Beyond the Bike – The
Economic Cycle Quiz!
Stuart Block
bike@beyondourselves.co.uk
1. Education is best seen as what type of policy?
2. Jim O’Neil, pictured here in summer 2011, is chief economist
of Goldman Sachs. He coined the term BRICs. What does this
stand for?
3. There were 20 women on the side of this Zambian road, all
selling similar tomatoes at the same price… what type of market
structure would best describe this?
4. Joseph, a Somali based in Tanzania, got these dollars from a
cousin working in Washington. What do we call such payments in
the Balance of Payments?
5. What type of economic efficiency is being enhanced by
developments such as mobile banking in Kenya?
6. This man is on the MPC in Uganda. Inflation is currently 30% in
Uganda. What is the real interest you get with a Crane bank
account?
7. South Sudan is Africa’s …….. country. It is also one of the
poorest! You could get 3 Sudanese Pounds for 1 Pound sterling.
What is the EUR;SS£ exchange rate?
8. These men were off to dig for gold in the desert in Sudan. If
you formed all of the gold ever mined into a Cuboid, how long
would each side measure?
9. Israel is the no 1 recipient of US foreign Aid. Which country is
no 2 (clue in photo)
10. This picture was taken in Athens Airports. If Greece leaves the
euro, which countries will be under most pressure to leave
afterwards if this occurs & why ?
Discussion Points - How might technology
help boosted economic development in Africa.
They say life is cheap in Africa. Here our
support truck lies written off on the side of a
South Africa Road. How do economists put a
Beyond the Bike
Stuart Block
bike@beyondourselves.co.uk