Current Affairs Quiz - 20th Jan 2010

So which airline saw an 81% drop in its share price in one day, and has now filed for bankruptcy? And who has bought Swedish car maker Volvo? Here’s this week’s CAQ…

Current Affairs Quiz – 18th Jan 2010

1. According to The Business Insider, how many pages per month does the average Facebook user view on the social networking website: 62, 162, 362, 662?

2. According to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), how much is the snow storm in the UK costing British businesses each day: £6m, £60m or £600m?

3. Share in which troubled airline fell by 81%, wiping out US$900m in its market valuation, in a single day due to bankruptcy fears?

4. Which car maker is set to sell Volvo to China’s Geely Group?

5. India’s Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry claims that Indian firms are losing productivity because office staff spend too long on which website?

6. USA President Obama has outlined a levy of US$117bn (HKD907bn) on which industry?

7. What Indian car maker announced a rise of 84% in sales of vehicles from a year earlier?

8. Sales of Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles increased by 33% last year. Jaguar and Land Rover are both subsidiaries of which company?

9. Which company has launched the bendable 19” e-book screen, which could bring newspapers and magazines to life?

10. Which of the following airlines is not based in Asia: Tiger, TAM, Sabah or Kingfisher?

11. Which Korean company is the world’s leading producer of air conditioners and front-loading washing machines?

Q4 - China’s Geely Group is to buy Volvo

Answers

1. 662 (about 22 pages a day!)
2. £600m!
3. JAL
4. Ford
5. Facebook
6. Banking/Finance
7. Tata Motors
8. Tata Motors
9. LG Group
10. TAM (Brazil and Latin America) – Tiger (Singapore); Sabah (Malaysia) and Kingfisher (India)
11. LG Group