Family Forum 257/SOMC Family Forum 257 - Disc 1.iso/SCREENS/QUIZ/L3QUEST.TXT

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#\38
@Take out a dollar bill and look at the side with the "one" on it. What do you think the Eagle stands for?
+Freedom
+ Endangered animals
|The thirteen original colonies

#\40
@Which important early city was home to the first U.S. mint?
|Philadelphia
+Boston
+Washington D.C.

#\43
@Which of the following is a common way for kids to earn their own money?
+Space exploration
|Lawn mowing
+Firefighting

#\44
@Why do most parents give kids an allowance?
+Because they have to
+Because they're being nice
|Because they want kids to learn how to handle money wisely

#\47
@You buy a candy bar for fifty cents and hand the cashier a dollar. By accident, she hands you a dollar back as change. You should:
+Take the money and run
+Buy another candy bar
|Hand back the dollar and explain the mistake

#\48
@About how much do you think it costs the government to print one dollar bill?
|Four cents
+Fifty cents
+Nothing

#\64
@Got a scale handy? The total weight of all the gold mined in the world is:
|95,000 tons
+950 tons
+95 tons

#\80
@How much silver is there in one thin dime?
|None
+100%
+50%

#\81
@How much silver is there in a quarter?
|None
+25%
+75%

#\95
@How much money is in circulation in the U.S. today?
|215 billion dollars
+4 billion dollars
+180 million dollars

#\101
@If you took one billion dollar bills and laid them end to end, they would:
+Cover the length of the Brooklyn Bridge
+Reach from New York to Los Angeles
|Wrap around the earth four times

#\102
@In the year 1993, approximately how many one dollar bills were printed?
+1 million
+1.5 billion
|More than 3 billion

#\112
@What would happen if money really DID grow on trees?
|Money would be as worthless in the marketplace as leaves
+Everyone would be rich
+Everyone would volunteer to rake

#\117
@Which part of the U.S. government is ultimately responsible all our dollars?
|The Treasury Department
+The Senate
+The Bureau of Monetary Affairs

#\119
@If pure, premium gold is 24 carat gold, 14 carat gold must be:
+14 parts pure gold, 10 parts lead
|14 parts pure gold, 10 parts silver and copper
+14 parts pure gold, 10 parts liquid mercury

#\120
@If you took a trillion dollar bills and laid them end to end, they would reach to the moon:
|200 times and back
+20 times and back
+2 times and back

#\123
@Your mom gives you a $50 bill to buy a pair of high-tops for $24.99. How much will your mom expect back?
+Nothing, because she won't remember what she gave you
|Two tens, three ones, 8 quarters and 1 penny
+Two fives, 10 ones and 4 quarters

#\124
@Someone promises you double your money if you give them all your allowance. What should you do?
|Say, "No thanks," and hold onto your money
+Say, "Sure!" as fast as you can
+Say you'd like to think about it first

#\128
@How many coins does the US mint turn out every year?
+13 million
+130 million
|13 billion

#\129
@What does the word "profit" mean?
+How much money a business makes in total
|How much money a business has after paying expenses
+How much money is owed to a business at any one time

#\130
@What do you think "revenue" is?
+Something a critic writes about a business
|The money a business earns
+The total expenses a business has

#\131
@In 1910, there were over 3 billion dollars in circulation. In 1994, there were over:
+37 billion
|371 billion
+3,710 billion

#\132
@Who was the youngest female to ever make a million dollars?
+Chris Everett, tennis star
+Mariah Carey, singer/performer
|Shirley Temple, child actress

#\127
@What does it mean to "balance a checkbook?"
+To spin the checkbook on your finger like a basketball
|To make sure you have the same amount the bank thinks you have
+To make sure you spend exactly as much money as you earn every month

#\133
@When you're talking about money, what is bullion?
+Liquid gold or silver
|Refined gold or silver cast in bulk
+Vats of bleach used to clean old coins

#\134
@U.S. bills are printed in 7 denominations. They are:
|$1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100
+$1, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $1,000
+$1, $5, $10, $15, $20, $50, $100

#\135
@What is money laundering?
+How the Treasury Department cleans worn out bills
|How illegal businesses make their money look legal
+Changing larger bills into smaller bills

#\136
@Who gets credit for engraving the first printing plates for U.S. paper money?
|Paul Revere
+George Washington
+Paul Bunyan

#\137
@In 1865, what percentage of money was believed to be fake?
+3%
|33 1/3%
+50%

#\138
@If you spent $200 a minute every minute of every day for about 10 years, you'd spend:
+A million dollars
+Five million dollars
|A billion dollars

#\139
@Which country's main currency is NOT a dollar?
+Australia
+Taiwan
|France

#\141
@On an average day, about how many pennies are minted in the U.S.?
|25 million
+1 million
+1 thousand

#\142
@What do people mean when they say, "That's as good as gold?"
|That's very good!
+That's worth a million dollars!
+That's bright yellow!

