Test Your
Knowledge!
Take our Financial Trivia Quiz.
1.
Who’s on the $50 bill?
2.
Where was the first bank in the U.S.?
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6.
16.
Which coin has always shown the President
facing to the right?
17.
Who is the current Secretary of the Treasury?
18.
How long has Benchmark been in business?
19.
How long does a Series EE bond earn interest?
20.
What country first used paper money?
21.
What is the name of Benchmark’s premier
checking account?
22.
Who established the first bank in the U.S.?
23.
Though no longer produced, whose face is on
the $5,000 bill?
24.
Currency paper is made from what two fabrics?
25.
What federal agency provides deposit insurance
to accounts held at banks?
26.
What monument is on the back of the $5 bill?
On the back of the $100 bill, what time is
shown on the clock?
27.
What is the highest denomination note ever
printed?
When was the Federal Reserve System
established?
28.
Who’s on the half dollar coin?
What does CD stand for?
Where is Benchmark’s headquarters?
What does “E Pluribus Unum” mean?
What is the length of paper currency?
7.
What is a numismatist?
8.
What are the two types of IRAs?
9.
Does the U.S. Treasury still circulate the $2
bill?
10.
The motto In God We Trust resulted from
religious sentiment during which war?
11.
12.
13.
The 5 cent coin is made from what two
materials?
14.
Who is the only woman to have appeared
on U.S. currency?
29.
How often does the government make new
money?
15.
Which note is the largest denomination
currently issued?
30.
What purpose do the grooves on a coin’s edge
serve?
*Answers on reverse side*
BCB Financial Trivia Answers
1. Ulysses S. Grant.
16. The penny.
2. The first bank was Bank of North
America, and it was established in 1781
in Philadelphia.
17. Henry M. Paulson, Jr.
18. Benchmark has been in business since
1971.
3. CD means certificate of deposit.
19. 30 years.
4. The headquarters is in Kenbridge.
20. China.
5. “Out of many, one.”
6. 6.14 inches.
21. The Keystone Account is Benchmark’s
premier checking account.
7. A numismatist is a person who collects
and studies coins.
22. The bank was established by the
Continental Congress.
8. The types are Traditional and Roth.
23. James Madison.
9. Yes.
24. Linen and cotton.
10. The Civil War.
25. The Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (FDIC).
11. Copper and Nickel.
26. The Lincoln Memorial.
12. The time shows 4:10.
27. The $100,000 note.
13. 1913.
28. John F. Kennedy.
14. Martha Washington was on the $1
silver certificate issues of 1886 and
1891.
15. The $100 bill is the largest.
29. It’s made every day!
30. They help the visually-impaired be able
to tell them apart.