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Canada 02 · 11-02-2007, 10:33 AM

Paul Beamish gives a pop quiz every year to his students at the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario. He gives it, however, at the beginning of the year, not the end - "to show these Executive MBA students that they don't know as much as they think they know."

For each column, the first answer is provided ... Thus, in the first column, the sheet identifies the United States as the country with the greatest purchasing power parity (PPP) in the world ($12.9-trillion U.S.) and uses the United States as a base against which other countries are measured. It specifies the next 11 national PPP measurements - country No. 2, for example, has PPP of $10-trillion, country No. 3, $4.2-trillion, country No. 4, $4-trillion, down to country No. 12 with $1.1-trillion. Using these clues, the student must try to name, in correct descending order, the countries with the greatest purchasing power.

Here is the quiz:

List the 12 countries with the greatest purchasing power (a measure of total national consumption based on the purchase of identical goods and services in domestic currencies).

1. $12.9-trillion - United States
2. $10-trillion -
3. $4.2-trillion -
4. $4-trillion -
5. $2.6 trillion -
6. $1.9 trillion -
7. $1.87 trillion -
8. $1.7 trillion -
9. $1.7 trillion -
10. $1.6 trillion -
11. $1.18 trillion -
12. $1.1-trillion -

List the 12 countries with the largest gross national income (a measure of total national production measured in US dollars)

1. $13 trillion - United States
2. $5 trillion -
3. $2.8 trillion -
4. $2.26 trillion -
5. $2.26 trillion -
6. $2.18 trillion -
7. $1.7 trillion -
8. $1.1 trillion -
9. $1.05 trillion -
10. $793 billion -
11. $765 billion -
12. $753 billion

And list the 12 most populous countries on Earth.

1. 1.3 billion people - China
2. 1.0 billion -
3. 297 million -
4. 220 million -
5. 186 million -
6. 156 million -
7. 143 million -
8. 142 million -
9. 132 million -
10. 128 million -
11. 103 million -
12. 83 million -

http://www.globeinvestor.com/servlet...ry/currencies/

Here are the answers:

http://www.ivey.uwo.ca/centres/engaging/default.htm

11-02-2007, 10:33 AM	#1
Canada 02 Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2004 Exp:	Are you smarter than an Executive MBA? Paul Beamish gives a pop quiz every year to his students at the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario. He gives it, however, at the beginning of the year, not the end - "to show these Executive MBA students that they don't know as much as they think they know." For each column, the first answer is provided ... Thus, in the first column, the sheet identifies the United States as the country with the greatest purchasing power parity (PPP) in the world ($12.9-trillion U.S.) and uses the United States as a base against which other countries are measured. It specifies the next 11 national PPP measurements - country No. 2, for example, has PPP of $10-trillion, country No. 3, $4.2-trillion, country No. 4, $4-trillion, down to country No. 12 with $1.1-trillion. Using these clues, the student must try to name, in correct descending order, the countries with the greatest purchasing power. Here is the quiz: List the 12 countries with the greatest purchasing power (a measure of total national consumption based on the purchase of identical goods and services in domestic currencies). 1. $12.9-trillion - United States 2. $10-trillion - 3. $4.2-trillion - 4. $4-trillion - 5. $2.6 trillion - 6. $1.9 trillion - 7. $1.87 trillion - 8. $1.7 trillion - 9. $1.7 trillion - 10. $1.6 trillion - 11. $1.18 trillion - 12. $1.1-trillion - List the 12 countries with the largest gross national income (a measure of total national production measured in US dollars) 1. $13 trillion - United States 2. $5 trillion - 3. $2.8 trillion - 4. $2.26 trillion - 5. $2.26 trillion - 6. $2.18 trillion - 7. $1.7 trillion - 8. $1.1 trillion - 9. $1.05 trillion - 10. $793 billion - 11. $765 billion - 12. $753 billion And list the 12 most populous countries on Earth. 1. 1.3 billion people - China 2. 1.0 billion - 3. 297 million - 4. 220 million - 5. 186 million - 6. 156 million - 7. 143 million - 8. 142 million - 9. 132 million - 10. 128 million - 11. 103 million - 12. 83 million - http://www.globeinvestor.com/servlet...ry/currencies/ Here are the answers: http://www.ivey.uwo.ca/centres/engaging/default.htm Last edited by Canada 02; 11-02-2007 at 10:43 AM.