16373 Hard Trivia Questions
16373 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Which precious metal was discovered in 1844 by Karl Ernst Claus?
Answer
Ruthenium
Which company produced the world's largest gold bar (250 kg)?
Answer
Mitsubishi Materials
Which mine is the world's largest gold mine by production?
Answer
Muruntau mine
What is the name of the largest gold deposit in the world?
Answer
Witwatersrand Basin
What is the name of the refining process that uses electrolysis to produce high-purity gold?
Answer
Wohlwill process
What is the name of the gold refining process that uses chlorine gas?
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Miller process
What is the name of the international standard for gold bar purity and weight?
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London Good Delivery
What gold alloy is used in the Nobel Prize medals?
Answer
18-karat green gold
In a covered interest arbitrage, what instrument commonly hedges exchange-rate risk?
Answer
Forward contract
What was the European exchange-rate system created in 1972 known as?
Answer
Snake in the tunnel
What 1976 agreement formally accepted floating exchange rates under the IMF system?
Answer
Jamaica Accords
What 1987 agreement aimed to stabilize exchange rates after the Plaza Accord?
Answer
Louvre Accord
What was the highest denomination banknote issued by Zimbabwe?
Answer
100 trillion dollars
On what date did the Swiss National Bank remove the cap on the Swiss franc?
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15 January 2015
Which institution publishes the Triennial Central Bank Survey of Foreign Exchange?
Answer
Bank for International Settlements
As of 2024, which currency has the highest value per unit against the US dollar?
Answer
Kuwaiti dinar
What was the name of the 1930 US tariff act that raised import duties to record levels?
Answer
Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act
Which international organization administers the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System?
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World Customs Organization
What is the name of the trade agreement between the EU and Japan that took effect in 2019?
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EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement
Which treaty in 1854 opened Japanese ports to foreign trade?
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Treaty of Kanagawa
What is the name of the medieval trade route that linked Scandinavia to the Byzantine Empire?
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Trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks
Which country was the first to establish a national export credit agency?
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United Kingdom
What is the name of the trade facilitation agreement adopted by the WTO in 2013?
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Trade Facilitation Agreement
What is the name of the WTO agreement on intellectual property?
Answer
TRIPS Agreement
What was the name of the 1860 trade treaty between France and the United Kingdom?
Answer
Cobden-Chevalier Treaty
What is the name of the treaty that established the European Economic Community in 1957?
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Treaty of Rome
Which African country is the world's largest exporter of cocoa beans?
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Ivory Coast
What treaty established the European Coal and Steel Community in 1951?
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Treaty of Paris