Current Affairs Quiz #2

So how much does the world’s most expensive dessert cost?! What is the latest unemployment rate in the world’s largest economy? Why is Ferrari in the news, for the wrong reasons? Take this week’s current affairs quiz to find out…

1. What is the price of the world’s most expensive dessert (a chocolate sundae): £16; £162; £1,612 or £16,120?

2. What is the new proposed hourly minimum wage for workers in Hong Kong?

3. Which country does not celebrate its National Day on 8th September: North Korea, Andorra, Macedonia or India?

4. In the USA, what increased by 54,000 in August?

5. Name the oil company that claims the cost of its Gulf of Mexico oil spill has risen to $8bn.

6. Which fast food chain has been sold to private equity firm 3G Capital for $3.26bn?

7. What is the name of Apple’s social networking business?

8. Which car maker has recalled 1,200 supercars due to fires from the engine?

9. South Africa’s fourth largest bank, Nedbank, has been bought out by which banking giant?

10. What is the latest unemployment rate for the world’s largest economy, the US: 8.6%, 9.6% or 10.6%?

11. Where will the 2010 Commonwealth Games be held?

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Answers

1. £16,120!
2. $29 (or £2.41, so that’s 6,680 hours – or 2 years worth of work – for one of those desserts!)
3. India (26th Jan)
4. Job losses / unemployment
5. BP
6. Burger King
7. Ping
8. Ferrari
9. HSBC
10. 9.6%
11. Delhi (India)