Answers to the Christmas Quiz 2005

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26 Jan 2006

Answers to the Christmas Quiz 2005

We have received 24 correct answers to the Christmas Quiz. We are pleased to announce the first three correct entries as follows:

 

Patricia Chan

Tim Wong

Ho Kwok-fu

 

Congratulations to the winners. They will each receive the prize of an HKMA fountain pen and other HKMA souvenirs.

Mr Joseph Yam presents souvenir to the winners.

The answers to the Christmas Quiz are:

 

Order Banks

Year began issuing banknotes
1. (d) Oriental Bank Corporation

1845
2. (f) Chartered Mercantile Bank of India , London and China

1859
3. (a) Chartered Bank of India , Australia and China (later renamed as Standard Chartered Bank)

1862
4. (h) Agra and United Service Bank Ltd

1863
5. (e) Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (later renamed as The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited)

1865
6. (c) Commerical Bank Corporation of India and the East

1866
7. (b) National Bank of China Ltd

1891
8. (g) Bank of China (later renamed as Bank of China ( Hong Kong ) Limited) 1994

 

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