CNBC Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge Bonus Bucks Answers for Thursday, October 20, 2011

CNBC Bonus Bucks Answers for Thursday, October 20, 2011 and CNBC Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge

1. Which of Rupert Murdoch's four children once ran a television production company called Shine that was acquired by Murdoch's News Corp. in April?

ANSWER: Elisabeth

2. According to CNBC.com’s table of earnings surprises, how did Abbott Laboratories’ most recently reported earnings per share number compare to the consensus estimate?

ANSWER: EPS was one cent above the estimate

3. Which publicly listed company has the world's largest workforce?

Answer: Wal-Mart

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CNBC Portfolio Challenge Bonus Bucks Answers for Tuesday, October 18, 2011

1. How did real estate agent Bret Parsons characterize the decor of actor Nicolas Cage's foreclosed mansion in Bel Air, California?

ANSWER: "Frat house bordello"

2. What word did analyst Anthony DiClemente use on CNBC to describe Google's cash hoard?

ANSWER: "Astonishing"

3. The Ernst & Young ITEM Club, which bases its quarterly growth report on finance ministry models, cut its forecast for the UK gross domestic product increase. What is the ITEM Club's new prediction for UK growth for this year?

Answer: 0.9% growth

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CNBC Portfolio Challenge Bonus Bucks Answers for Monday, October 17, 2011

1. The seventh most emptiest US City is

ANSWER: Dayton, OH

2. The domestic gross of the remake of Conan The Barbarian was

ANSWER: 21.3 million

3. Property prices in Beijing fell by how much in August, according to Daiwa Capital Markets.

Answer: 2.3%

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CNBC Portfolio Challenge Bonus Bucks Answers for Friday, October 14, 2011

1. In the third quarter of this year there were 284 Initial Public Offerings. The Asia Pacific region accounted for what percentage of these IPOs according to Ernst & Young?

ANSWER: 57%

2. The UK trade deficit for August, which analysts expected to swell to 8.8 billion pounds, ended up contracting instead. What did it fall to?

ANSWER: 7.768 billion pounds

3. For what company is Anna Anisimova the “daughter heir-apparent?

Answer: Coalco International

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CNBC Portfolio Challenge Bonus Bucks Answers for Wednesday, October 12, 2011

1. According to NFLShop.com, what was the third best-selling NFL jersey between April 1 and September 30, 2011?

ANSWER: Michael Vick, Philadelphia Eagles

2. How much did Huijin - a unit of China's sovereign wealth fund - spend on buying shares of the 'Big Four' Chinese banks, according to an analyst at Mizuho Securities Asia.

ANSWER: $31 Million

3. The Bank of England has said it will buy UK government bonds or gilts again. But which assets will the Bank of England not buy?

Answer: Corporate Bonds

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CNBC Portfolio Challenge Bonus Bucks Answers for Wednesday, October 12, 2011 and CNBC Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge

CNBC Portfolio Challenge Bonus Bucks Answers for Monday, October 10, 2011

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1. Which economist believes the United States is now in a "modern-day depression?"

ANSWER: David Rosenberg at Gluskin Sheff

2. Household spending accounts for what portion of the UK economy?

ANSWER: Two-thirds

CNBC Portfolio Challenge Bonus Bucks Answers for Monday, October 3, 2011

CNBC Portfolio Challenge Bonus Bucks Answers for Wednesday, September 21, 2011 and CNBC Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge

1. Australians are expected to splurge A$7.88 billion on pet care services and products in the 2011-2012 financial year. How much are they spending on food per year, according to market research firm IBIS?

ANSWER: A$ 2.8 billion

CNBC Bonus Bucks Answers for Tuesday, September 27, 2011

CNBC Portfolio Challenge Bonus Bucks Answers for Tuesday, September 27, 2011 and CNBC Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge

1. How much did Singapore spend to host the just concluded F1 grand prix?

ANSWER: None of the above


2. Switzerland recently set a limit for the Swiss franc's appreciation against the euro. What was that limit, of francs to euros?

ANSWER: 1.20


3. According to the CNBC Explains video on hedge funds, most of them are set up as:

ANSWER: Limited Partnership

The F8 Facebook Developers Conference 2011, took place in:

CNBC Portfolio Challenge Bonus Bucks Answers for Thursday, September 22, 2011 and CNBC Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge

1. The F8 Facebook Developers Conference 2011, took place in:

CNBC Portfolio Challenge Bonus Bucks Answers for Wednesday, September 21, 2011

CNBC Portfolio Challenge Bonus Bucks Answers for Wednesday, September 21, 2011 and CNBC Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge

1. What is the 8th most popular city for business?

ANSWER: Madrid


2. What is the 31st most safest bank in the world in 2011?

ANSWER: Cassa Depositi e Prestiti Turin, Italy


3. In CNBC.com’s “Top 10 Green Cars 2011,” how is the Lexus CT 200h described?

ANSWER: “Sporty, little premium hatchback”

What is the 31st most safest bank in the world in 2011?

CNBC Portfolio Challenge Bonus Bucks Answers for Wednesday, September 21, 2011 and CNBC Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge

1. What is the 8th most popular city for business?

ANSWER: Madrid


2. What is the 31st most safest bank in the world in 2011?

ANSWER: Cassa Depositi e Prestiti Turin, Italy


3. In CNBC.com’s “Top 10 Green Cars 2011,” how is the Lexus CT 200h described?

ANSWER: “Sporty, little premium hatchback”