{"id":2231,"date":"2021-01-21T20:12:54","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T20:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/DailyQuizzes\/?p=2231"},"modified":"2021-04-23T08:17:06","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T08:17:06","slug":"the-old-money-quiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/DailyQuizzes\/the-old-money-quiz\/general-knowledge\/","title":{"rendered":"The Old Money Quiz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that 15 February 2021 was the 50th anniversary of the introduction of a decimal currency system in the UK? It&#8217;s likely you&#8217;ll be aged 60 plus (or a budding numismatist) to have any great knowledge of the old British currency system. However, what do you know of LSD? That&#8217;s the short name for the UK&#8217;s old currency, not the hallucinogenic\u00a0 drug. Why not give our fun nostalgic old money quiz a go?<\/p>\n<h3>Take the &#8216;Old Money&#8217; Quiz!<\/h3>\n<div class=\"riddle_target\" style=\"margin: 0 auto; max-width: 100%; width: 640px;\" data-rid-id=\"292754\" data-fg=\"#FF00FF\" data-bg=\"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3)\" data-auto-scroll=\"true\" data-auto-scroll-offset=\"5\"><script src=\"https:\/\/www.riddle.com\/files\/js\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 300px; border: 1px solid #cfcfcf;\" title=\"Quiz - The ''Old'' Money Quiz!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riddle.com\/a\/292754?\"><\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>\n<h2><strong>The &#8221;Old&#8221; Money Quiz!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/h2>\n<p>Did you know on 15 February 2021 it will be exactly 50 years since the UK introduced its decimal currency? If you&#8217;re 60 plus or a budding numismatist (that&#8217;s someone who studies and\/or collects old currency to you and me), then you might well have a fair bit of knowledge of the old British currency system. If that&#8217;s not you, why not test your knowledge of useless trivia by having a go at our quiz anyway?<\/p>\n<p>So, for those with five minutes spare, here&#8217;s our fun quiz on the Pounds, Shillings and Pence currency that pre-dated decimalisation in the UK.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h2>\n<h2>The pre-decimal British currency system; Pounds Shillings and Pence, was denoted by what abbreviation?<\/h2>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>\n<h2><strong>How many pennies were there in a pound?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>\n<h2><strong>What was the value of a farthing?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>\n<h2><strong>What bird was on the reverse side of the last design of the farthing?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>\n<h2><strong>If you had a tanner, a bob, and a florin, how many pence would you have had?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>\n<h2><strong>The &#8216;groat&#8217; went out of circulation during Victorian times. However, how many groats where there to the pound?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>\n<h2><strong>What coin once held the value of five shillings?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>Which is the odd one out?<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>\n<h2><strong>When did the ten shillings note cease to be legal tender?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>What was the dominant colour of the ten shilling (10\/-) which was in circulation until 1970?<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>Oh well, never mind! I&#8217;m guessing you&#8217;re nowhere near 60?<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>Good effort! My guess is you&#8217;re nearing 60, are 60, or a budding numismatist?<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>Very good! Old currency is obviously your thing!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>Excellent! 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