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Quiz about Pretty Money
Quiz about Pretty Money

Pretty Money Trivia Quiz


Some countries produce quite picturesque currency, so we take a photographic trip around the monetary world. Identifying words have been blanked out of the pictures for obvious reasons.

A photo quiz by EnglishJedi. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
EnglishJedi
Time
4 mins
Type
Photo Quiz
Quiz #
367,237
Updated
Dec 03 21
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Question 1 of 10
1. The pictured currency was in use from 1832 until 2001 in which European country? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. The peso (or piso) is widely used in former Spanish colonies. Which country that uses this currency issued the pictured banknote highlighting the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. The pictured banknote has a value of 20 tögrögs. To which Asian country would you need to travel in order to spend it? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Wildlife is a common theme on many African currencies. Which country, the second-largest in Africa, issued the pictured banknote? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Most countries issue commemorative stamps, but few do the same thing with their banknotes. Which former Soviet republic issued a special 2,000 tenge banknote (pictured) in 2011 to commemorate staging the 7th Asian Winter Games in their capital? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. The banknotes of many countries carry portraits of their head of state, so fresh designs are needed when a new monarch ascends to the throne. The pictured note, issued in 2003, has the picture of the man who had become king in 1999. Which country issued it? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. The pictured banknote depicts the Khabarovsk Bridge, built across the world's tenth-longest river in 1999. Which country issued this banknote? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Which country in the Americas issued a series of banknotes highlighting the country's diverse wildlife in 1994? The pictured note shows the Great Egret. Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Which European country issued this colourful set of banknotes in 2005? The 100L value (pictured) honors the country's great playwright and poet Ion Luca Caragiale. Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. One of the newest European currencies is the hryvnia, introduced in 1996 with a colorful series of banknotes. The reverse of the 200h (pictured), added in 2001, depicts the entrance tower of Lutsk High Castle. Which country uses the hryvnia? Hint



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1. The pictured currency was in use from 1832 until 2001 in which European country?

Answer: Greece

The word 'drachma' derives from the Greek word meaning 'to grasp'. The modern drachma replaced the 'phoenix' as the Greek currency in 1832. One drachma was subdivided into 100 lepta. The drachma was replaced by the Euro in 2001.
2. The peso (or piso) is widely used in former Spanish colonies. Which country that uses this currency issued the pictured banknote highlighting the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park?

Answer: The Philippines

The independence of the Republic of the Philippines was recognized in 1946 and they began issuing their own currency three years later. One peso ('piso' in Filipino) is sub-divided into 100 sentimos.
The Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park, depicted on the reverse side of the 1000 peso note, is a marine and bird sanctuary consisting of two huge atolls and one smaller island in the Sulu Sea. The park covers an area of 375 square miles, which is slightly smaller than Hong Kong.
3. The pictured banknote has a value of 20 tögrögs. To which Asian country would you need to travel in order to spend it?

Answer: Mongolia

The Mongolian Tögrög is sub-divided into 100 mongos. The origin of the word 'tögrög' means 'circle' or 'circular object' ie originally, a coin. Introduced in 1925, it officially replaced both the Mongolian dollar and the Soviet ruble in 1928. This is another country with no coins in circulation, although they are still minted for sale to tourists as souvenirs. The image on the pictured 20 tögrög banknote is of Damdin Sükhbaatar (1893-1923), a founding member of the Mongoian People's Party.

The reverse side of the note depicts horses eating grass with a mountainous landscape in the background.
4. Wildlife is a common theme on many African currencies. Which country, the second-largest in Africa, issued the pictured banknote?

Answer: Democratic Republic of Congo

The Congolese Franc, used in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is sub-divided into 100 centimes. When the country gained independence from Belgium in 1960, it continued to use the franc as a currency until 1967, when the Zairean zaire was introduced. The franc was re-established in 1997 as a coin-less currency. Banknotes are issued for denominations of 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 centimes and for franc values of 1, 5, 10, 20,.50 and 100. Each denomination is a different color. The photograph shows the front of the 5F note, depicting a rhinoceros in Garamba National Park.

