Quiz #127: 8-14 August

To stand in line to win a Freakonomics DVD, answer the quiz questions here. Good luck! The answers will be published here next week.

Answers for last week's quiz:

1. Which Japanese company’s shares dropped sharply after it said that revenue from the mobile game Pokémon Go would not translate into steady profits despite its popularity?
Nintendo

2. True or false? Nerina Visser is the CEO of the JSE.
False, Nicky Newton-King is the CEO of the JSE.

3. Which company was at the centre of SAA’s controversial debt-sourcing deal?
BnP Capital

4. Name the winner of the 2016 Tour de France.
Chris Froome

5. True or false? Snow fell in the Eastern Cape recently.
True.

6. What is the current repo rate?
7%

7. Which of SA’s banks experienced massive connectivity issues on 24 and 25 July?
First National Bank/FNB

8. True or false? The Labour Court ruled that the four SABC journalists who were dismissed by the public broadcaster need to be reinstated.
True.

9. Which province experienced two tornadoes in the space of 24 hours recently?
Gauteng

Bonus question in magazine:
10. True or false? The cover story in last week’s edition of the magazine was about the SA economy.
True.