1. Which American company, established in December 1998 as Confinity, operates one of the largest worldwide online payments system?
2. Can you name the first independent credit card company in the world?
3. What are the currencies of the following European countries: (a)Bulgaria, (b)Hungary, (c)Norway, and (d)Switzerland?
4. Who was the Governor of the Bank of England before Mark Carney?
5. Which telephone and internet-based retail bank was formed on 1 October 1989 by the Midland Bank?
6. What is the maximum sum you can pay solely in fifty pence pieces for it to be still legal tender?
7. When did the following present-day British coins enter general ciculation: (a)two pence, (b)twenty pence, (c)the original round one pound, and (d)two pounds
8. Which Hollywood A-lister said: 'Money doesn't make you happy. I now have 50 million dollars but I was just as happy when I had forty-eight million'?
9. Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning Domains divides learning development into three main aspects: Cognitive, Affective and Psychomotor; what might these three aspects of personal development more commonly be called?
10. Who wrote the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People?
11. The 'Big Five' personality dimensions, by which modern day psychologists believe every person's personality and behaviour tendencies can be measured are commonly abbreviated to the OCEAN acronym; what does OCEAN stand for?
12. What are the four metaphorical terms used to describe products/services in Boston Matrix model according to market share and market maturity?
13. The financial ratio which divides a company's 'liquid assets' by 'current liabilities' is known by what popular term?
14. What three important things should be confirmed and understood before conducting a brainstorming ideas session?