The reverse side of this note shows the Kamwanga Falls.
5. Most countries issue commemorative stamps, but few do the same thing with their banknotes. Which former Soviet republic issued a special 2,000 tenge banknote (pictured) in 2011 to commemorate staging the 7th Asian Winter Games in their capital?

Answer: Kazakhstan

The Kazakhstani tenge is sub-divided into 100 tïýn. Following independence, Kazakhstan issued its first banknotes in 1993 with each of the tenge denominations featuring a portrait of Al-Farabi, a 10th-Century scientist and philosopher of the Islamic Golden Age.

The second series of notes, issued in 2006, were particularly colorful. Each note included on the reverse an outline map of the country superimposed upon a different mountain view. The country began issuing commemorative banknotes 2001, with a 5,000 tenge denomination to mark the 10th anniversary of independence from the Soviet Union.

The 2011 issue pictured here commemorated the 7th Asian Winter Games which was staged in Astana.
6. The banknotes of many countries carry portraits of their head of state, so fresh designs are needed when a new monarch ascends to the throne. The pictured note, issued in 2003, has the picture of the man who had become king in 1999. Which country issued it?

Answer: Jordan

The Kingdom of Jordan became independent by United Nations mandate in 1946 and issued their first currency in 1949. The Jordanian dinar is sub-divided into 10 dirham, 100 qirsh (aka piastres) or 1000 fils.
The 50 dinar value banknote was issued for the first time in 1999 but had to be replaced almost immediately to recognize the death of King Hussein and the ascension of King Abdullah II ibn al-Hussein. The reverse of the new 50 dinar banknote pictures Raghadan Palace, the royal residence in Amman.
7. The pictured banknote depicts the Khabarovsk Bridge, built across the world's tenth-longest river in 1999. Which country issued this banknote?

Answer: Russia

The new set of banknotes issued by Russia in 1997 remain in use today with only minor modifications to the design. The 5,000 ruble banknote shows the Khabarovsk Bridge across the Amur River on the reverse side. The bridge, connects the settlement of Imeni Telmana in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast to and city of Khabarovsk in the Khabarovsk Krai in eastern Russia.

A combined auto and rail bridge of two levels with a length of 3,890 metres, it replaced a 1916 rail bridge that was built to carry the Trans-Siberian Railway across the Amur. The front side of the 5,000 ruble banknote depicts the Monument to Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky in Khabarovsk.

Other designs feature the Kremlin, the Bolshoi Theatre, the Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange and John the Baptist Church in Yaroslavl.
8. Which country in the Americas issued a series of banknotes highlighting the country's diverse wildlife in 1994? The pictured note shows the Great Egret.

Answer: Brazil

Although each value differed in color, the design on the front side of each banknote in this issue were all the same, the Republic's effigy portrayed as a bust. On the back of each note was a different animal: birds such as the splendidly-named Sapphire-Spangled Emerald Hummingbird and the Green-winged Macaw, the Golden Lion Tamarin, the Cougar, and even the Grouper fish.
9. Which European country issued this colourful set of banknotes in 2005? The 100L value (pictured) honors the country's great playwright and poet Ion Luca Caragiale.

Answer: Romania

First issued in 1867, the Romanian leu is sub-divided into 100 bani ('ban' is the singular). Revalued for the third time in 2005, with one 'new' leu equal to 10,000 'old' leu, a colorful series of notes were issued in the revamped currency. The new 100 leu note featured a portrait of Ion Luca Caragiale and a sweet violet. On the reverse side (pictured) was the statue of him that stands outside his former house in Bucharest along with the National Theater of Bucharest building.
10. One of the newest European currencies is the hryvnia, introduced in 1996 with a colorful series of banknotes. The reverse of the 200h (pictured), added in 2001, depicts the entrance tower of Lutsk High Castle. Which country uses the hryvnia?

Answer: Ukraine

The Ukrainian kryvnia is sub-divided into 100 kopiyka. The 14th-Century Lutsk High Castle, which is also known as Lubart's Castle, is located in the city of Lutsk, the administrative capital of the Lutskyi Raion district in northwestern Ukraine. Located on the River Styr, the city has a population of just over 200,000.
The obverse side of the 200h note features a portrait of the poet and writer Lesya Ukrainka (1871-1913), the most important female writer in Ukrainian literature.
Source: Author EnglishJedi

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