Guardian business Christmas quiz 2020

Do you know your Tesla from your Arcadia? Then test your 2020 business knowledge here with our annual quiz …
  
  

Christmas decorations at Selfridges department store
Christmas decorations at Selfridges department store Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

  1. Which famous US singer helped fund the development of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine with a $1m donation?

    1. Miley Cyrus

    2. Snoop Dogg

    3. Dolly Parton

  2. FILE PHOTO: Weekly cabinet meeting at Downing Street in London<br>FILE PHOTO: Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak arrives for a cabinet meeting, the first since mid-March because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, at Downing Street in London, Britain, July 21, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/File Photo

    Rishi Sunak grabbed the headlines in July after the Treasury released photographs of the chancellor preparing for his summer economic update, with something expensive on his desk. What was it?

    1. A bronze bust of Margaret Thatcher

    2. A Byron burger takeaway

    3. A “smart mug” costing £180

  3. A number of household names have killed off long-running catalogues this year but which retailer will still be printing its traditional shopping guide in 2021?

    1. Argos

    2. Next

    3. Ikea

  4. The coronavirus pandemic has plunged Britain’s economy into one of the deepest recessions in history, with a decline in gross domestic product (GDP) of 11.3% forecast for this year. When did the economy last shrink by more?

    1. 1709 - The Great Frost

    2. 1815 - End of the Napoleonic wars

    3. 1918 - End of the first world war

  5. FILE PHOTO: The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Southend-on-Sea<br>FILE PHOTO: A sign reading "Closed until further notice" is seen on the door of a pub, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Southend-on-Sea, Britain, March 29, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley/File Photo

    How much beer was pubs forced to pour down the drain due to coronavirus restrictions, according to the British Beer & Pubs Association?

    1. 70m pints

    2. 70m barrels

    3. 70 Olympic-sized swimming pools

  6. Matthew Moulding, the founder of the Hut Group, will receive one of the biggest UK corporate payouts in history, after the online retail technology company listed in September. What was the Hut Group's first successful line of business?

    1. Selling makeup to teenagers

    2. Selling cheap tax-free CDs from Guernsey

    3. Delivering books from Moulding's garage

  7. Elon Musk

    Tesla entrepreneur Elon Musk said the brain of which animal had been implanted with a computer chip, as part of his Neuralink venture?

    1. Harriet the sheep

    2. Gertrude the pig

    3. Frances the rat

  8. FILES-US-AVIATION-ACCIDENT-BOEING<br>(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 27, 2019, employees work on Boeing 737 MAX airplanes at the Boeing Renton Factory in Renton, Washington. - Boeing employees bantered about whether the 737 MAX was safe to fly and joked that the aircraft was "designed by clowns who in turn are supervised by monkeys," according to emails released late Thursday. "Would you put your family on a MAX simulator trained aircraft? I wouldn't," a Boeing employee wrote to a colleague in one newly-released exchange conducted about eight months before the first of two fatal MAX crashes. "No," the colleague answered. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP) (Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)

    Leaked internal emails between employees working on the Boeing 737 Max said the aircraft had been designed by:

    1. Rocket scientists

    2. Clowns

    3. A team of former pilots

  9. Where does the UK's richest person live?

    1. Buckingham Palace

    2. One Hyde Park

    3. Monaco

  10. Which boss described their company’s workers as “the new rock stars”?

    1. David Potts, chief executive of Morrisons

    2. Pascal Soriot, chief executive of AstraZeneca

    3. Will Shu, chief executive of Deliveroo

  11. Fieldwork Robotics robot will be field-tested at Heathlands Farm

    Why are cauliflowers hard to harvest for robots, according to the Plymouth University spin-out Fieldwork Robotics, which is developing a robot picker?

    1. The leaves that curl up over the head make it much harder for a robot to determine the ripeness

    2. Cauliflowers are too big to grip for normal robot arms

    3. Cauliflowers are firmly stuck in the ground and hard to extract

  12. Regina nine-pack toilet rolls have an RRP of £2.49. In March, an eBay seller was selling dozens of the packs at what price?

