Quiz 3

Dear fellow Cash-0-novas this is my 1st quizzing set on this blog , it is dedicated to origins of financial terms and instruments..all the questions can be worked out with careful thinking....so get your grey cells working , rather than Google ....hope you will have fun solving these 8 questions.....


1)This financial term comes from the old French words meaning 'dead' and 'pledge'.This etymology had to do with whether a person will repay the debt or not.What term?


2)-------- --------- had its origins in ancient Rome, where citizens formed burial clubs that would meet the funeral expenses of its members as well as help survivors by making some payments.Fill in the blanks.


3)This one should be easy:-Which financial term originates from the Latin word for 'lower in price' or 'undervalue'???


4)This term particularly relevant to us in 2008-comes from the Latin word for "blow into" or "puff up" .Which term??


5)This word in its language of origin meant "piece cut off" , it was given its current meaning in 1860 by Thomas Cook. What word??


6)Connect this picture with finance:-
















7)What was the American dialect society's word of the year in 2007???

8)Many trace the origin of this from the ancient Roman mensarii or argentarii, who had their tabernae or mensae in certain public places; and who, when they fled, or made off with the money that had been entrusted to them, left only the sign or shadow of their former station behind them.Who or what am I talking about???