Secondary Business - Business Quiz 02/02/2012

Here is this week's Business News Quiz! You can print off a Word version (with answers and weblinks) and use it with your classes.

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1. A £963,000 bonus in shares awarded to Stephen Hester from which bank has been strongly criticised?
   HSBC ( )              
   RBS ( )               
   Natwest ( )            
   Lloyds TSB ( )
   
   
2. Which coffee chain has posted a 10% rise in profits for the three months to 1 January 2012, benefiting from new stores and new products?
   Gusto ( )                
   Caffé Nero ( )            
   Costa Coffee ( )            
   Starbucks ( )
   
   
3. Which social networking site has announced plans for a stock market flotation, raising $5bn?
   Twitter ( )             
   Facebook ( )            
   MySpace ( )            
   Bebo ( )
   
   
4. AstraZeneca has announced a further 7,300 job cuts over the next two years as part of a new restructuring programme to save $1.6bn, what industry do they operate in?
   Petrol ( )                
   Clothing ( )             
   Broadband ( )            
   Drugs ( )
   
   
5. Which major US Airline says it will shed 13,000 jobs - around 15% of its workforce?
   Delta ( )               
   US Airways ( )            
   American Airlines ( )        
   Alaska Airlines ( )
   
   
6. Fred Goodwin was stripped of his knighthood this week, which bank did he used to run?
   HSBC ( )                
   Northern Rock ( )           
   RBS ( )                
   Lloyds TSB ( )
   
   
7. Richard Branson stars in his own current Virgin media advert with which other person?
   David Beckham ( )            
   Cheryl Cole ( )           
   Usain Bolt ( )           
   David Cameron ( )
   
   
8. English Premier League football clubs spent how much less in the January transfer window than they did last year, according to Deloitte?
   30% ( )                
   50%( )                
   70% ( )                
   80% ( )    
   
   
9. Tesco has seen its share of the UK grocery market dip to what figure for the first time in nearly seven years?
   15.9% ( )                
   19.9% ( )            
   20.1% ( )              
   29.9% ( )
   
   
10. Giant’s Xstrata and Glencore International have announced they are in talks over a possible merger, what do they provide?
    Mining & Commodities ( )        
    Mining & Mobile phones ( )        
    Comodities & fast food ( )        
    Mining & Oil ( )

Bonus Question- what is the Unit 4 AQA pre-release based on?

Donna Jestin

Teacher of Business Studies Notre Dame College & Senior Examiner for AQA