Test your knowledge of 2023 in our City Christmas Quiz

It's been a harrowing year, with a banking crisis, the departure of two heavyweight CEOs from the FTSE 100 and the sight of private equity sharks sinking their teeth into our best-loved companies.

But there were also signs of stability, with cooling inflation raising hopes that the economy can revive itself in 2024.

Think you know the score? Test your knowledge of the past 12 months in our City Quiz.

1 What is the name of the CEO of NatWest who resigned this year over Nigel Farage's banking row?

A) Alison Rose B) John Rose C) Alison Hammond D) Alison Brittain

2 Where is Birkenstock listed?

A) Frankfurt B) London C) New York D) Amsterdam

3 Who ultimately bought The Body Shop?

A) TDR Capital B) Carlyle C) Aurelius D) KKR

4 Who is the CEO of X, formerly known as Twitter?

A) Jeff Bezos B) Elon Musk C) Linda Yaccarino D) Poppy Gustafsson

5 How much was the record fine given by gambling regulators to William Hill owner 888?

A) £9 million B) £19 million C) £90 million D) £900 million

6 Which bank did Credit Suisse save?

A) HSBC B) UBS C) Lloyds D) National

7 Who was the highest paid FTSE 100 boss last year?

A) Charles Woodburn, BAE Systems B) Pascal Soriot, AstraZeneca C) Bernard Looney, BP D) Erik Engstrom, Relx

8 How much does a FTSE 100 executive earn compared to the average salary of a full-time employee?

A) 18x B) 80x C) 118x D) 180x

9 Which newspaper did THG boss Matt Molding buy?

A) The Telegraph B) Yorkshire Post C) Manchester Evening News D) City AM

10 How much did Bernard Looney lose after being forced out of BP?

A) £320,000 B) £3.2 million C) £32 million D) £320 million

11 Who is the new president of the World Bank?

A) Janet Yellen B) Ajay Banga C) Indermit Gill D) Vindi Banga

12 Which former Bank of England bigwig did Labor Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves support?

A) Mervyn King B) Jerome Powell C) Mark Carney D) George Osborne

13 How many times in a row has the Bank of England raised interest rates since December 2021?

A) 4 B) 6 C) 10 D) 14

14 How many Chancellors of the Exchequer have there been since George Osborne?

A) 3 B) 4 C) 6 D) 10

15 What does the 'E' in ESG stand for?

A) Entrepreneurial B) Ecological C) Economic D) Environmental

16 Which tech company fired its boss Sam Altman within a week and then rehired it?

A) Space XB) OpenAI C) ClosedAI D) Microsoft

17 Which police force was Nick Ephgrave a member of before becoming head of the Serious Fraud Office?

A) South Yorkshire Police B) Greater Manchester Police C) British Transport Police

D) Metropolitan police

18 Tufan Erginbilgic left BP to join which FTSE 100 engineering group?

A) Melrose B) Johnson Matthey C) Rolls-Royce D) BAE Systems

19 What did HSBC buy for £1 in March?

A) A Pret sandwich B) Barclays C) British branch of SVB D) Brighton & Hove Albion FC

20 Name the British pharmaceutical company sold to a Swedish private equity firm for £4.5 billion?

A) GSK B) AstraZeneca C) Dechra Pharmaceuticals D) Oxford Nanopore

21 Who said CEOs of UK listed companies should be paid more?

A) Pascal Soriot, AstraZeneca B) Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer C) Julia Hoggett, London Stock Exchange D) Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England

22 How many dividends did the Wilkinson family receive in the ten years before Wilko's collapse?

A) £7 million B) £17 million C) £70 million D) £77 million

23 Who replaced Andrew Griffith as the city's minister?

A) Bim Afolami B) Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg C) Laura Trott D) John Glen

24 Marks & Spencer returned to the FTSE 100 after how many years?

A) 2 B) 4 C) 8 D) 10

25 Which Big Tech takeover did the Competition and Markets Authority ultimately allow?

A) Microsoft and Activision

B) Activision and Alphabet

C) Meta and Microsoft

D) Alphabet and sage

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