#\143
@If someone tells you "money is no object" they mean:
+They have no money left
|They can spend as much as they want
+They want to give all their money to charity

#\144
@Which of the following does NOT mean "That was expensive!"
+That cost an arm and a leg!
+That cost a pretty penny!
|That was a steal!

#\145
@Which would you rather be?
|In the money
+In the red
+In the doghouse

#\146
@If you were asked to pay in sucres instead of dollars, where would you be?
|Equador
+Antarctica
+Spain

#\147
@Where would you go if you wanted to spend kwachas instead of dollars?
+South Dakota
|Zambia
+Italy

#\148
@If you were asked to trade your dollars for gourdes, where would you be?
|Haiti
+Cuba
+Cairo

#\149
@To "put your money where your mouth is" means:
|Stop talking and take action
+Kiss a quarter
+Pay your bill immediately

#\150
@Take out a quarter. What does the tiny letter by George Washington's ponytail stand for?
+The month in which the coin was made
+The artist who designed the coin
|The mint where the coin was made

#\151
@When were the first metal coins minted in America?
|1793
+1665
+1801

#\152
@Whose face appears on the U.S. half dollar?
+George C. Scott
+Henry Ford
|John F. Kennedy

#\153
@If someone says they've got a picture of Ulysses S. Grant in their wallet, they probably mean they have:
|A $50 bill
+A $5 bill
+A pocket-sized book on the presidents

#\154
@Ever see a hundred dollar bill? Remember who was on it?
+Paul Revere
+Davy Crockett
|Benjamin Franklin

#\155
@What is the largest denomination bill ever printed in America?
+$100
+$10,000
|$100,000

#\156
@Which of the following could land you in jail?
|Printing a full-size color picture of a dollar bill
+Printing a small picture of a dollar bill in black and white
+Burning a dollar bill

#\157
@Look at the great seal of the United States on a one dollar bill. Why is the pyramid unfinished?
+There wasn't room
|As a symbol of continued growth
+The designers didn't have time

#\158
@A "red cent" is:
|A small amount of money
+A stolen penny
+A counterfeit penny

#\159
@If someone says to you, "I'd like to give you my two cents," they really mean:
+I'll invest in your business
+I want to give you two pennies
|Let me tell you what I think.

#\160
@What exactly is a tax?
|Money people give to the government in exchange for services
+Any money you hate to give away
+Money that was especially hard to earn

#\161
@Most of America's gold is stored in a place called:
+Fort Lauderdale
|Fort Knox
+The Federal Depository

#\162
@To a bank manager, a CD is:
|A certificate of deposit
+A small, shiny disc that plays music
+The initials of the founder of American banking

#\163
@If you find a blank check on the street, it's worth:
+However much money is in the person's checking account
+However much money is in the bank whose name is on the check
|Nothing

#\164
@Our national debt--which means the money our government owes other countries and people--is:
|More than a trillion dollars
+More than a billion dollars
+More than a million dollars

#\165
@Why are blue chip stocks--the really valuable ones--called blue chip?
+Because the paper the stock certificates are printed on is blue
|Because in poker the most valuable chips are blue
+Because the brokers who sell these stocks wear blue suits

#\167
@Who first said, "Time is money?"
+Butch Cassidy
|Benjamin Franklin
+Henry Ford

#\168
@In 1793, the first year of operation, the U.S. mint made approximately 31 coins a day. How many coins does the mint make today?
+31 coins a minute
+5,000 coins a day
|42,000 coins an hour

#\169
@How many one dollar bills do you think are printed, on average, every day in the United States?
+90
+9,000
|9,000,000

#\170
@If someone offers to sell you something you think has been stolen, you should:
+Take it, if it's a good deal
+Say, "No thanks" and walk away
|Say, "No thanks" and tell your parents, teacher or another adult

#\171
@What does "E Pluribus Unum," the phrase that appears on the Nation's coins, mean in Latin?
+Purple mountains majesty
|Out of many, one
+Money doesn't grow on trees

#\172
@Whose signatures appear on all our dollar bills?
+The President and the Secretary of the Treasury
|The Treasurer of the U.S. and the Secretary of the Treasury
+The head of the CIA and the President

#\173
@What's a tariff?
|A tax
+The sound a dollar makes when it rips
+The basic unit of money in Tunisia

#\174
@What does I.R.S. stand for?
+I'm Really Sorry
|Internal Revenue Service
+Interpersonal Revolving Services

#\175
@What is a salary?
|How much money you get paid for working a job
+An exotic vegetable
+The taxes you pay on the money you earn

#\176
@What are your chances of winning the grand prize in the lottery?
|About one in 5,200,000
+About one in 5,200
+About one in 52

#\177
@What's the biggest purchase most people will ever make?
+Braces for their kids
+Their car
|Their house

#\178
@The life expectancy of a dollar bill is about:
|A year and a half
+5 years
+10 years

#\180
@How do cashiers usually count out change?
+They guess
+They count down from the bill you gave them
|They count up from the purchase price

#\181
@What would be the most likely "count" for the change from a $3.45 sundae, if you gave the cashier $5?
|"Here's fifty, four dollars and five."
+"Here's four dollars and five."
+"Here's seventy-five and five."

