Business News Quiz 7

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A study by the Pew Internet Project found that roughly the same percentage of men and women in the US are serious internet users. According to the research why do men value the net?

	As a means of discretely accessing soft pornography
	As a means of keeping up to date with football
	For the freedom it gives them to try new ways of doing things.
	For internet telephony

The same study identified the main reason that women value the net. That main reason is…?

	For the opportunities to find out information not so easily available elsewhere
	For the opportunity to read online magazines for free
	For the opportunities the net gives them to make and maintain human connections
	For the range of dietary information available

Endemol are convinced they have found a winner in the ‘next big thing’. What is this ‘next big thing’?

	Reality TV
	Mobile TV
	Interactive TV
	3D TV

Nigel Roberts, a businessman, has won the first case of its kind when he took action against Media Logistics UK over…what?

	Unsolicited telephone calls
	Junk mail e.g. Brochures
	e-mail spam
	All of the above

Japan's Nikkei share index has topped the 16,400 mark for the first time in how many years, as overseas demand for domestic shares continues to grow?

	12 mths
	3 years
	20 years
	5 years

Newly released Cabinet papers reveal that in 1975 the Prime Minister was warned that Britain's economy faced "possible wholesale domestic liquidation". Who was the Prime Minister at that time?

	Edward Heath
	Enoch Powell
	Jim Callaghan
	Harold Wilson

Which two countries are currently in pipeline talks?

	USA and Afghanistan
	USA and Iran
	Iran and Iraq
	India and Iran

Shop owners in some cities say they attracted a million more customers, after staying open for 32 hours non stop before Christmas Day. In which country was this?

	Brazil
	UK
	USA
	Japan

Who has called for Britain's sex equality laws to be modernised?

	The Conservative Party
	The Equal Opportunities Commission
	The EU
	None of the above

According to property website Hometrack. The average cost of a home rose by what percentage to reach £160,900 during December?

	10%
	20%
	3%
	0.1%