Quiz

Published April 13, 2013

Do you know the currency?

1. Before the Euro was introduced in Cyprus, which currency was used there? 2. In which country would you be if you were using the currency Leone? 3. Which currency would you use in Mexico? 4. What is the name of the currency used in Fiji? 5. Ringgit is the currency of which country? Hint: it is in Asia. 6. What is the currency of Panama? 7. Which country would you be in if you were using the currency Kwacha? 8. Niara is the currency of which African country? 9. Which currency is used in Poland? 10. Which currency is currently used in Finland?

— Rehan Jalal

Answers:

1. Pounds 2. Sierra Leone 3. Peso 4. Dollars 5. Malaysia 6. Balboa, it is named after the explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa. 7. Zambia 8. Nigeria 9. Zloty 10. Euro

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