Current Affairs Quiz #8

Current Affairs Quiz #8

Test your knowledge on the latest business and economics news from around the globe…

1. Which US company is considering a USD17bn (HKD131.6bn) takeover bid for Cadbury’s?

2. Which Japanese car maker produces the USA’s most fuel efficient vehicles?

3. What will be opening in Universal Studios, Orlando next Spring?

4. With over USD60 billion of debt, which UAE government said in a statement that it has requested to delay debt repayments having been hit hard by the global credit crunch and recession?

5. With approximately 30% market share, BYD is the world’s largest maker of what?

6. Which BRIC economy (Brazil, Russia, India and China) has cut interest rates from 9.5% to 9%, a record low (the ninth time its central bank has cut rates since April 2009)?

7. Which Japanese car maker uses the slogan ‘The Power of Dreams’?

8. Which Chinese car maker uses the slogan ‘Build Your Dreams’?

9. Having sold over 400 million books worldwide, who is Joanne Murray?

10. Which federation, consisting of seven states, celebrates its National Day on 2nd December?

11. ICICI is India’s largest what?

Answers

Hershey, Honda, Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Dubai, Mobile phone batteries, Russia, Honda, BYD, a.k.a. JK Rowling, United Arab Emirates, Private sector bank