Saturday 26 December 2009

The end of the decade quiz

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7 ............................8.......................9................................10









11................12.......................13..................14...................15...........................16








.17 .............................18...................19
20.......................21






If these are the answers, what is the question.

Should keep you going until New Year.
The pictures are all clues


A} Minus $420million
B} £118,000 a year
C} $300 million
D} 789 million
E} $300 billion
F} £117 Billion so far
G} 1.5 billion a year average
H} 21.1 million
I} £180
J} £16 million pot
K}$275
L} 30,000
M} 14.3%
N} 2,986,000 a day
O} £1.7 billion
P} £373,000
Q} 35.3%
R} Zero
S} 3,600
T} £829.7 billion net.
U} 88p


A-7 Jacko's debt at his death.
B-8 average claim of an MP's expenses.
C-13 estimated cost of the movie.
D-9 Cost of Dome on sell off.
E-USA estimate of the cost of its measures to tackle the Y2K bug
F-18 cost of the bank bailout so far. With liabilities rises to 850bn.
G-12 Annual UK cost of the Iraq war.
H-11 Jordan's earnings from the books she has written but never read.
I-21 Blunketts rail claim that finished him off.
J-20 Fred's pension pot, now a bit less.
K-19 The ounce price of Gordon's gold in 1999 at historic low point sell off.
L-5 Complaints to BBC about Ross.
M-3 Tesco share of UK all UK retail.
N-2 Daily average sales of The SUN.
O-16 Fantasy level of tax Libbers claim will be raised by the mansion tax.
P-17 Mandelson's first resignation, the dodgy loan amount.
Q-15 Tony Blair's share of the vote for his historic 2005 third 1/2 term.
R-1 Total number of county councils controlled by the government in England after the 2009 local elections.
S-6 Total new laws passed since 1997-2008,almost 1 a day.
T-10 net public sector debt to November.
U-4 Aunty Jacq's bathplug.

Happy New Year

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

20 = fred shred /j 16million pension pot
Rest is quite hard.Come back when I've sobered up a bit.

Demetrius said...

Quite, by my calculation most of them figure on my bills and outgoings of the last decade. At least I have had some real entertainment out of Freddie Starr.

James Higham said...

The mind won't encompass that. Any clues?

Spanners said...

A -$420 million debt is Jacko's debts.

Anonymous said...

"The end of the decade quiz."

Isn't that next year old bean?

The first year of the new decade will be 2011, 2010 is the last year of the first decade of the twentyfirst century.

Bill Quango MP said...

A} Minus $420million. Jacko's debt at his death.

B} £118,000 a year average claim of an MP's expenses.Not nearly enough IMHO.

C} $300 million. Estimated cost of the movie Avatar.

D} 789 million pic-9 Cost of Dome on sell off.

E} $300 billion- USA estimate of the cost of its measures to tackle the Y2K bug.

F} £117 Billion so far pic-18 cost of the bank bailout so far. With liabilities rises to 850bn.

G} 1.5 billion a year average pic-12 Annual UK cost of the Iraq war.

H} 21.1 million pic-11 Jordan's earnings from the books she has written but never read.

I} £180 Cost of the Blunketts lover's rail claim that finished him off.

J} £16 million pot. Fred's pension pot, now a bit less.

K}$275 The ounce price of Gordon's gold in 1999 at historic low point sell off.

L} 30,000 Complaints to BBC about J.Ross leading to his semi-suspension.{Carole Thatcher who lost her job for her remarks had 2 complaints}

M} 14.3% Tesco share of all UK retail.

N} 2,986,000 a day. Sales of The Sun newspaper.

O} £1.7 billion. Fantasy level of tax Libbers claim will be raised by the mansion tax.

P} £373,000 Mandelson's first resignation, the dodgy loan amount.

Q} 35.3% Tony Blair's share of the vote for his historic 2005 third 1/2 term.

R} Zero Total number of county councils controlled by the government in England after the 2009 local elections.

S} 3,600 Total new laws passed since 1997-2008,almost 1 a day.

T} £829.7 billion. Net public sector debt to November.

U} 88p Auntie Jacq's bathplug