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Generali's XII days of Christmas Quiz (part 4)

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  • michaels
    michaels Posts: 29,548 Forumite
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    Sadly at least half of my 'sensible' guess have turned out to be wrong. The field I am in they ask questions like 'How many Tea bags were sold in the UK' at interview and you are not expected to know the answer.
    sss555s wrote: »
    Michaels looks like he knows what he is talking about. d!
    I think....
  • oldvicar
    oldvicar Posts: 1,088 Forumite
    Generali wrote: »
    6 zeros is a million
    9 zeros is a billion
    12 zeros is a trillion
    15 zeros is a quadrillion
    18 zeros is a quintillion
    21 zeros is a sextillion

    and so on.

    So the below answers are in billions.

    To put it into context, to spend £40,000,000,000, that would be about £2 a day since the dinosaurs died out.


    That's what I thought. But although less fashionable now another traditional way of counting (especially for money) is apparently:
    6 zeros is a million
    9 zeros is a milliard
    12 zeros is a billion
    15 zeros is a billiard
    18 zeros is a trillion
    21 zeros is (unthinkable)
  • treliac
    treliac Posts: 4,524 Forumite
    michaels wrote: »
    The field I am in they ask questions like 'How many Tea bags were sold in the UK' at interview and you are not expected to know the answer.


    Goodness, So how do you score well on such a question?
  • sss555s
    sss555s Posts: 3,175 Forumite
    The numbers we are talking about "these days" are as close to "space numbers" as i care to imagine. What next?
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    oldvicar wrote: »
    That's what I thought. But although less fashionable now another traditional way of counting (especially for money) is apparently:
    6 zeros is a million
    9 zeros is a milliard
    12 zeros is a billion
    15 zeros is a billiard
    18 zeros is a trillion
    21 zeros is (unthinkable)

    That's called the 'long-form' and is still used in most of the world. Certainly the French still use it.
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    Quotes of the year.

    a. What drug means, "Your face will melt off and your children will weep over your exploded body"?
    b. Who said, "I have been coddled long enough by a billionaire-friendly Congress"?
    c. Who said, "We are the 99%"?
    d. Whose speech to the TUC Conference was described as, "real...excessive risk taking"?

    Answers and more questions to follow.
  • treliac
    treliac Posts: 4,524 Forumite
    Generali wrote: »
    Quotes of the year.

    a. What drug means, "Your face will melt off and your children will weep over your exploded body"?
    b. Who said, "I have been coddled long enough by a billionaire-friendly Congress"?
    c. Who said, "We are the 99%"?
    d. Whose speech to the TUC Conference was described as, "real...excessive risk taking"?

    Answers and more questions to follow.

    This is like a pub quiz, only a good deal more difficult......
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    treliac wrote: »
    This is like a pub quiz, only a good deal more difficult......

    The first 3 quotes should be pretty easy. I agree the quiz is probably too hard. If I do one next year I'll make it easier.
  • treliac
    treliac Posts: 4,524 Forumite
    Generali wrote: »
    The first 3 quotes should be pretty easy. I agree the quiz is probably too hard. If I do one next year I'll make it easier.

    Okay, so that last one was Mervyn King. Then it's back to the drawing board. :)
  • treliac
    treliac Posts: 4,524 Forumite
    treliac wrote: »
    Okay, so that last one was Mervyn King. Then it's back to the drawing board. :)

    And I'll stop Googling now.
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