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# Cash
Quiz: How much do you know about European currencies?
Test your knowledge.
THIS WEEKEND SEES the Eurovision come to a close.
Ireland sadly didn’t make it to the end, but at least we showed our face at this annual gathering of European neighbours (and, eh, Australia and Israel).
Visitors to host city Liverpool will be travelling home in the next few days – but not without exchanging their sterling back into euro or their local currency of course.
Actually, speaking of that… let’s see if you know your leu from your lev.
What is the currency of Ireland?
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Euro
Sterling
Lira
Pints
What is the currency of Spain?
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Euro
Peseta
Escudo
Punt
What is the currency of Germany?
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Euro
Mark
Reichsmark
Currywurst
What is the currency of Croatia?
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Euro
Kuna
Ruble
Are all the questions going to be like this?
What is the currency of France?
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Euro
Franc
Eiffel
Please can we move on to other currencies?
What is the currency of Finland?
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Euro
Markka
What is the currency of Malta?
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Euro
Lira
What is the currency of Slovakia?
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Euro
What is the currency of Austria?
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Euro
Right. Enough. Can we please move on to more interesting questions?
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Yes, fine, okay.
No? No we can't.
Who is on the reverse of the Bank of England £5 note?
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Singer Dua Lipa
Former Irish taoiseach Enda Kenny
Scottish comedian Limmy
Syrian president Bashar al-Assad
Country-western star Garth Brooks
Former UK prime minister Winston Churchill
On which Irish pence coin did a salmon appear?
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2p
5p
10p
There was actually a tiny salmon - representing the Salmon of Knowledge - on the edge of every coin.
Which 'crown' is used in Czechia?
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Króna
Koruna
Krone
Kroon
When did the euro become the official currency of eurozone countries?
1999
2003
1993
1423
And when did euro notes and coins enter circulation?
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1999
2002
2003
2004
How much would you have expected to pay, on average, for a litre of milk in Poland in 2022?
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1.5 złoty
205 złoty
4.35 złoty
1 milk (the national currency of Poland is milk)
Both are used, but which is the official currency of Kosovo?
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Euro (please don't start this again)
Serbian dinar
Which country uses forint?
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Turkey
Moldova
The United Kingdom
Hungary
Which country joined the eurozone in 2023?
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Estonia
Croatia
Latvia
North Korea
Finally, how much did one punt get you in euros?
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€1
€1.27
€0.79
A hundred billion million.
Alamy
You scored out of !
You are Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank
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You scored out of !
You are Paschal Donohoe, president of the Eurogroup
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You scored out of !
You are Ajai Chopra, former IMF official and architect of Ireland's bailout
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You scored out of !
You are this one cent coin
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You scored out of !
You're a pile of coppers
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You scored out of !
You are former finance minister Charlie McCreevy
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You scored out of !
You are former Central Bank of Ireland governor Patrick Honohan
