Pass the Buck Trivia Quiz

Answer: Guaraní

The guaraní (₲) was first issued in 1944 as a replacement for the peso. Today, it is the least valuable currency in the Americas, after a fixed guaraní-dollar exchange rate was abolished in 1985.

Answer: ngultrum

The Bhutanese ngultrum (Nu) is a "typical" currency in that it is divided into 100 cents, or chhertums. However, unlike most of the well-known world currencies, it has a fixed value equivalent to the Indian rupee.

Answer: Swiss franc

Liechtenstein has been in an economic union with Switzerland since the early 1900s, and has adopted the Swiss franc as its own currency. Like Switzerland, Liechtenstein is known for strict banking secrecy and lax tax and incorporation laws.

Answer: shilling

While under British rule, Kenya used the East African shilling. Once independent, Kenya kept the shilling as its currency and remained equivalent to the East African shilling until 1969.

Answer: Lempira

The Honduran lempira is named after a leader of the Lenca people from the 1500s.

Answer: Rupiah

Hit hard by the Asian economic depression in the late 1990s, Indonesia's rupiah (Rp) fell to nearly Rp 11,000 per dollar compared to the Rp 2,600 per dollar previously. Indonesia's economy never really recovered, and the rupiah had fallen to about Rp 16,000 per dollar by 2016.

Answer: peso

Although the official currency is the peso, banks have increasingly used the US dollar in inter-bank transactions. As of 2008, nearly 60% were using the US dollar.

Answer: euro

Portugal used the escudo until January 1, 2002, when the euro became the common currency of most European Union countries.

Answer: dollar

Properly called "New Taiwan dollar", it replaced the "old" Taiwan dollar in 1949 after runaway inflation due to war and politics.

Answer: dinar

Becoming worthless in the early 2000s, the Iraqi dinar was revalued upon establishment of the new Iraqi government. In addition, many bills were redesigned to eliminate likenesses of Saddam Hussein.