    1. £10.99

    2. £12.99

    3. £23.99

  13. In September a Scottish investment firm was revealed as having made £13bn from the shares of which company?

    1. Zoom

    2. Tesla

    3. Ocado

  14. Between April and June, at the height of the first lockdown, the number of people claiming on their car insurance fell, but by how much, according to the Association of British Insurers?

    1. 6%

    2. 28%

    3. 48%

  15. Which British day trader was sentenced to one year of home incarceration in January, returning him to the childhood home in Hounslow where his crimes were committed and where he lives with his parents?

    1. Navinder Singh Sarao

    2. Kweku Adoboli

    3. Nick Leeson

  16. Who made millions of dollars when the music label Big Hit Entertainment floated on the stock market?

    1. Actor and investor Ashton Kutcher

    2. K-pop band BTS

    3. “Sage of Omaha” Warren Buffett

  17. Judy Shelton

    What does Judy Shelton, Donald Trump’s nominee for the Federal Reserve, want to reintroduce in America?

    1. The Gold Standard

    2. The “Eagle” $10 gold coin

    3. Snake eagles

  18. FILE PHOTO: 2020 World Economic Forum in Davos<br>FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as Director-General of World Trade Organization Roberto Azevedo looks on during a news conference at the 50th World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

    What climate initiative did Donald Trump support at Davos this year?

    1. Rolling out 1m electric charging points

    2. Installing 1bn solar panels

    3. Planting 1tn trees

  19. Which British heritage firm returned to profit in its 2020 half-year results after several years of losses, thanks to renewed interest in their products during lockdown?

    1. Fashion brand Mulberry

    2. Toymaker Hornby

    3. Carmaker Aston Martin

  20. Consumers trying to take advantage of Christmas deals temporarily crashed a company’s website in November – whose was it?

    1. Boohoo

    2. Naked Wines

    3. Aldi

  21. Alcohol free Guinness<br>Handout photo of the launch of Guinness' new alcohol free version of its famed stout, following a four year endeavour to replicate the taste of the original black stuff. The Irish brewer says Guinness 0.0 is a response to a growing consumer appetite for non-alcohol, lower-calorie beverages. PA Photo. Picture date: Thursday October 22, 2020. See PA story IRISH Guinness. Photo credit should read: Andres Poveda/Guinness/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

    Drinks giant Diageo recalled its alcohol-free Guinness 0.0 in November, just two weeks after launch in the UK, because:

    1. It contained alcohol

    2. There were design faults with the ringpull

    3. There was evidence of contamination and the possible presence of mould

  22. Sir Jony Ive, the lead designer of the iPhone, iPad and iMac, left Apple last year. With which company is he now collaborating?

    1. Ikea

    2. Dyson

    3. Airbnb

  23. Children hands play with colorful lego blocks on white table.<br>MHG61G Children hands play with colorful lego blocks on white table.

    Lego said its plans to start phasing out single-use plastic bags used to package loose bricks in boxes from early next year had been accelerated due to pressure from whom?

    1. Sir David Attenborough

    2. Lego’s millions of young fans across the world

    3. Prince George and Princess Charlotte

  24. This year’s final of Great British Bake Off proved the biggest ratings winner for Channel 4 for 35 years. What show, aired in 1985, was bigger?

    1. A Woman of Substance

    2. The finale of MASH

    3. Brookside

  25. Who has made the most money since the start of the coronavirus pandemic?

    1. Amazon’s Jeff Bezos

    2. Tesla’s Elon Musk

    3. Microsoft’s Bill Gates

Solutions

1:C, 2:C, 3:B, 4:A, 5:A, 6:B, 7:B, 8:B, 9:C - Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the UK’s richest person and high-profile Brexiter, officially changed his tax domicile from Hampshire to Monaco in September, 10:A, 11:A, 12:B, 13:B, 14:C, 15:A, 16:B, 17:A, 18:C, 19:B, 20:B, 21:C, 22:C, 23:B, 24:A, 25:B

Scores

  1. 21 and above.

    Wow! With thinking that fast, you'll be richer than Elon Musk soon

  2. 12 and above.

    Not bad! You're charging ahead faster than a Tesla Model S

  3. 6 and above.

    You’re not really trying – maybe you need a drive to test your eyesight

  4. 0 and above.

    Have you been self-isolating all year? Your score is unhealthier than Boris Johnson’s cabinet

 

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