Irish Times Business Xmas Quiz/ C. Hancock

macdonagh2007 · 26-12-2010 04:10PM #1

Stuck on photo picture Q.34
Name the Business Leader in the photograph...guy with rimmed glasses

vinpaul · 27-12-2010 01:02PM

Any help on a few:
No 5 Patrick Coveney's birth year, 1968, 1969 1970 or 1971. I think its 1971
No 9 Owner of Race Horse pictured
No 10 Line from Tom Cruise Film Elderfield told Quinn Insurance it needed more capital
No 12 Ballygown Executive Pictured
No 30 Which Company closed a venture capital investment worth €2.8 billion.
No 32 How much did Anglo Irish Bank receive in state backing in 2010
No 34 Business leader Pictured
No 37 Is Blackrock the name of company that closed in 2010 with the same name as a well known Royal Estate in England.
No 40 ISE changed name of it's market for growth companies.What's it called.

bazza1 · 27-12-2010 05:46PM

10 Show me the money

65bl · 27-12-2010 08:16PM

vinpaul wrote: »

Any help on a few:
No 5 Patrick Coveney's birth year, 1968, 1969 1970 or 1971. I think its 1971
Seen a line which said he was 37. That would be 1973! my guess is 1971 but it is only a guess
No 9 Owner of Race Horse pictured
Michael O Flynn
No 10 Line from Tom Cruise Film Elderfield told Quinn Insurance it needed more capital
"Show me the money"
No 12 Ballygown Executive Pictured
Andrew Richards
No 30 Which Company closed a venture capital investment worth €2.8 billion.
Need help with this one!
No 32 How much did Anglo Irish Bank receive in state backing in 2010
€29.3 billion - you should verify this for yourself but i believe it is the right answer
No 34 Business leader Pictured
Need help here too
No 37 Is Blackrock the name of company that closed in 2010 with the same name as a well known Royal Estate in England.
Balmoral International Land
No 40 ISE changed name of it's market for growth companies.What's it called.
Enterprise Securities Market

Hope these help

bl

bazza1 · 27-12-2010 08:21PM

30 might be ILFS not sure though

macdonagh2007 · 27-12-2010 08:37PM

What does ILFS stand for. Who are they. I am stuck on this question and getting nowhere it.

Cute Hoor · 27-12-2010 08:46PM

Q30 - Twitter

macdonagh2007 · 27-12-2010 09:48PM

Q 30....Can't see how Twitter is the answer to this question or ILFS as mentioned earlier.
Could the correct answer be Bank of Ireland.....they raised capital during the year....Help on this one please

Cute Hoor · 27-12-2010 09:59PM

macdonagh2007 wrote: »

Q 30....Can't see how Twitter is the answer to this question or ILFS as mentioned earlier.
Could the correct answer be Bank of Ireland.....they raised capital during the year....Help on this one please

http://www.efinancialnews.com/story/2010-12-16/twitter-new-funding

macdonagh2007 · 27-12-2010 10:26PM

Cute Hoor, can't argue with you. That looks like the correct answer alright.
I owe you one! Tired now, have to get up at 5.00am to leave son in Shannon Airport for flight to London. Off to bed.

Cute Hoor · 27-12-2010 10:33PM

macdonagh2007 wrote: »

Cute Hoor, can't argue with you. That looks like the correct answer alright.
I owe you one! Tired now, have to get up at 5.00am to leave son in Shannon Airport for flight to London. Off to bed.

Sweet dreams!

Sorta stuck on Q24 (as well as Q34) - What is the highest yield reached by 10 year Irish Government Bonds on world markets before the signing of the IMF-EU bailout deal.

I'm having trouble finding out when this bailout was 'signed' never mind the rate on the day.

Any help appreciated.

macdonagh2007 · 28-12-2010 06:06AM

Q 24....Rate hit 9.26% on the 11th Nov 10. As far as I can see that was the highest.
Q 34. Have no answer yet.
On the road to Shannon. Will check in later when I get home.

65bl · 28-12-2010 10:41AM

macdonagh2007 wrote: »

Q 24....Rate hit 9.26% on the 11th Nov 10.

I believe this is correct.

Can anyone enlighten me as to what SRR stands for?

bl

Cute Hoor · 28-12-2010 02:02PM

65bl wrote: »

I believe this is correct.

Can anyone enlighten me as to what SRR stands for?

bl

Special Resolution Regime

vinpaul · 28-12-2010 04:37PM

macdonagh2007 wrote: »

What does ILFS stand for. Who are they. I am stuck on this question and getting nowhere it.

Discovered what ILFS stands for:
Infrastructional Leasing & Financial Services _
also mentioned as having value of €2.8 billion.
Could this be correct, although TWITTER might seem a better answer!!

HOOL75 · 28-12-2010 07:08PM

Stuck on 14, 17 & 34. Any help please?

Gah · 28-12-2010 10:53PM

14 Flight EI205 earned a place in Irish aviation history in 2010. Why?
It was the fit flight to land at Dublin Airport T2

17 Why did just more than 4,000 farmers gather in Kildalton College, Co Kilkenny, on May 10th?
They were farmer shareholders who met and rejected a move to convert the Irish businesses of Glanbia plc into a farmer-owned co-operative

HOOL75 · 29-12-2010 10:52AM

Thanks Gah, really appreciate it.

Still stuck on no. 34

McNab416 · 30-12-2010 12:31PM

Stuck on 34 too - anybody with any ideas?

vektarman · 31-12-2010 11:46AM

I'm stuck on 34 also, if anyone has a scanner could they scan the picture, somebody glancing through this thread might recognise him.

Waltons · 31-12-2010 08:37PM

Also stuck on 34, any help appreciated!
Picture below

vektarman · 31-12-2010 08:54PM

Thanks for the picture Waltons, hopefully we'll be taken out of our misery soon.

vinpaul · 01-01-2011 02:07AM

Just found solution to Q 34 It' David Hodgkinson new Chairman of AIB.

Happy new year to all and best of luck on quiz. Can anyone confirm Patrick Coveney's year of Birth.

Waltons · 01-01-2011 04:49AM

vinpaul wrote: »

Just found solution to Q 34 It' David Hodgkinson new Chairman of AIB.

Happy new year to all and best of luck on quiz. Can anyone confirm Patrick Coveney's year of Birth.

You're a lifesaver, vinpaul! I've been on the AIB execs website about half a dozen times now, and Hodgkinson is the only one without a picture. Devastated.

bazza1 · 01-01-2011 09:47AM

Hi

Stuck on Q 32

Loads of different sums on various sites!

What one is correct?

Thanks

vinpaul · 01-01-2011 09:48AM

Help!!

What is Patrick Coveney's year of birth. I'm going with 1971, but need confirmation. Last one for me;););)

bazza1 · 01-01-2011 09:48AM

I had 1971 also

HOOL75 · 01-01-2011 10:38AM

Thank you so, so much! I would never have known who was in that photo!

vinpaul · 01-01-2011 11:03AM

Am doing Sunday Independent Business Quiz 2010 from Dec 26th's paper, Closing date Jan 7th.

Any offers on Q28: "Which of these companies is the biggest by stockmarket value? Petrochina, Ormonde Mining, Prime Active Capital or Zamano. My choice is Petrochina but cant confirm. Would appreciate confirmation.

bazza1 · 01-01-2011 11:10AM

I have Petrochina also . $1 trillion valued apparently

justaq · 01-01-2011 11:17AM

Petrochina is correct, it has a market cap of €226bn, the others are only tens of millions.

Irish Times Business Xmas Quiz/ C. Hancock

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