Answers to the Christmas Quiz on Central Bank Governors

We had an enthusiastic response to our Christmas Quiz on Central Bank Governors, despite the difficulty of some of the questions. The joint winners of the Quiz are:

Yau Suk Yi

Charles Siegman

They will each receive the prize of a proof set of Hong Kong coins and a selection of recent HKMA publications, as well as our warmest congratulations and an invitation to visit the HKMA for a tour of our premises.

The answers to the Christmas Quiz are:

1. The central bank governor who prefers salt to butter on his bread.

(c) Alan Greenspan, US Federal Reserve Board

2. The central bank governor who has formerly been a prime minister.

(n) Josef Tosovsky, Ceska Narodni Banka

3. The former central bank governor who is currently a prime minister.

(h) Zhu Rongji, formerly of the People's Bank of China

4. The central bank governor with an abundance of silvery white hair.

(o) Wim Duisenberg, European Central Bank

5. The scholarly central bank governor with the best thought provoking jokes.

(k) Jacob Frenkel, Bank of Israel

6. The central bank governor who has the largest number of staff.

(b) Dai Xianglong, People's Bank of China

7. The oldest central bank governor.

(a) Masaru Hayami, Bank of Japan

8. The central bank governor running the oldest central bank.

(l) Urban Backstrom, Sveriges Riksbank

9. The longest serving central bank governor.

(d) Afxentis Afxentiou, Central Bank of Cyprus

10. The central bank governor with most foreign reserves per capita at his disposal.

(i) Koh Yong Guan, Monetary Authority of Singapore

11. The central bank governor who won the BIS annual golf tournament for the last two years.

(m) Joseph Yam, Hong Kong Monetary Authority

12. The central bank governor who wears one of those pairs of glasses that can be folded into a size as small as its lens.

(g) Jean-Claude Trichet, Banque de France

13. The G-7 central bank governor with a moustache.

(e) Gordon Thiessen, Bank of Canada

14. The central bank governor who once held a senior position with a hedge fund.

(j) Arminio Fraga, Banco Central do Brasil

15. The central bank governor famous for his steady pair of hands.

(f) Eddie George, Bank of England

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