Test Your Skills!

The following is a test on common and uncommon knowledge questions about currencies around the world. Write all your answers down and then see the list of answers bellow to check your Wall Street-smarts.

1) Who's face is featured on the front of a United States one dollar bill?
A. George Washington
B. Abraham Lincoln
C. Henry Ford
D. Thomas Edison

2) What is the value of the largest United States bill ever created?
Hint: It was only printed for twenty two days and never entered public circulation
A. $1,000
B. $10,000
C. $50,000
D. $100,000

3) What does "GDP" abbreviate in economics?
A. Good Dealer's Program
B. Good Deficit Production
C. Gross Domestic Product
D. Gross Donation Profits

4) Is it better to have a low credit score or a high one?
A. High
B. Low
C. Doesn't matter
D. What's a credit score?

5) What was the first year that the US Department of Treasury first issue paper notes?
A. 1790
B. 1901
C. 1827
D. 1862

6) On the back of a $100 US bill what is the approximate time on the Independence Hall clock?
A. 12:30
B. 7:15
C. 4:10
D. 2:15

7) What are United States bills made of?
A. 25 percent linen and 75 percent cotton
B. 10 percent cotton and 90 percent linen
C. 25 percent silk 75 percent linen
D. 50 percent silk 50 percent flax

8) Who is the richest person alive in the world as of March, 2012.
A. Bill Gates
B. Warren Buffet
C. Carlos Slim Helu
D. Chris O'Brien

9) One dollar bills make up about how much of the US paper notes printed?
A. 28%
B. 75%
C. 36%
D. 48%

Answer Key:
1)A  2)D  3)C  4)A  5)D
6)C  7)A  8)C  9)D