Pop Quiz: Show Me the Billions!
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A. John D. Rockefeller<br />
B. King Croesus of Lydia<br />
C. Bill Gates<br />
D. John Jacob Astor</p>
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American businessman and philantropist John Davison Rockefeller (1839-1937) walks with a group of unidentified men along a city street, New York, 1908.</p>
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A. The Kochs<br />
B. The Gateses<br />
C. The Waltons<br />
D. The Rockefellers</p>
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While Charles and David Koch are tied for the position of fourth richest person in America, their combined wealth pales before the might of the Walton clan. Christy, Jim, Alice and S. Robson Walton hold spots six, seven, eight and nine on Forbes' list of the <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes-400/list/#page:1_sort:0_direction:asc_search:Walton_filter:All%20industries_filter:All%20states_filter:All%20categories" target="_blank">richest Americans</a>, while two others -- Ann and Nancy -- also make the top 100.</p>
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A. London<br />
B. New York<br />
C. Hong Kong<br />
D. Moscow</p>
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With 79 <a href="http://www.forbes.com/2011/05/17/cities-with-most-billionaires_slide_5.html" target="_blank">billionaires</a>, Moscow far outpaces New York's 59. London and Hong Kong, meanwhile, are neck and neck, with 41 and 40, respectively.</p>
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A. 4<br />
B. 7<br />
C. 9<br />
D. 13</p>
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Currently, nine billionaires have purchased the largest apartments in the One57, making it America's unofficial <a href="http://news.domain.com.au/domain/real-estate-news/nine-billionaires-one-building-new-yorks-hottest-new-residence-20120919-266ev.html" target="_blank">billionaire haven</a>. Then again, with prices ranging from $45 to $90 million apiece, you'd almost have to be a billionaire to comfortably afford a spot in One57.</p>
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A. Real Estate<br />
B. Investments<br />
C. Sports<br />
D. Media</p>
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According to Forbes, America has 100 <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/erincarlyle/2012/03/13/how-americas-wealthiest-get-rich/" target="_blank">investment billionaires</a>, 37 media billionaires, 27 real estate billionaires, and 15 sports billionaires.</p>
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A. Warren Buffett<br />
B. Carlos Slim Helu<br />
C. Larry Ellison<br />
D. John Paulson</p>
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2011 was a tough year for all four of these billionaires, but <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/seankilachand/2012/03/07/billionaire-busts-the-years-biggest-losers/" target="_blank">Warren Buffett</a> had the worst time of all. With a loss of $6 billion, his net worth dropped to a mere $44 billion. On the bright side, he still didn't do as badly as India's Lakshmi Mittal, whose $10.4 billion loss reflected more than a third of his total net worth.</p>
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A. About 9 million<br />
B. About 6 million<br />
C. About 3 million<br />
D. About 1 million</p>
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The average <a href="http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/espanol/2011/07/15/mexican-household-income-falls-12-pct-between-2008-and-2010/" target="_blank">Mexican household</a> makes $11,940 per year. At that rate, it would take 6,030,150 households to equal <a href="http://www.forbes.com/profile/carlos-slim-helu/" target="_blank">Carlos Slim's</a> $72 billion fortune, which, as of December 2012, made him the richest person in the world. Given that there are 28.1 million households in the country, Helu's wealth is roughly equal to the yearly income of 21 percent of Mexico.</p>
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