Czech Money
American Money
Banking
Finance
Slang
100

This Czech king and the first Czech-born Holy Roman Emperor is on the 100 Kc banknote. 

Charles IV/Karel IV

100

Donald Trump wants to get rid of the penny. Two part question: how much is a penny worth? and what color is a penny?

A penny is worth 1 cent ($0.01) and its color is copper/brown 

100
When you put money into a bank account it is called a .... When you take money out of a bank account it is called a ....

deposit/withdrawal

100

All of the money a business makes is called its revenue. All of the money a business spends to make its revenue is called its costs. Revenue - costs = ?

Profit

100

A slang word for American money that goes back to colonial times when deer skins were used as form of currency. 

Bucks (10 Bucks = $10.00)

200

Only important people show up on the money in each country. On the Czech 200Kc banknote is Jan Amos Komensky. What is he famous for?

He is known as the "teacher" of Europe for creating the modern education system in the 17th century, still used throughout Europe 

200

This president, who said “that these dead shall not have died in vain– that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth”, appears on the 5 dollar banknote and on the penny. 

Abraham Lincoln

200

This type of loan from a bank is used to buy a home, apartment or other real estate and typically lasts for 10, 20, or even 30 years. 

Mortgage

200

The Dow Jones is New York, the FTSE in London, the NIKKEI in Tokyo are all ...

These are places where people buy and sell .... 

stock market / stocks or shares

200

If cows got paid, surely they would talk about all the ________ they were making.

Moolah

300

The largest banknote in Czech Republic is the 5000Kc. Which President appears on this bill?

T.G. Massaryk

300

This founding father, who never served as President or Vice-president, appears on the $100 bill and gave rise to the expression "It's all about the Benjamins". 

Ben Franklin

300

A loan consists of two parts: the money you originally borrowed and the extra money you must pay for borrowing the original amount (usually expressed as a percentage). What are these called?

The principle and Interest

300

The government will sell these in order to raise money to pay for things today, and promises to pay back the original amount plus interest at a later day (usually 1, 5, 10, or 20 years later). 

bond / savings bond / treasury bond

300

Another slang word for money in English has a close connection to bread. I make a ton of money = I make a ton of .... 

Dough

400

The writer Bozena Nemcova, who wrote the famous Czech novel Grandmother, is on which banknote?

500 Kc


400

This man appears on the $10 banknote. While also not a President, he was the United States' first Secretary of the Treasury, and recently had a musical written about him. 

Alexander Hamilton

400

When you take out or spend more money that you have in your account, the bank will charge you this extra fee, what is it?

Overdraft fee

400

A new form of currency that is completely electronic and exists on a technology platform called a block chain. 

Cryptocurrency

400

This onomatopoeia is always associated with money. It's the sound an old-fashioned cash register would make, and it signals that one has just made some money.

Cha-ching

500

On the 1000Kc banknote you will see the face of a writer who was part of the Czech nationalist movement in the 19th century and who has a square named after him along the river Vltava in Prague. 

Palacky (Palackeho namesti)

500

This man, who appears on the $50 banknote, was the Commanding General of the Union Armies during the Civil War and later became President for two terms. He was born in Ohio.

U.S. Grant (Ulysses S. Grant)

500

On a bank's balance sheet, anything of value that makes the bank money is called a ... and anything that loses the bank money is called a ....

Asset / Liability

500

When a person or a business no longer makes enough money to pay his/her/its creditors, that person or business must declare .... to protect it from its creditors, giving it more time to pay them back. 

Bankruptcy
500

This word refers to flashy and expensive jewelry and accessories.

Bling

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