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art of the deal
Quiz: How much do you know about the art of the deal?
After the UK and EU struck a Protocol deal this week, challenge your knowledge on other famous ‘deals’.
THE UK AND the EU agreed a new deal this week to tackle issues caused by the Northern Ireland Protocol.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the new deal, titled the Windsor Framework, will remove almost all checks on goods from Britain to Northern Ireland and effectively removes “any sense of a border in the Irish Sea”.
Parties in the North have welcomed the deal, but DUP chief whip Sammy Wilson said his party will only sign up if it “safeguards the union”.
So with all this talk of deals, how much do you know about other famous “deals”?
Making deals is tough, but who loves making big deals so much that they have penned a book titled ‘The Art of the Deal’?
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Jeff Bezos
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Rupert Murdoch
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Donald Trump
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Bill Gates
Where in Windsor was the aforementioned 'Windsor Framework' deal agreed?
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Windsor Castle
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Fairmont Windsor Park hotel
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Frogmore House
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St George's Chapel
Which UK politician said they would find it ‘very difficult’ to back the Windsor deal?
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Theresa May
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Chris Heaton-Harris
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Keir Starmer
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Boris Johnson
Many musicians have sold their music catalogue recently; what was Bruce Springsteen’s deal reportedly worth?
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$300 million
$100 million
$750 million
$500 million
There have been some eye-watering divorce deals, particularly in the celebrity world. But whose is the most expensive divorce deal at $2.7 billion (adjusted for inflation)?
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Kimye
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Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall
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Madonna and Guy Ritchie
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Paul McCartney and Heather Mills
But what is the most expensive divorce deal ever (coming in at $40.3 billion)?
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Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren
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Bernie Ecclestone and Slavica Radić
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Rupert Murdoch and Anna Mann dePeyster
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Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Scott
U2 played The Waterfront Hall in Belfast in a bid to shore up support of the 'Yes Vote' for the Good Friday Agreement. Who else performed at this gig?
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Ash
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Van Morrison
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The Undertones
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Paul Brady
Ronald Wayne was a co-founder of Apple but left 12 days later due to the "whirlwind" nature of the fledgling company. He struck a deal to sell his 10% stake for $800. How much would this stake be worth today?
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$20 billion
$75 billion
$750 million
$30 billion
That wasn't the only bad deal that Ronald Wayne was on the end of. He kept his original Apple contract from 1976 and sold it in the early 90s for $500. How much was this same contract auctioned for in 2011?
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$1 million
$1.4 million
$1.6 million
$2 million
A bum deal meant that hip-hop group TLC only made $50,000 apiece from their second album 'CrazySexyCool', despite it making a reported $75 million for their record label. What action did they take to sweeten the deal?
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Hold their record label boss hostage at gunpoint
Refuse to perform at upcoming gigs
Perform under a new name to circumvent their contract
Record terrible albums on purpose to reduce sales
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You scored out of !
You like making deals, big deals
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You scored out of !
You were in the room for the Windsor Framework
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You scored out of !
Deal-making skills as subtle as TLC
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You scored out of !
You remind me of Ronald Wayne
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