutes D. One every 50 minutes

7. ‘My pet goldfish died’ and ‘a runi n with a cow’ were genuine excuses given by customers this year for what? A. A missed credit card repayment B. A late tax form to HMRC C. Non-payment of council tax D. An accidental damage home

insurance claim

8. Who won Money Mail’s Wooden Spoon for worst customer service in 2013? A. British Gas B. BT C. Npower D. HMRC

9. Why do coins have a grooved edge? A. Early coin designers found it

was most favoured by monarchs B. To prevent people from filing them down in order to remove the precious metal C. It’s the cheapest method used

by mints to make them D. It stops them jamming during

the minting process

10. The Serious Fraud Office opened a formal criminal investigation into which supermarket in October, after it overstated its first-half profits by £263 million? A. Aldi B. Asda C. Sainsbury’s D. Tesco

11. At 38, George Osborne was the youngest Chancellor since who? A. Lord Randolph Churchill, father

of Winston B. Nigel Lawson C. Denis Healey D. Benjamin Disraeli

12. Of the following London Tube l i nes, which has the highest average house price, according to Nationwide’s London transport special report published in 2014? A. Bakerloo B. Victoria C. Central D. Piccadilly

13. Which country was the first to use the image of the Queen on a banknote in 1935? A. Canada B. Australia C. The Bahamas D. New Zealand

14. Only one film made more than $1 billion worldwide at the box office this year. Was it . . . A. X-Men: Days Of Future Past B. Transformers: Age Of Extinction C. Interstellar D. Dawn Of The Planet Of

The Apes

15. What is the latest time in the evening that a child can work? A. 7pm B. 8pm C. 8.30pm D. 9pm

16. Wimbledon prize money was first introduced in 1968. The tennis tournament gave £2,000 for the men’s champion, but how much did the ladies’ winner receive? A. £500 B. £750 C. £1,500 D. £2,000

17. Roughly how much of the world’s money is held in physical cash? A. 8 pc B. 25 pc C. 52 pc D. 66 pc

18. How many cars on average does a National Lottery jackpot winner buy for themselves, friends or family? A. Four B. Six C. Seven D. Eight

19. What will be the interest rate before t ax on t he National Savings three-year Pensioners