E: 05/01 win £25,000 (£20,000 & £5,000)

Matryoshka

Well done everybody :T

We are missing 10, 11 and 12. Not bad, not bad at all :T:T

dandm1

Really struggling with:
11) Greece’s debt crisis has made headlines this year. If its €340billion debt were divided between every Greek citizen, approximately how much would each person owe?

A. £13,000 B. £23,000 C. £33,000 D. £43,000

I managed to find the population statistics here: http://gogreece.about.com/cs/practicalinfo/a/fastfactsgreece.htm But none of them work :S. Any ideas anyone?!

puzzymunkle

12 is A 5 shillings

http://www.squidoo.com/christmascarol

Matryoshka

puzzymunkle wrote: »

12 is A 5 shillings

http://www.squidoo.com/christmascarol

Thank you. Just 10 and 11 for a full house

puzzymunkle

i think 11 is B £23000

divided €340billion with 11,319,048 population http://www.google.co.uk/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&met_y=sp_pop_totl&idim=country:GRC&dl=en&hl=en&q=greece+population

converted euros to £'s and got £25,053.278 so nearest answer is B £23000 with fluctuating currencies

Can someone try and check that please?

sassy165

Don't know the answer to 10 (or 11) but it seems to me that all the alternatives are far more than George Osborne is worth


Thank everyone who managed to find the answers and thank you for posting this comp :A

puzzymunkle

just question 10 then????

Matryoshka

Matryoshka wrote: »

10) Coalition ministers agreed to be paid 5 per cent less than their predecessors. So, how much is Chancellor George Osborne now paid, including his MP’s salary?

A. £127,575 B. £134,565 C. £165,375 D. £175,230

All these links points to £134,565 but not sure

http://www.google.co.uk/#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&source=hp&q=The+Deputy+Prime+Minister%2C+who+earns+%C2%A3134565+and+is+married&pbx=1&oq=The+Deputy+Prime+Minister%2C+who+earns+%C2%A3134565+and+is+married&aq=f&aqi=&aql=1&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=16087l16087l0l16587l1l1l0l0l0l0l118l118l0.1l1l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=321d20eaa7f76234&biw=853&bih=483

dandm1

10) Coalition ministers agreed to be paid 5 per cent less than their predecessors. So, how much is Chancellor George Osborne now paid, including his MP’s salary?

A. £127,575 B. £134,565 C. £165,375 D. £175,230

I think the answer is B from here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/7719739/Coalition-Government-David-Cameron-announces-pay-cut-for-ministers.html

For Mr Cameron, the cut means he will receive a salary of £142,500 - £7,500 less than the £150,000 Gordon Brown was receiving when he left office.
The salaries for other Cabinet ministers will be cut from £141,647 to £134,565, while the pay for a junior minister in the Commons will be reduced from £94,142 to £89,435.

I presume he counts as "other cabinet minsters"?

lizd31

dandm1 wrote: »

Really struggling with:
11) Greece’s debt crisis has made headlines this year. If its €340billion debt were divided between every Greek citizen, approximately how much would each person owe?

A. £13,000 B. £23,000 C. £33,000 D. £43,000

I managed to find the population statistics here: http://gogreece.about.com/cs/practicalinfo/a/fastfactsgreece.htm But none of them work :S. Any ideas anyone?!

I've found various sources & from all my calculations they're all around the 33,000 mark but not 100% sure

edit - whoops just seen it's in £s while my calculations were in euros so it would work out at about £25,000