Banking
What accounts for most of the profit for retail (consumer) banks?
--> fees
--> credit card interest
--> interest from loans
--> investment income
interest from loans (65-70%)
Who consumes the most coffee per year per person?
* USA * Sweden
* Finland * Austria
Finland 13kg/year
What is the best-selling branded board game of all time? (excluding chess and checkers, non-branded games)
Monopoly
Top grossing films in US 2025:
Superman
Jurassic World: Rebirth
A Minecraft Movie
How to Train Your Dragon
Superman 3
Jurassic World: Rebirth 4
#1 A Minecraft Movie
How to Train Your Dragon 9
The highest recorded price ($450 mil) was for this famous work:
How many banks were in the USA in the year 1800?
--> 3
--> 30
--> 300
--> 3000
30
by the 1920's -- 30,000 banks
Which had the highest inflation rate in 2025?
* Zimbabwe * Iran
* Venezuela * South Sudan
Venezuela 225%
Maine has the 2nd most islands of any state at 1900. Which state is #1 with over 2600 islands?
Alaska
Which actor famously said, "Show me the money" in the movie Jerry Maguire?
-Harrison Ford
-Tom Cruise
-Keanna Reaves
-Ryan Reynolds
Tom Cruise
Salvador Dali was famously seen with what animal on a leash in Paris in 1969?
anteater
The first formal bank is thought to have been started in 1157 in this city:
--> Venice, Italy
--> London, England
--> Constantinople, Turkey
--> Cairo, Egypt
Venice, Italy
World's top producer of tea:
* India * China
* Turkey * Vietnam
China
Which country still uses its own currency rather than the euro?
-Germany
-Italy
-Switzerland
-Bulgaria
Switzerland
In the movie “Slumdog Millionaire,” what game show does the main character appear on?
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
According to TheFlags.com, which has the highest number of visual artists per capita?
-Sweden -Iceland
-New Zealand -Austria
Iceland
The type of loan that contributed to the 2008 financial crisis was unofficially called:
--> MOM
--> POP
--> NINJA
--> FAKE
NINJA
no income, no job, no assets
yes it really happened
Which is NOT a top 5 world economy?
Germany Japan
France United Kingdom
Brazil is 10th
Walton
What is the name of the bank in the Harry Potter series?
Gringotts
Which world event included art competitions from 1912 to 1948?
Summer Olympics
Which is the largest US bank by assets?
--> Capital One
--> Bank of America
--> TD Bank
--> JP Morgan Chase
#1 JP Morgan Chase
--> Capital One 9th
--> Bank of America 2nd
--> TD Bank 8th
--> JP Morgan Chase
Who leads the world in personal savings rate at nearly 34%?
Spain Switzerland
South Korea Sweden
South Korea
What happened on the morning of March 30, 1971 in Seattle, Washington?
First cup of Starbuck's coffee served
Netflix was founded in 1997. In what year did they first show a profit?
* 2001 *2015
* 2007 *1999
2007
Profits from the sale of art (as an investor, not as the artist) are taxed most similarly to:
- ordinary income from work
- real estate gains
- stock gains
- lottery winnings
stock gains (capital gains tax)