1. The Great Recession—the most recent world-wide economic downturn—started in:

2. The Nobel Prize in Economics in 2014 was awarded to which of these economists?

3. In 2014, this economist became the first woman appointed as chair of the Federal Reserve in the United States:

4. The country that has the largest income per person (as measured by GDP per capita in US dollars) is:

5. The most recent hyperinflation, where the percent increase in the general price level (inflation) exceeds 1,000% per year, occurred in which country?

6. The latest round of trade negotiations among members of the World Trade Organization is known as:

7. Which of the following European countries does not use the Euro as its main currency?

8. The 2001 event that led to the bankruptcy of a U.S. energy company and resulted in the dissolution of Arthur Anderson—one of the top five U.S. accounting firms—was:

9. The economist that identified massive vulnerability in the U.S. banking system and predicted its collapse three years before the Great Recession occurred was:

10. "The Great Moderation" refers to what?