MY CHRISTMAS Business Quiz generated a large number of entries, both by post and e-mail. Thank you to all those who took time to enter. The picture puzzle tripped up a lot of you, with many mistaking David Drumm for George Lee. Sorry, George.
The winner was John Donovan in Dungarvan, Co Waterford, who prefaced his e-mail by thanking me for “doing my head in over Christmas”. You’re welcome, John. A mixed case of fine French wines from McCabes Wines in Foxrock is your reward.
The participant’s prize winner is AnnMarie Murphy from Kimmage in Dublin. She gets a bottle of Real Cia Velha Vintage Port 1997.
Answers: 1. January 16th; 2. Deirdre Somers; 3. Audi A6; 4. Elinor Ostrom won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. 5. 17.59 (5.59pm) on September 24th; 6. 50; 7. Airspace Investments Ltd; 8. International All Sports; 9. Lucy Kennedy; 10. Bing; 11. €633,000; 12. Aviva; 13. Terry Clune; 14. Ashton Kutcher; 15. Gillian Bowler and Fergus Murphy; 16. VSS Enterprise; 17. X = Kraft, Y = Cadbury, and Felicity Loudon; 18. David Dilger and Gary McGann; 19. Leslie Buckley, Paul Connolly and Lucy Gaffney; 20. Wilson Hartnell Public Relations; 21. $1; 22. Eircom Mobile; 23. Carol Bartz; 24. NTR; 25. A yacht owned by Bernard Madoff; 26. Kindle; 27. €11 billion; 28. Research and Innovation; 29. Bobby Kerr, Sarah Newman, Niall OFarrell, Sean O’Connor and Gavin Duffy; 30. Charlotte, North Carolina; 31. €72.575 billion; 32. €1.40; 33. Digiweb; 34. Geoffrey Vance; 35. Thirdforce; 36. Andrew MacFarlane; 37. Troubled Asset Relief Programme; 38. Toji is parent of Capital Bars; 39. Alexander Lebedev; 40. €47 billion
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