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1. In 1963 Florence Barron commissioned a painting for 1600 US dollars. This was a self portrait of the artist. The painting was sold in May 2011 for over 38 million dollars. Can you name the artist?
2. Frenchman Nicolas Anelka joined London's Arsenal FC for half a million pounds in February 1997. This highly-talented player was sold in the summer of 1999 to a Spanish club for 22.3 million pounds. Which club forked out the money?
3. An item that was at first described as a 19th century French claret jug worth five pounds was sold at an auction in 2008 for 220 thousand pounds! What in actual fact was this jug?
4. A penny black stamp was sold for four and half thousand pounds, although you normally can purchase them for prices ranging from 50 to 200 pounds. What is a collector of postage stamps called?
5. Napoleon Bonaparte was in urgent need of money so he decided to sell territory (828 thousand square miles) that France held in North America. The amount of the purchase was 15 million dollars. This is roughly translated as 3 cents an acre! What is the name given to this transaction?
6. This Dutch post-impressionist painter produced more than 2100 works of art and was during his life time constantly broke. When he died aged 37 only a few people knew of him or his works. Now his paintings sell for millions of dollars and are amongst the most valuable works of art. Who is the painter?
7. Another US land purchase was that of Alaska in 1867, owing to the difficult financial situation of the then owner. Which country sold Alaska to the US?
8. In 1997, Michael Robertson bought a domain name for 1000 dollars. Robertson and a few partners built a business around their lucky find and sold it in 2001 for 372 million dollars. What is the domain name?
9. Footballer Andy Carroll was transferred from Newcastle in January 2011 for 35 million pounds, having started his professional career with the club in 2006. What famous English club secured his services in 2011?
10. In 2004, Peter Thiel spent half a million dollars acquiring 5.2% of an internet company. Eight years on his investment was worth more than 1.5 billion dollars. In what internet company did Peter invest?
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