The Quiz!!

As many of us are either going to be on holiday this week or getting the street party ready, I thought instead of the usual Discuss HR article we’d have a bit of fun and having a quiz instead! This quiz is intended to tax you with your HR knowledge, your general knowledge and quite frankly the knowledge you really shouldn’t have! Google has very kindly agreed to inform me of any unusual searches relating to the questions! There are no prizes other than self-esteem. You can find the answers at the bottom of the page. (Ed Scrivener)

Good luck!

HR Round

1. What do the letters SAAP stand for?
a) Software As A Priority
b) Stop All Accidents Promptly
c) Speaking As A Professional
d) Statutory Additional Adoption Pay

2. Which of the following is usually recognised as a Bank Holiday in England?
a) St George's Day
b) Whit Monday
c) Christmas Eve
d) The Queen's Birthday

3. Generous George has decided to give all of his employees £100 each to buy Easter Eggs. One of his employees had a baby last week and is now on maternity leave, receiving 90% of her normal salary. How much of the Easter Egg payment should George give to her?
a) Nothing - she's on maternity leave and is not entitled to a payment
b) £90 - as she's currently receiving 90% of her normal salary whilst on maternity leave
c) £100 - the same as the other employees
d) £200 - so she can buy an egg for the baby as well as for herself

4. What are the four elements of the Ulrich Business Partner Model?
a) strategic partner/change agent/employee champion/administrative expert
b) strategic partner/change agent/communications champion/employment relations expert
c) strategic partner/change agent/expert coach/employment relations expert
d) strategic partner/change agent/communications champion/organisation design expert

5. What year was the minimum wage introduced to the UK?

6. And what was it?

7. How much is the largest ever disability discrimination tribunal award?
a) £232,459
b) £521,190
c) £596,200
d) £729,347

8. When was the Agenda for Change (AfC) agreed?
a) 1948
b) 1974
c) 1997
d) 2004

9. Who is the current Chair of Acas?
a) Rita Donaghy
b) Ed Sweeney
c) John Hougham
d) Alan Garcia Perez

10. According to the CIPD, holding a professinal qualification will on avaerga earn you how much more in the course of your career?
a) £44,250
b) £107,500
c) £152,000
d) £245,900

Picture Round

11. Who am I?

12. Who is this 5 star HR Director?

13. What is this?

14. Appointed in April 2008, who am I?

15. Hello! ER, I'm in middle managment, who am I?

Recruitment Round

16. What is the current rate of unemployment in the UK?
a) 2.46 million
b) 2.47 million
c) 2.48 million
d) 2.49 million

17. Which company employs the most people in the private sector in the UK?
a) Serco
b) GE
c) Lloyds Banking
d) Tesco

18. Which is the largest recruitment agency in the world?

19. What is the difference between an employment business and an employment agency?

20. Which of these is a popular recruitment management tool?
a) iClutch
b) iGrasp
c) iPad
d) NOiDea

Social Media Round

21. How many members does LinkedIn have?
a) 100 million
b) 200 million
c) 300 million
d) 400 million

22. What was the first ever tweet?

23. How much is Facebook valued at?
a) $650 million
b) $6.5 billion
c) $65 billion
d) $650 billion

24. Who founded LinkedIn?
a) Dustin Hoffman
b) Reid Hoffman
c) Mark Zuckerberg
d) Mark Wahlberg

25. What does blog stand for?

Puzzle Round

Each of the following descriptions should suggest a sum of pre-decimal coinage. Enter that sum in the space provided and add them up. If correct the total should be £18 2s 9d. We’ll give you the first one to start you off.

£ s d

Unit of weight (answer: pound / £1)

Singer

Mode of transport

Poorly Teuthid

Boy’s name

Girl’s name

Jupiter, Mars, Saturn

Cavia Porcellus

Leather worker

Answers

HR Round
1. D; 2. B; 3. C; 4. A; 5. 1999; 6. £3.60; 7. D; 8. D; 9. B; 10. C

Picture Round
11. Dave Ulrich; 12. David Fairhurst; 13. Maslow's Hierachy of Needs; 14. Jackie Orme; 15. Carole Middleton (sorry! - Ed)

Recruitment Round
16. C; 17. D; 18. Adecco; 19. the quick answer, an employment business provides temporary workers; 20. B

Social Media Round
21. A; 22. Just setting up my twttr; 23. C; 24. B; 25. web log

Puzzle Round
Pound (£1); Tenner (£10); Penny Farthing (1.25d); Sick squid (£6); Bob (1s); Penny (1d); Three farthings (0.75d); Guinea (pig - £1 1s); Tanner (6d).
Total: £18 2s 9d

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Discuss HR is the blog for Human Resources UK, the leading LinkedIn group for those involved with HR in the UK. Next week’s Discuss HR will be published on Thursday 5th May and written by John Hepworth, HR Consultant.

Finally, a big thank you to Sheena McLullich, John Hepworth and Dawn Clarke for helping compile the questions.

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