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Currencies In Common Trivia Quiz

There are lots of currencies that share the same name, even though they are not necessarily the same currency. This is essentially a quiz about them.

A multiple-choice quiz by tee-hee-me. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
tee-hee-me

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
89,730

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
3867

Last 3 plays: Guest 125 (4/10), Guest 71 (6/10), Guest 92 (6/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which one of these countries does not use the dinar? Hint

Bahrain

Anguilla

Iraq

Libya

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which country has the same currency name as the United Arab Emirates? Hint

Madagascar

Algeria

Morocco

Mauritania

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Question 3 of 10

3. All these countries or regions, except one, use dollars as their currency. Which one is the exception? Hint

Hong Kong

New Zealand

Vanuatu

Belize

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which one of these four countries uses the rufiyaa? Hint

Indonesia

Maldives

Mauritius

India

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Question 5 of 10

5. One of these countries does not have the rupee as its currency. Which one? Hint

Bangladesh

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

Seychelles

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Question 6 of 10

6. Kyrgyzstan's currency has the same name as Uzbekistan's currency.

True

False

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is the name of South and North Korea's currency?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Choose the country which doesn't use the franc. Hint

Congo

Switzerland

Togo

Tonga

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Question 9 of 10

9. Select the country which doesn't have a currency with the same name as the other three. Hint

Paraguay

Philippines

Dominican Republic

Colombia

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Question 10 of 10

10. Pick out the country whose currency is not "the pound". Hint

St. Helena

Falkland Islands

Syria

Somalia

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which one of these countries does not use the dinar?

Answer: Anguilla

Bahrain, Iraq and Libya all use the dinar. Anguilla uses the dollar.
Some other countries which use the dinar are: Algeria, Jordan, Kuwait, Sudan and Tunisia.

2. Which country has the same currency name as the United Arab Emirates?

Answer: Morocco

Both Morocco and the United Arab Emirates use the dirham.
Algeria has the dinar. Mauritania uses the ouguiya. Madagascar's currency is the Malagasy franc.

3. All these countries or regions, except one, use dollars as their currency. Which one is the exception?

Answer: Vanuatu

Vanuatu's currency is the vatu. The New Zealand dollar is also used in the Pitcairn Islands, Tokelau, Cook Islands and Niue. Belize's dollar has BZD as a symbol. Hong Kong has the HKD(Hong Kong dollar.)

4. Which one of these four countries uses the rufiyaa?

Answer: Maldives

The Maldives use the rufiyaa, whoose code is MVR. In Indonesia the rupiah is used. India and Mauritius use the rupee.

5. One of these countries does not have the rupee as its currency. Which one?

Answer: Bangladesh

The taka is the currency of Bangladesh. Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Seychelles use the rupee. Other countries include: India and Mauritius.

6. Kyrgyzstan's currency has the same name as Uzbekistan's currency.

Answer: True

Both countries use the som. The som subdivides to 100 tiyin in Uzbekistan and 100 tyyn in Kyrgyzstan.

7. What is the name of South and North Korea's currency?

Answer: won

The won subdivides to 100 chon.

8. Choose the country which doesn't use the franc.

Answer: Tonga

Tonga's currency is the pa'anga. Some countries which use the franc are: Congo, Togo, Benin, New Caledonia, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Comoros, Wallis and Futuna Islands, Rwanda, Senegal and Cote d'Ivoire. The French franc was used in France until January 1, 2002, when it was replaced by the euro.

9. Select the country which doesn't have a currency with the same name as the other three.

Answer: Paraguay

The Dominican Republic, the Philippines and Colombia all use the peso.
Paraguay has the guarani for its currency.

10. Pick out the country whose currency is not "the pound".

Answer: Somalia

Somalia's currency is the shilling. The shilling is the name of Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya's currency. St. Helena, Syria and the Falkland Islands use the pound. The pound is also used in: Egypt, Gibraltar and, of course, the UK.

Source: Author tee-hee-me

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