Secondary Business - News Quiz 03/05/12

Test your students' knowledge of what is happening in the business world with this week's news quiz.

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1. Annual profits at Home Retail Group (HRG) have dropped how much after profits at its Argos chain were hit by weak demand for electrical goods?
   30% ( )
   40% ( )
   60% ( )
   50% ( )
   
2. Total sales at Next rose 1.4% for the 13 weeks to 28 April, what are they saying is the reason for the increase?
   The weather ( )
   The economy ( )
   New store openings ( )
   Online directory shopping ( )
   
3. The UK economy slipped back into recession last week, which other European city also entered recession again after their economy shrank 0.3%?
   France ( )
   Spain ( )
   Germany ( )
   Holland ( )
   
4. Renault-Nissan to take control of Lada-owner Avtovaz, what sort of takeover is this?
   Horizontal ( )
   Vertical ( )
   Conglomerate ( )
   Organic ( )
   
5. Which airline is to cut 3,500 jobs as it seeks to cut its administrative costs by a quarter?
   Iberia ( )
   Virgin America ( )
   Lufthansa ( )
   BMI ( )
   
6. Which supermarkets like-for-like sales, which ignore new store openings, fell 1% in the 3 months to the end of April?
   Morrison’s( )
   Tesco( )
   ASDA ( )
   Sainsbury( )
   
7. Who has been granted an injunction against the distribution of key Microsoft products in Germany?The sales ban covers the Xbox 360 games console, Windows 7 system software, Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player?
   Nokia ( )
   Samsung ( )
   Apple ( )
   Motorola Mobility ( )
   
8. Who was fired from The Apprentice last night, saying that he thinks the other contestants saw him as a 'threat'
   Azhar Siddique ( )
   Tom Gearing ( )
   Adam Corbally ( )
   Ricky Martin ( )
   
9. Samsung will put the rumours and alleged leaks about its next product to rest when it unveils what in London later today?
   TV ( )
   Galaxy phone ( )
   Tablet computer ( )
   Laptop ( )
   
10. NHS and WHO have joined forces in an attempt to increase the number of organs being donated?
    MySpace ( )
    Tesco ( )
    Facebook ( )
    Local councils ( ) 

Donna Jestin

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