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Posted April 2012

Q1. What is the largest country with a single time zone?

Q2. Which country has the Grimaldi family has ruled over since 1292 and its state's sovereignty was officially recognized by the Franco-Monegasque Treaty of 1861?

Q3. What is the longest river in the world with no bridges?

Q4.  "I don't care if it's a white cat or a black cat. It's a good cat as long as it catches mice." Which world leader made the above quote in 1961?

Q5. In the list of the largest exporters by value in the US, which company 'takes-off' to the top position?

Q6.  Which soft drink created in 1929 by Charles Grigg was originally named 'Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda' and was launched two weeks before the Wall Street Crash?

Q7. From the Arabic for 'to make known', what is the correct term for a duty imposed on foreign goods?

Q8. Which major retail organisation is known as Seiyu in Japan and Best Price in India?

Q9.  In 2007 the export of clothing to the USA from which country grew by almost 60%?

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Posted March 2012

Q1. What is a cocket? Formerly used by Customs Officers

Q2. Which country in the Far East has a name that means “land of the free”?

Q3. In 1848 which town was the first to open a British Trades' council?

Q4. As of the start of 2012, how many official EU Languages are there?

Q5. In a survey taken in June 2011 which EU member state was said to have the most positive view of being in the EU?

Q6. Which country’s airline is called Air Astana?

Q7. In 1901 the first 5 “Nobel” prizes were set up in honour of Alfred Nobel. What were the 1^st five?

Q8. If GB is the official country code for the United Kingdom, what is the country code for the Ukraine?

Q9. Fiumicino Airport is another name for which airport opened in Italian in 1961 and more commonly known by the name of a famous person?

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 Posted February 2012

Posted January 2012

Q1. In July 2011 how many independent countries were there in Africa?

Q2. JAT Airlines is the airline of which country?

Q3. Which British actor, who died in 2011 aged 80years, starred for many years on British TV as a police detective, was brought up in Bulgaria where his father ran an import/export business?

Q4.  In which year was the United Arab Emirates founded?

Q5. How many living languages are there estimated to be in the world?  Give your answer to the nearest 1,000

Q6.  In which of the following countries is German an official language? Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Austria or Belgium

Q7. Natives of which country are called ~Monegasque?

Q8. Name the G8 countries.

Q9.  The World Customs Organisation (WCO) website is www.wcoomd.org  – what does OMD stand for?

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Posted December 2011

 Q1. Which country is the only absolute monarchy in Africa?

Q2. How many stars are there on the EU flag - and why?

Q3. What doe the "A" stand for in QANTAS?

Q4. About 10 years ago Jim O’Neill coined the acronym BRIC countries – where was he working at the time?

Q5. The al-Thanis family have been the recognised royal rulers of Qatar since the Ottomans left the country – but when was that?

Q6. What is the official language of Azerbaijan called? Choose from: Azerbaijanian, Azeri, Azerban, Azerbaijanic

Q7. What did Romania’s standard VAT rate increase to from 1^st July 2011?

Q8. Which Middle East country does not have any rivers flowing through it?

Q9. In which year did the USA purchase Alaska from Russia at about 2 cents per acres?

And the Christmas Bonus Question is ...

Q10. Which nursery rhyme/ Christmas song was written by a serving Customs Officer?

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Posted November 2011

Q1. Which is the most widely spoken language in the world?

Q2. Which of the following countries are not currently members of the World Trade Organisation? Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Russia?

Q3. Which country gets its name from the Latin for Silver?

Q4. Which is the world’s most northern capital city?

Q5. In the novels by which author did Zakachenko run a business called KAB Imports AB?

Q6. The Franciscan Monk Luca Pacioli wrote a book in the C15 which outlined what basic accounting principle used today?

Q7. Who designed the current Italian flag?

Q8. In which year did the Arab-British Chamber of Commerce open its doors and introduced the UK simplified system for legalising documents?

Q9. Which record company and retailer is 90 years old this year (2011)?

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Posted October 2011

Q1. How many languages are estimated to be indigenous to Europe?

Q2. On December 16, 1991, which country declared its independence by adopting a law on state sovereignty?

Q3. The word “Vodka” is taken from the Russian word for what? Water, wine, alcohol, Fire?

