Unleash Your Intelligence: Quizzes on Finance, Geography, and Sports Trivia

1. Are You Smarter Than a Bank Treasurer?

2. 10 Under which administration was the National Banking Act passed? • Woodrow Wilson • George Washington • Franklin Roosevelt • Abraham Lincoln

3. 10 Where is Mount Kilimanjaro? • Africa • Alaska • France • Asia • South America

4. 10 Who was the first Treasurer of the United States of America? • Thomas Jefferson • Benjamin Franklin • James Madison • Alexander Hamilton

5. 10 Who was the 1983 Women’s Wimbledon Champion? • Steffi Graf • Marina Navratilova • Tracy Austin • Billie Jean King

6. 10 The vice-chairman of the Federal Reserve Board is: • Randall Kroszner • Donald Kohn • John C. Dugan • Timothy Geithner

7. 10 What kind of tree is an evergreen? • Broadleaf • Tropical • Coniferous • None of the above

8. 10 The chairman of the FDIC is: • Sheila Bair • Alice Goodman • Sandra Thompson • Sally Krawcheck

9. 10 Which animal must constantly move to stay alive? • Sloth • Shark • Spider • Octopus

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11. 10 Citibank, was first chartered in • 1798 • 1812 • 1813 • 1824

12. 10 The next total eclipse of the moon will be: • Tonight, Feb 14th • Feb 20th • Feb 25th • Feb 29th

13. 10 In the current Fed easing cycle, how many times has the Fed eased so far? • 5 times • 9 times • 3 times • 7 times • 225 times

14. 10 Which icon of baseball was known as “The Yankee Clipper”? • Babe Ruth • Roger Maris • Hank Aaron • Joe DiMaggio

15. 10 Who performed during Halftime at Super Bowl XLII? • Janet Jackson • Sting • Paul McCartney • Tom Petty

16. 10 In which century was the Minuet a popular dance? • 16th • 17th • 18th • 19th

17. 10 If a golfer scores a 2 on a par 4 hole, what is that called? • Double Eagle • Birdie • Double Bogey • Eagle

18. 10 Who is the Head US Rates Trader for Citigroup? • Mike Schumacher • Tom Maheras • Brendan Lavelle • Bob Jaskolski

19. 10 What is the world’s biggest natural lake? • Lake Victoria • Lake Superior • Caspian Sea • April Sea

20. 10 The next meeting of the FOMC is • March 17th • March 18th • March 19th • March 20th

21. 10 For which animal does the male of species carry the young until they are independent? • Kangaroo • Koala • Sea Horse • Whale

22. 10 The comptroller of the currency is • Kurt Wilhelm • John C. Dugan • Ben Bernanke • Sheila Bair

23. 10 Which was not a dynasty of China? • Zhow • Han • Shang • Valois

24. 10 What do the letters CDO most commonly refer to in financial markets? • Collateralized Debtor Options • Continuously Defaulting Originators • Citigroup Debt Offerings • Collateralized Debt Obligations

25. 10 What shape is our galaxy, the Milky Way? • Elliptic • Spiral • Circular • Trangular • Square

26. 10 Which of the following has 20% Risk Weighting for Capital Reserve requirements? • AA rated Agency CMO • US Treasury Notes • A rated Bank Trust Preferreds • Bank Holding Co. Common Stocks

27. 10 Which are not cold-blooded animals? • Reptiles • Fish • Amphibians • Birds

28. 10 Basel 2 is mandatory for internationally active banks with at least • $100B in total assets, or $1B in foreign exposure • $200B in total assets, or $5B in foreign exposure • $250B in total assets, or $10B in foreign exposure • $250B in total assets, or $5B in foreign exposure

29. 10 Who is currently the leading candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination? • Barak Obama • John McCain • Hillary Clinton • Mike Huckabee

30. 10 How many tons are in a gross? • 100 • 36 • 144 • 32

31. 10 Which Broadway play is based on a great novel? • Miss Saigon • Les Miserables • Cats • Phantom of the Opera

32. 10 The reserve requirement for eurocurrency liabilities is: • 5% • 0% • 10% • What’s a Euro

33. 10 In which style of art are objects shown as geometric shapes? • Impressionism • Fauvism • Cubism • Realism

34. 10 All of the following are cities where Federal Reserve Banks have headquarters or branches, except • Detroit • Minneapolis • Denver • Milwaukee

35. 10 The term “surplus surplus” refers to the: • Tier 1 capital surplus above the regulatory minimum • Surplus reserves a bank keeps with its reserve bank over minimum requirements • The surplus funds held by a clearinghouse to cover losses from a defaulting member • Capital surplus over state law included in undivided profits

36. 10 In a classic orchestra configuration, where are the first violins relative to the conductor’s podium if you are facing the orchestra? • Rear • Left • Right • Center

37. 10 The low closing yield on the 2yr Treasury during 2007 was: • 1.95% • 2.06% • 2.52% • 2.85% • 2.98%

38. 10 Where is the International Boxing Hall of Fame? • New York • New Jersey • Massachusetts • Pennsylvania

39. 10 The highest closing yield spread for 2s/10s Treasuries during 2007 was: • 74bp • 98bp • 105bp • 120bp

40. 10 Who won the 1999 Stanley Cup? • Boston Bruins • Buffalo Sabres • Dallas Stars • Atlanta Thrashers

41. 10 The two-year swap spread reached its all-time peak in which year? • 1994 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2007 104bp

42. 10 Which planet is farthest from the sun? • Neptune • Pluto • Uranus • Saturn • Earth

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