FirstFT quiz: the week in news

Question 1 of 20

What percentage of Britain’s cabinet ministers attended Oxford or Cambridge universities, according to a study released this year?

Question 2 of 20

Saudi Aramco announced in November that it planned to float 1.5 per cent of its shares to investors at a price that would value the state oil giant between $1.6tn and $1.7tn. What valuation had Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman once sought?

Question 3 of 20

When did US regulators initially estimate the Boeing Max 737 would return to commercial service following the second of two deadly crashes in March?

Question 4 of 20

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako formally ascended the Chrysanthemum throne in Japan in October this year. What was the empress’s previous career?

Question 5 of 20

Which country is Europe’s biggest recipient of remittances in proportion to the size of its economy?

Question 6 of 20

How old was the oldest-ever Nobel laureate, honoured this year?

Question 7 of 20

Apple television streaming service launched this year at what monthly price?

Question 8 of 20

McDonald’s chief executive Steve Easterbrook was fired this year for violating a company policy regarding what?

Question 9 of 20

Sold! Sotheby’s auction house was sold this year for how much?

Question 10 of 20

The world wide web turned how old this year?

Question 11 of 20

After Bolivia’s former president Evo Morales resigned and fled the country amid violent protests, he received asylum from which country?

Question 12 of 20

How much did SoftBank offer WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann to step down from the board as part of a multibillion-dollar bailout proposal?

Question 13 of 20

Which major investment bank embarked on a radical overhaul this year that will see thousands of jobs cut?

Question 14 of 20

This year’s winning bidder agreed to pay how much for the prize of a lunch with billionaire investor Warren Buffett?

Question 15 of 20

Whose face will grace the new £50 note in 2021?

Question 16 of 20

How many times did the US Federal Reserve cut rates this year?

Question 17 of 20

In October, John Bercow retired as Britain’s House of Commons Speaker after 10 years. Growing up, Mr Bercow was a keen athlete and played which sport until he was held back by asthma?

Question 18 of 20

Donald Trump shocked American allies in August by suggesting that it would be “strategically nice” to purchase Greenland from which country?

Question 19 of 20

When the UK parliament convened on a Saturday in October to discuss the Halloween Brexit deadline, it was the first time the chamber had met on a Saturday since what other event?

Question 20 of 20

Elon Musk won a legal defence this year that saw him accused of what?