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1. Scary Facts Quiz(From Financial Capability at Work pathway)
2. In 2008, personal debt increased by £1 million every 10 minutes True
False
3. Hard luck! It’s true!
During 2008, Britain’s personal debt increased by £1 million every 10 minutes
That’s £240 million per hour
That’s £100,000 per minute
4. Well done! During 2008 Britain’s personal debt increased by £1 million every 10 minutes
That’s £240 million per hour
That’s £100,000 per minute
5. How many credit cards does the average UK citizen have? 1
2
3
4
5
6
6. Sorry The answer is much higher
7. Sorry – try again The answer is much higher
8. Sorry – try again The answer is higher
9. Sorry – try again The answer is a bit higher
10. Yes – well done The average UK citizen has 5 credit cards
11. Sorry – try again The answer is a bit less than this
12. If creditors take you to court, you will have a criminal record True
False
13. Sorry The answer is False
Being in debt is not a criminal offence
14. Well done -you have chosen the correct answer Being in debt in the UK is not a criminal offence
15. In 2009, the Citizens Advice Bureau dealt with large numbers of new debt problems each day Was the number of new debt problems per day:
Around 3000?
Around 5000?
Around 7000?
Around 9000?
Around 11,000?
16. No – it is much higher than this
17. No – it is higher than this
18. Sorry – close, though!
19. Yes – well done The CAB dealt with 9,300 new debt problems each day in 2009
Debt problems shot up by 27% from April to June that year compared to the same period in 2008
CAB reported a 46% increase in the number of people struggling with debts owed to gas and electricity companies
The average Brit is only £155 away from money meltdown
20. Sorry – this is too high
21. The average household debt (including mortgages) in 2009 was:
Around £25,000
Around £40,000
Around £50,000
Around £80,000
22. Too low!
23. A bit low - sorry
24. Yes – well done In 2009, average household debt (including mortgages) in the UK was £58,316
The average owed by every adult in the UK is £30,208 (including mortgages)
This is 133% of average earnings
25. £80,000 is too high
26. Repossession of property Properties were repossessed at the following rate in the UK during 2009:
1 property per day
1 property per hour
1 property every ½ hour
1 property every 10 minutes
1 property every minute
27. Not even close
28. Sorry – there were several properties repossessed every hour
29. Close but not right There were more than 2 properties repossessed every hour in the UK in 2009
30. Yes – depressing, isn’t it? The actual figure was 1 property repossessed every 11.2 minutes
That’s 5 per hour!
128 properties per day were repossessed during the 3 month period between July and September 2009
Mortgage lenders are predicting that this figure will continue to rise
31. We’re pleased to say that it’s not quite as bad as this
32. How many cash withdrawals are made on an average day in the UK ? 5 million
6 million
7 million
8 million
9 million
10 million
33. Sorry – too low ?
34. Sorry - too low ?
35. Close! Good try
36. Sorry – a bit high ?
37. Sorry – too high ?
38. Spot on! The actual number is just over 8 million - this is an average with seasonal variations
Can you guess the total value of these daily cash withdrawals?
Think of a figure and write it down on a scrap of paper
39. Daily cash withdrawals 2009 The average daily value of cash withdrawals made in 2009 was:
£530,000,000
How close was your answer?
40. Running a car The average cost of running a car in the UK is:
£5
£10
£15
£20
£25
41. No, sorry – this is too low
42. Too low - sorry
43. Correct The average cost of running a car is £15.13 per day
The average new family car costs £5,523 to keep on the road
This equates to £106 per week
This is an average of 46p per mile
New car registrations continued to rise in 2009 to 168,942 units
44. Too highThink about an average family car
45. Definitely too high! What sort of car are you running?
46. Information The information for this quiz has been taken from statistics gathered by Credit Action
Credit Action is a national money education charity
www.creditaction.org.uk
47. On the brighter side: 63% of the population are more aware of their finances and are making an increased effort to look after their accounts
Almost half of these people state that they know exactly what they have in the bank
81% of Britons say they never argue with their partners about money!
The number of households without bank accounts has been cut in half since the 1990s
48. FSA Research Recent research found that the increase in life satisfaction from increased financial capability is 12 times greater than the impact of earning an extra £1000 per year
Suggests that moving from low to medium levels of financial capability increases psychological well-being by 5% and decreases anxiety and depression by 15%