Q4. In which film adaption released in 2011 of a 1970’s novel does part of the plot take place in an import/export company in Moscow?

Q5. As of 1^st July 2011, Denmark, Hungary and Sweden have the same Standard VAT rate – what is it?

Q6. Which City in the North West of England was twinned with Shanghai in 1999?

Q7. Which basic accounting mechanism was being used in Venice in the C13?

Q8. Who was the prime minister when the UK removed foreign exchange rate controls?

Q9. Which city was formally known as both Byzantium and Constantinople previously?

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 Posted September 2011

Q1. In “The Wealth of Nations” (1776) Adam Smith argued that wealth depended on what?

Q2. Which country has borders with Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar and Vietnam?

Q3. In which Century was the Bank of England founded?

Q4. Which part of North West of England came under British Government control in 1765 after fears that trade in illegal goods would undermine British Customs revenue?

Q5. How many individual countries are there in Europe?

Q6. The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 vastly increased Britain’s trade with which other country?

Q7. By what name are the Falkland Islands known to the Argentines?

Q8. Which 1968 Steve McQueen film closes with a thrilling airport foot chase across a runway and inside a terminal?

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Posted April 2012   return to questions     

A1.  China

A2.  Monaco

A3.  The Amazon

A4.  Deng Xiaoping

A5.  Boeing

A6.  7-UP

A7.  Tariff

A8.  Wal-mart

A9.  Vietnam 2^ndlargest supplier to USA (Bangladesh No. 1/China No. 3)

Posted March 2012 return to questions

A1. A customhouse seal; a certified document given to a shipper as a warrant that his goods have been duly entered and have paid

A2. Thailand

A3. Liverpool with the "Liverpool Trades Guardian Association"

A4. 23

A5. Bulgaria - 57% voted positively about being in the EU

A6. Kazakhstan

A7. Chemistry, Literature, Medicine, Peace and Physics

A8. Country code for Ukraine is UA. FYI - "UK" is a "reserved" country code on request of United Kingdom (GB) so it can't be used by another country

A9. Leonardo da Vinci airport Rome

Posted February 2012    return to questions

A1.  Liverpool

A2.  France

A3.  Gambia

A4.  The Indian TATA group

A5.  Siberia

A6. Basque

A7.  Greece

A8.  Every 5 years - last revision January 2012

A9.  Chinese cheques are generally only valid of 10 days, some a little longer, never more than one month

Posted January 2012 return to questions

A1.  54

A2.  Serbian Airlines

A3.  George Baker - more recently famous for playing Inspector Wexford

A4.  1971

A5.  Around 6000

A6. German is an official language in all 4 of the countries

A7.  Monaco

A8.  Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, UK and USA

A9.  omd is French for World Customs Organisation = Organisation mondiale des douanes

Posted December 2011 return to questions

  A1. Swaziland

A2. 12 stars - number of member countries when the Customs Union was finalised in 1993

A3. Ariel (Queensland and Northern Territories Aerial Services)

A4. Goldman Sachs

A5. 1913

A6. Azeri

A7. From 19% to 24%

A8. Saudi Arabia

A9. 1867

A10. I Saw Three Ships

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Posted November 2011 return to questions

A1. English (estimated that there are about 1.8 billion speakers). Chinese is second with 1.35 billion (mainly native) speakers. Hindi: 650 million speakers; Spanish: 495 million speakers.

A2. Only Kyrgyz Republic is (since 1998)

A3. Argentina: silver = argent

A4. Reykjavik, Iceland (next is Helsinki)

A5. Stieg Larsson "The Girl..." novels

A6. Double entry book keeping

A7. Napoleon Bonaparte

A8. 1975

A9. HMV = His Master's Voice

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 Posted October 2011 return to questions

A1. Around 230

A2. The Republic of Kazakhstan

A3. Water

A4. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

A5. 25%

A6. Liverpool

A7. A balance sheet

A8. Margaret Thatcher

A9. Istanbul

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Posted September 2011 return to questions

A1. Labour

A2. Laos

A3. The Seventeenth Century

A4. The Isle of Man

A5. 47 – bet you said 27, but that is only counting the members of the European Union (EU). EUROPE has 20 more individual countries, not in EU

A6. India

A7. Las Malvinas

A8. Bullitt

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