#\184
@Why is the pyramid on the dollar bill unfinished?
|It shows our country is still growing
+The printer forgot to finish drawing it
+It got chopped off in 1843

#\185
@There is a tiny owl in the upper right hand corner of the dollar bill. What does it stand for?
|Nothing, it's a goof in the engraving
+The printer put it in because he liked owls
+Owls used to be the symbol of the country before the eagle

#\186
@On the dollar bill, why does the eagle have 13 arrows in one of its claws?
|The arrows represent the 13 colonies
+That's all that would fit in the picture
+That's all an eagle could really carry

#\187
@On the dollar bill, why does the eagle have an olive branch in one claw?
|The olive branch is a symbol of peace
+Eagles like to eat olives
+The olive tree is the national tree

#\188
@On the dollar bill, why does the eagle have its head turned towards the olive branch?
+The eagle is about to eat the olives
|It shows the country would rather have peace
+It shows the colonists planted lots of olive trees

#\189
@What did we do with old money before 1916?
+Burned it
|Washed and ironed it
+Buried it

#\190
@Where does the word "cash" come from?
|A Chinese word for coin
+A Dutch word for a small wooden box
+A Spanish word for gold

#\191
@Where does the word "money" come from?
|A Roman goddess
+A French Impressionist
+A Columbian system of astrology

#\192
@Where does the word "salary" come from?
|A Latin word for salt
+The French word for hard work
+A Native American word for bartering

#\193
@George Washington's expenses for winning the American Revolutionary War were:
|$91,000
+$910,000
+$9.1 million

#\194
@How much did the purchase of Alaska cost?
|2 cents an acre
+4 million dollars
+20 million dollars

#\195
@How many Abraham Lincoln pennies have been minted?
|250 billion
+100 million
+2 billion

#\196
@When did the phrase "In God We Trust" first appear on a coin in the United States?
|1864
+1776
+1907

#\197
@What bird did Benjamin Franklin want to put on the Nation's coins?
|The turkey
+The partridge
+The peacock

#\27
@Which would you rather find?
+A dime
|A dollar
+A brand new pack of bubble gum

#\28
@Your brother wants to make a trade. Which is a better deal?
|Giving a marble and getting a nickel
+Giving a marble and getting two pennies
+Giving a marble and getting a rock

#\35
@If you saved your allowance for a whole month, you could buy:
+Anything in the whole world
|Something worth more than if you spent it along the way
+A rocketship

#\75
@Which do you think you could buy for about $20?
+A new bicycle
+A pair of basketball shoes
|Three movie tickets

#\104
@What's a better deal on bubble gum:
|A dime a dozen
+Three for a dollar
+Buy one for 10 cents, and get one free

#\108
@How long would it take you, with an allowance of $3 a week, to save $14 for a poster you love?
+Two weeks
+Three weeks
|Five weeks

#\113
@About how much would you expect back from a cashier if you gave a $100 bill for a $35.40 bodyboard?
+$75
|$64
+$6

#\114
@What's the better deal for pizza?
+Buy two, get one free
+Buy three, get one free
|Half off all pizzas

#\115
@Which is worth more?
+Five $20 bills
|Three $50 bills
+One $100 bill

#\116
@You get $4 a week allowance and spend $1 a week on comic books. How much do you have at the end of the month?
+$8
|$12
+$16

#\118
@Which is worth more?
+Five one-dollar bills
|Four five-dollar bills
+Twelve quarters

#\121
@What's a better deal for a can of cat food?
|$.29 each
+2 for $1
+3 for $1

#\122
@You buy a double-dip chocolate fudge ice cream cone for $2.33 and hand the cashier $5. How much change should you receive?
+$3.67
|$2.67
+$2.66

#\125
@Puppies are on sale for half off $35. How much do they cost?
+$20.00
+$12.50
|$17.50

#\126
@Which would you rather win in a lottery?
+A hundred dollar bill
|A hundred thousand pennies
+A 10-speed bike

#\179
@If you were to buy a large cheese pizza for $8.50, and you tipped the delivery man $.50, how much would the change from a $10 bill be?
|$1
+$2
+$1.50

#\182
@Which do you think is worth more?
+A credit card statement for $345
+A check for $345
|A bank statement with a balance of $400

#\183
@Which is worth more?
+A credit card with a $1,000 limit
+A check for $100
|$110 in cash