You Spend Your Money... Trivia Quiz

Answer: Real

Divided into 100 centavos, the modern Brazilian real replaced the cruzeiro real in 1994. New designs were issued in 2010, each with the "Head of Republica" on the obverse and different Brazilian wildlife on the reverse. Creatures featured are the sea turtle (2 reals), the giant egret ($5), the Arara macaw ($10), the golden lion tamarin ($20), the jaguar ($50) and the Dusky Grouper coral ($100).

Answer: Euro

Based on the medieval trading of marten pelts, the Croatian currency is the kuna, which literally means "marten". A kuna is divided into 100 lips (meaning linden, or lime tree). The kuna replaced the Croatian dinar in 1994.

The 500k and the 1000k notes remain unchanged since 1994. The smaller values were redesigned in 2001 and 2002, and special commemorative 10th anniversary designs of the 10k and 20k notes were issued in 2004. Issued in eight different colours, the designs all show famous Croatians on the obverse and notable buildings on the reverse.

Answer: Kip

Divided into 100 att, the some form of the kip has been the currency of Laos since replacing the French Indochinese piaster in 1952. It was the Royal kip from 1952-76 when, due to the new communist rule it became the Pathet Lao kip. Serious inflationary problems led to the introduction of the current incarnation, the Lao PDR kip, in 1979.

Banknotes were originally issued in six denominations between 1 kip and 100 kip. The 500 kip not was first issued in 1988 and the 1,000 kip in 1992. The introduction of 2,000, 5,000, 10,000, 20,000 and 50,000 kip notes have followed. The 100,000 kip note first was issued in 2010 commemorate the 35th anniversary of the Laos Peoples Democratic Republic and the 450th anniversary of the national capital city, Vientiane.

Answer: Bolivar fuerte

Subdivided into 100 centimos, the Bolivar fuerte replaced the Venezuelan bolivar in 2008 after serious inflationary problems. The literal meaning of the new name is "strong bolivar".

New notes issued in 2016 feature famous people from Venezuelan history on the obverse, including Simon Bolivar after whom the currency is named on the 20,000 BsF note, and wildlife on the reverse. The creatures featured are the Orinoco river dolphin (500 BsF), giant armadillo (1,000), American harpy eagle ((2,000), hawksbill turtle (5,000), spectacled bear (10,000) and the red siskin (20,000).

Answer: Kina

Divided into 100 toea, the Papua New Guinea kina replaced the Australian dollar in 1975.

The particularly colourful current kina banknotes, all of which show the Parliament building in Port Moresby on the obverse, began to appear in 1999 with the issue of the 50 kina note. Banknotes for 2k, 5k, 10k, 20k and 100k were added by 2008, all using the new polymer format, and at the end of 2014 paper banknotes ceased to be legal tender in PNG.

Answer: Krone

Subdivided into 100 øre, the Danish krone (literally meaning "crown") has been in use since replacing the rigsdaler in 1875.

The latest series of banknotes, issued in 2006, are known as the "Bridge series". The obverse side depicts a Danish bridge and the surrounding landscape: Sallingsund Bridge on the 50kr, Little Belt Bridge (100kr), Knippelsbro (200kr), Queen Alexandrine Bridge (500kr) and Great Belt Bridge (1,000kr). Prehistoric artefacts found near respective bridges are shown on the reverse side of each of the five different-coloured denominations.

Answer: Kyat

The kyat was the currency of Burma from 1852 until in was replaced by the Indian rupee in 1899 following the British occupation. The kyat returned briefly during the Japanese occupation during WWII, but the current Burmese kyat (subdivided into 100 pya) officially replaced the Burmese rupee in 1952.

The change of the country's name from Burma to Myanmar in 1989 saw the beginning of a new currency issue, with the old denominations between 50 pyas and 100 kyat being issued between 1990 and 1997. Values in excess of 100 kyat were also introduced, beginning with a 200 kyat note in 1990 all the way up to 5,000 kyat in 2009 and 10,000 kyat in 2012.

Answer: Córdoba

Named for the Spanish conquistador Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, the Nicaraguan Córdoba is divided into 100 centavos. First introduced in 1912, the currency now in use, the third incarnation, became legal tender in 1991.

New designs introduced in 2015 are on polymer notes for the $10, $10, $50, $100 and $200 values, with only the $500 and $1,000 notes still made of paper.

Answer: Peso

Subdivided into 100 centavos, the former Spanish colony of The Philippines is the only country outside South America to use the peso as its currency. Since 1967, the word 'piso' has been used on the currency itself, although it is still officially called peso.

The "New Design" banknotes first issued between 1985 and 1993 were officially replaced in 2010 with the "New Generation Currency". The old designs were scheduled to become demonetarized on January 1, 2017 but a 3-month extension was granted due to a number of printing problems with the new designs.

Answer: Euro

The Euro was introduced within the Eurozone in 2002. Slovenia, which had gained independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, joined the European Union in 2004 and three years later the Euro replaced the Slovenian tolar as its currency.