FINANZITY
The Investor's game
Take a 'guided tour' to playing Finanzity! And fill in the game
questionnaire at the same time.
Conquer Finanzity!
Finanzity. Home of 230 000 people, 1 578 businesses, 20 382
cars and 12 327 animals. The place where anyone can become
rich or lose everything, before they have even drunk their
morning coffee.
The day is just beginning, choose your path and choose it well.
Good luck!
Take a ‘guided tour’ to playing Finanzity!
Find the game at www.euro.fi/finanzity.
Choose your language and the level you want to play.
Move the view you have of the game by holding the
left button on the mouse down and moving the
mouse left or right. Close speech bubbles by clicking
on them.
Choose the investor as your
character for the game.
You can choose whether you are
male or female and give your
character a name.
Carry out the tasks given
(the various tasks come in
random order).
The game begins in the investor’s
home. The phone rings and
reminds you to go to work.
Do as the clue instructs.
> Go to the office using the
navigator.
From the office find the clue to the location of the next person you are looking for. If you need
help use the game’s search engine and intranet.
> Go to the next destination (The Floppy Chicken)
Using the clue, find the next person mentioned.
Begin a dialogue and receive the next clue.
> Go to the Tiny Bank to carry out the bank loan.
Enter a dialogue with the woman at the bank’s info desk.
Read the information on the various types of loans. After that,
chose an appointment time with a loan officer.
What does the term annuity mean, in the loan offer?
You have now gone to discuss with a loan officer. Open the first task (bank loan task).
Choose the right type of loan for the Nobel Prize winner, as directed by
the task.
When you have chosen what you think is the best loan offer, take the offer to the Nobel Prize winner.
If you choose the wrong loan offer, you will have to return to the Tiny Bank to get a
new offer. Carry out the task so that you make the right decision and win the Nobel Laureate to
your side.
Find the next person to provide a reference.
> Go to the next destination (Merry Ferry)
Find out what the next task is. Accept the task.
Do the task, successfully! Answer the following questions.
What is a deflation-inflation cycle?
a) A monetary policy steering operation
b) Price control
c) A reduction in the value of money and a rise in prices
d) A general reduction in wages
How is a change in prices measured?
a) Wages minus the prices of products
b) Using a consumer price index
c) By comparing the prices in different shops
d) Using derivations
What is meant by the term reference rate?
a) Housing loan interest rates set by the ECB
b) The interest rate at which, for example, the
rate for lending is set
c) An indicative rate, for example about 2%
d) Commercial banks’ deposit rate
Which of these does not relate to investing?
a) Guaranteed earnings
b) Risk
c) Earnings expectations
d) Stock exchange
Find out who is the last person you need to meet. Remember, a silhouette of the person in the
clue will appear in the window on the left side of the screen.
> Go to the next destination (Mammon Street)
Discuss with John.
Play the Investment Game with John.
RUNNING OUT OF MONEY?
Should your money run out mid-way through the
game, and you can’t finish a task, visit the Getajob
web pages, where you can find information on jobs
going in Finanzity. After that, you can go to the next
destination, with the help of your Navigator.
Discuss about jobs at the information desk and take one or the other of the jobs.
What is the size of a 100 euro note?
a) 14 mm x 7 mm
a) 153 m x 82 m
c) 133 cm x 72 cm
d) 147 mm x 82 mm
What is the weight of a 500 euro note?
a) 1.1 g
b) 20 g
c) 0.1 g
d) 15 g
> Go to Mogul Enterprises to hear the decision!
Answer Mr Mogul’s questions (normal and difficult levels).
What happens when inflation falls from 4% to 2%?
a) Prices fall
b) The rate of the rise in prices slows
c) Deflation happens
d) Prices remain the same
If inflation accelerates in the euro area...
a) Interest rates generally fall
b) It is not possible to forecast interest rates
c) Interest rates remain the same
d) Interest rates generally rise
The game is over when you have found all the characters you need to and all the tasks have been
completed. The game continues by finding out about the mystic Q card.
WELL PLAYED!