Here is this week’s Business News Quiz! You can print off a Word version (with answers and weblinks) and use it with your classes.
- A £963,000 bonus in shares awarded to Stephen Hester from which bank has been strongly criticised?
HSBC ( )
RBS ( )
Natwest ( )
Lloyds TSB ( )
- Which coffee chain has posted a 10% rise in profits for the three months to 1 January 2012, benefiting from new stores and new products?
Gusto ( )
Caffé Nero ( )
Costa Coffee ( )
Starbucks ( ) - Which social networking site has announced plans for a stock market flotation, raising $5bn?
Twitter ( )
Facebook ( )
MySpace ( )
Bebo ( ) - AstraZeneca has announced a further 7,300 job cuts over the next two years as part of a new restructuring programme to save $1.6bn, what industry do they operate in?
Petrol ( )
Clothing ( )
Broadband ( )
Drugs ( ) - Which major US Airline says it will shed 13,000 jobs – around 15% of its workforce?
Delta ( )
US Airways ( )
American Airlines ( )
Alaska Airlines ( ) - Fred Goodwin was stripped of his knighthood this week, which bank did he used to run?
HSBC ( )
Northern Rock ( )
RBS ( )
Lloyds TSB ( ) - Richard Branson stars in his own current Virgin media advert with which other person?
David Beckham ( )
Cheryl Cole ( )
Usain Bolt ( )
David Cameron ( ) - English Premier League football clubs spent how much less in the January transfer window than they did last year, according to Deloitte?
30% ( )
50%( )
70% ( )
80% ( ) - Tesco has seen its share of the UK grocery market dip to what figure for the first time in nearly seven years?
15.9% ( )
19.9% ( )
20.1% ( )
29.9% ( ) - Giant’s Xstrata and Glencore International have announced they are in talks over a possible merger, what do they provide?
Mining & Commodities ( )
Mining & Mobile phones ( )
Comodities & fast food ( )
Mining & Oil ( )
Bonus Question- what is the Unit 4 AQA pre-release based on?
Donna Jestin
Teacher of Business Studies Notre Dame College & Senior Examiner for AQA
