V study skills. Task 2. WORK with a partner to see how much do you know about the billionaire lifestyle

Task 2. Work with a partner to see how much do you know about the billionaire lifestyle. Do the quiz. Check your answers on page 50.

WHO WANTS TO BE A BILLIONAIRE?

1. How many dollar millionaires are there in the world?

a 720,000 c 72 million

b 7.2 million d 720 million

2. How many dollar billionaires are there?

a 45 c 4,500

b 450 d 45,000

3. What's the world's most expensive neighbourhood to live in?

a Zuhchberg, Zurich

b Eaton Square, London

c Fifth Avenue, New York

d Motoazabu, Tokyo

4. Where can you find the highest concentration of multimillionaires per square metre?

a Monte Carlo c Nassau

b Santa Barbara d Geneva

5. With $25,000 to spend, what couldn't you afford?

a your own Boeing 747 jumbo jet for an hour

b one night in the world's most expensive hotel room – the Bridge Suite at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas

c a Harvard MBA

d 50 hours of helicopter flying lessons

6. With $2 million to spend, what would still be financially out of your reach?

a the world's most expensive watch by Chopard encrusted with over 200 carats of multicoloured diamonds

b the world's most expensive dress, embroidered with 2,000 diamonds, by Maria

Grachvogel

c a round of golf with the world's greatest golfer, Tiger Woods

d the Fender Stratocaster Sunburst guitar that Jimi Hendrix famously set fire to on stage

7. Who sold the world's most expensive yacht Katana (valued at $68 million) to buy something a little bigger?

a CEO of Oracle, Larry Ellison

b Michael Jackson

c the Royal Family of Qatar

d Media mogul, Rupert Murdoch

8. Who doesn't own an island?

a entrepreneur Richard Branson

b actor Nicholas Cage

c ex-prime minister Margaret Thatcher

d the Barclays Bank brothers

9. Who didn't own a Rolls-Royce?

a Vladimir Lenin

b Ayatollah Khomeini

c John Lennon

d Ronald Reagan

10. Which classic car was voted the most desirable dream machine ever?

a E-Type Jaguar

b Aston Martin DB5

c Ferrari Dino

d Porsche 911

11. A case of Chateau Le Pin cost £400 in 1983. When ready to drink in 1999, how much was it worth?

a nothing

b £400

c £12,000

d £36, 000

12. The most expensive painting ever sold at auction was bought by Japanese businessman Ryoei Saito for $82.5 million. Who was the painter?

a Picasso

b Cezanne

c Van Gogh

d Rubens