Money Quiz | Test Your Cash Knowledge
20-question money challenge
I hope you’re ready for another quality quiz to kick off the week! Tonight, I’m talking money, aka dosh, cash, wampum, moolah, quid, loot… so many words for the same thing. Which one’s your fave? (Mine’s cash, cold hard cash, btw. 😀) Okay, let’s get stuck in and see if you end up minted with points, no cash alternative, I’m afraid! 💸
Tap to reveal the answer and see how you did!
Warming Up 💰
Q1: Let’s start easy… You spot a chocolate bar for €3.89 and hand over a €10 note. How much change jingles back into your pocket? €6.11 🍫💶 om nom nom!
Q2: Way before coins or notes, people swapped stuff the old-school way. What was this ancient trading system called? Barter 🤝
Q3: Cue the Hollywood moment… “Show me the money!” Who shouted this in the 1996 film Jerry Maguire? Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding Jr.) 🎬
Q4: Monopoly time! You pass “Go”, how much cash lands in your hands this round? €200 / 200 in your currency 💵
Q5: Cockney rhyming slang alert! If someone mentions “bread and honey,” what are they really talking about? Money 🍞🍯
Wallet opened! Coins counted, brain warmed up… 💸
In the Zone 💳
Q6: Pop quiz: which Swedish group sang “Money, Money, Money” back in 1976, dreaming of that rich life? ABBA 🎶
Q7: What’s the highest euro banknote currently floating around? €500 💶
Q8: Time-travel question… which country first dreamed up paper money? China 🏮
Q9: Let’s cross the pond, which US president graces the $1 bill? George Washington 🇺🇸
Q10: Jetting off to Thailand, what’s the local currency called? Baht (฿) 🇹🇭
Q11: Fashion moment: A jumper costs €80, but it’s 25% off today. How much do you actually pay at the till? €60 🧥💸
Q12: Wall Street superstition: there’s a bronze bull that’s said to bring wealth if you rub its horns. What’s the bull called? The Charging Bull 🐂
Q13: Nature meets finance… which small, shiny sea objects were once used as money across Africa, Asia, and the Pacific? Shells (Cowry shells to be specific) 🐚
Cash is flowing! You’re cruising through coins like a pro 🏦
Pressure’s On 🏦
Q14: Quick language twist, what’s the Spanish word for money? Dinero 💵🇪🇸
Q15: Digital gold! Created in 2009, what was the first decentralised cryptocurrency? Bitcoin ₿💻
Q16: Global money spotlight: which currency is the most widely used in the world? US Dollar 💵🌎
Q17: Coin nerds unite! What’s the fancy name for the study and collection of coins and currency? Numismatics 🪙
Q18: Stock exchange history: where did the world’s first one open in 1602? Amsterdam, The Netherlands 🇳🇱
Q19: Dickensian finance! Which character declared, “Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen, six, result happiness”? Mr Micawber, See list - David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
You’ve weathered the financial storm… one last vault awaits 🔐
Dynamite 🌶️
Q20: No soft loans here, which kingdom minted the world’s very first coins? Lydia in modern-day Turkey 🪙
Check your score
All 20 answers revealed? Let’s see how your money smarts stack up…
17–20: Cash Kingpin 👑💰
You’re rolling in points, no counterfeit knowledge here!
10–16: Savvy Spender 💳💡
A solid showing! You’ve balanced the books and kept things in the black.
0–9: Piggybank Beginner 🐷💵
Don’t worry, even a penny saved is a penny earned. Keep at it!
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