World Currencies quiz

More questions about World Currencies

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1. 1 Easy

   Why are there tiny letters hidden on modern banknotes?

   Answer: To serve as a microprinting security feature

   Why: US notes gained microprinting with the Series 1990 $100 bill; on today's 100 dollar bill the tiny words sit on Franklin's collar and along the golden quill.

2. 2 Medium

   Why does the Indian rupee symbol feature horizontal lines?

   Answer: It symbolizes the mathematical equality sign

   Why: D. Udaya Kumar's design beat about 3,300 public entries and blends the Devanagari letter ra with a Latin R; India approved it on 15 July 2010.

3. 3 Hard

   Why did the Russian ruble lose massive value in 1998?

   Answer: The government defaulted on its debt

   Why: The ruble slid from 6.29 per dollar in mid August 1998 to about 21 by 21 September, and Russian inflation that year hit 84 percent.

4. 4 Easy

   Why was the US Secret Service originally established in 1865?

   Answer: To suppress counterfeiting

   Why: Nearly a third of notes in circulation were fake when the agency opened on 5 July 1865; guarding the president became its job only in 1902.

5. 5 Medium

   Which sea creature's shell was used as currency across ancient Asia?

   Answer: Cowrie

   Why: Lady Fu Hao's tomb, sealed around 1200 BC and opened in 1976, held 6,900 cowries beside 468 bronze objects.

6. 6 Hard

   How is ownership of giant Rai stone carvings transferred?

   Answer: By oral agreement alone

   Why: A rai lost overboard on the voyage home was never recovered, yet all agreed it still existed, so it kept changing hands.