Free quiz · 8 questions · Warm-up to Boss
Currencies of the world quiz
How well do you really know Currencies of the world? These 8 questions start easy and end with a Boss round. There are no multiple choice options: you type what you know, and every answer is checked against the key facts.
60 seconds a question, one 2x boost, and a leaderboard. Playing with friends writes a fresh set of Currencies of the world questions for your group.
The questions
- Warm-up
At a US checkout, what currency pays the bill, and what are its 100 smaller units called?
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- The currency is the US dollar.
- Its symbol is $.
- One dollar is divided into 100 cents.
- Warm-up
France and Germany share a currency—what is it called, and what symbol represents it?
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- The euro is the currency used in France and Germany.
- Its symbol is €.
- Its currency code is EUR.
- Warm-up
On a UK price tag, what mark might you see, and which currency does it stand for?
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- The symbol is £.
- It stands for the pound sterling, commonly called the British pound.
- Its currency code is GBP.
- Easy
In Japan, what is the currency called, and what three-letter code identifies it?
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- The currency is the yen.
- It is also called the Japanese yen.
- Its three-letter code is JPY.
- Easy
In India, what currency do people use, and what symbol represents it?
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- India uses the Indian rupee.
- Its symbol is ₹.
- Its currency code is INR.
- Medium
Before the euro, what was Germany’s currency, and in what year did euro banknotes and coins replace it?
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- Germany used the Deutsche Mark
- It was commonly called the D-Mark
- Euro banknotes and coins replaced it in 2002
- Hard
Which country uses the pula, and what does its name mean in Setswana?
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- Botswana uses the pula
- Pula means “rain”
- The pula is Botswana’s currency
- Boss
Name one country that uses the West African CFA franc, and give the currency’s ISO code.
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- Senegal is one country that uses it
- Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger and Togo also use it
- Its ISO code is XOF
How scoring works
- Each question has 2 or 3 key facts. Each one earns full, half or no credit, so a wrong answer scores zero.
- Later questions are worth more, fast answers earn a bonus, and great answers in a row build a streak.
- A famous myth or a clear factual error halves the points.
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