Money Makes The World Go Round Quiz

Answer: Penny

Penny is a shortened version of Penelope, who in Homer's "Odyssey" was the wife of Odysseus and remained faithful to him for 20 years, while he was away fighting in the Trojan War, despite having many suitors.
Another Penelope from Greek mythology was the daughter of Dryops, who according to some versions of the myth, was the mother of Pan.

The penny was a UK currency, until decimalisation in 1971. There were 240 pennies to the pound and the pennies were replaced by new pence.

Answer: Fen

The fenlands of the UK are found mostly on the east coast around The Wash, and before being drained in the 17th century, were a series of small islands within the larger marshland area.
Fenland is very fertile land and highly prized agriculturally, with potatoes, sugar beet and wheat being grown in great quantities here, as well as the majority of the UK's ornamental daffodils.

The fen is a unit of currency in China and is equal to one-hundredth of a yuan.

Answer: Balboa

Rocky Balboa, as played by Stallone, managed an impressive boxing career, winning 57 times in his 81 fight career, 50 of those by knockout. A left handed, southpaw boxer, Rocky retired in 1986, after beating Ivan Drago and in 2014, was the inaugural inductee to the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame.

The balboa is an official currency of Panama. There are 100 centesimos in a balboa and and it replaced the Colombian peso following independence in 1904.

Answer: Dram

The Gaelic for whisky is 'uisge beathe', meaning water of life and the export of this popular spirit certainly breathes life into Scotland, as 38 bottles of whisky, generating £125 ($156) in taxes, are exported from the country every second.
In 2018, a new record for the price paid for whisky was set, when a bottle of Macallan Valerio Adami 1926 60-year-old sold for £848,000 ($1,058,681) at an auction in Edinburgh.

In Armenia, 100 luma make up a dram and the 2000 dram banknote, issued in 2018, features Tigran Petrosian, who was World Chess Champion between 1963 and 1969.

Answer: Real

Three great football teams, with many years of history between them, but not many league titles. Real Betis were winners of the Spanish title in 1935 and Real Salt Lake won the American MLS Cup in 2009, while Real Garcilaso have been Peruvian league runners up three times, in 2012, 2013 and 2017.
Of the three, Real Betis are probably the best known, and have had the likes of Gus Poyet, Guus Hiddink and Pepe Mel as manager in recent times.

The real is the Brazilian currency and has, since 1994 featured Brazilian wildlife on the banknotes, including a jaguar and a dusky grouper.

Answer: Libra

Libra sits between Virgo and Scorpio in astrological charts. People born under this star sign are said to possess great social skills making them favoured party guests, however they are easily swayed by the views of others and prone to changing their minds often. So if you should invite a Libra to your get together, you can't be sure they will attend until they actually arrive.

The libra, also known as the gold pound was the Peruvian unit of currency between 1898 and 1931 and was equal to the gold sovereign issued by Great Britain.

Answer: Mark

The Gospel of Mark in the New Testament covers the ministry of Jesus from his baptism by John the Baptist, to his death. The word, 'gospel' means good news and Dire Straits founder Mark Knopfler certainly managed to spread plenty of good cheer with the release of classic albums such as "Brothers In Arms" (1985), "Making Movies" (1980) and "Love Over Gold" (1982).
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg regularly spreads good news with his many charitable donations, including $100 million to the public school system of Newark, New Jersey in 2010 and $25 million to combat the Ebola virus disease in 2014.

Prior to the adoption of the euro, the mark was the currency used in Germany and since 1998 has been the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is divided into 100 pfenigs.

Answer: Sucre

Sucre is the location of the 'Casa de la Libertad' or House of Freedom, which is where Bolivia signed their declaration of independence in 1825, ending 16 years of war and breaking free from Spanish rule. As Bolivia were the final country to gain independence from Spain, this is a culturally significant site of huge importance, as it marks the end of Spanish occupation throughout South America.

The sucre was the Ecuadorian currency between 1884 and 2000, when it was replaced by the United States dollar.

Answer: Sol

As well as Tottenham and Arsenal, Campbell also played for Portsmouth and Notts County before ending his career at Newcastle. Following his retirement, he moved into management, securing his first position at Macclesfield Town of League Two, who he steered out of the relegation zone, despite them looking certain to go down prior to his arrival.
It is often assumed that Campbell's actual first name is Solomon, with Sol being a shortened version of this, but his name is actually Sulzeer.

If you wish to pay in soles, you'd better head to Peru, where 100 céntimos make up a sol. When the sol was introduced in 1991, it was originally called new sol, but the government decided in 2015, to forego the 'new' and it is now officially called the sol.

Answer: Schilling

Schilling is a German musician whose work features much synthesizer. He started his recording career in 1976 under his birth name of Pierre Schilling, switching to Peter in the hope of attracting a global audience, but "Major Tom (Coming Home)" (1983) remains his only big hit.
He has attempted to revive interest in the character several times by releasing records such as "Major Tom 94" in 1994, "Major Tom 2000" in 2000 and "Major Tom 2003" in 2003, but to no avail.

100 groschen made up an Austrian schilling, which was the currency between 1925 to 1938 and again from 1945 to 1999.