Economics Quiz
Try out this Economics quiz to test your knowledge. Economics trivia explores how people have explained trade, prices, work, and wealth from the ancient world to modern financial systems.
15 questions
~3 min to finish
Easy to hard difficulty
510 pts max score
Question 1 · Hard · 40 pts
Which economist is named in the fact that Ragnar Frisch and Jan Tinbergen shared the first Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences?
Question 2 · Hard · 40 pts
The theorem bearing Ronald Coase's name is called what?
Question 3 · Hard · 40 pts
Vilfredo Pareto succeeded Léon Walras at which university?
Question 4 · Hard · 40 pts
Name the economist who shared the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1972.?
Question 5 · Hard · 40 pts
What theorem in economics concerns ranked voting systems?
Question 6 · Hard · 40 pts
One of the two economists who shared the 2011 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was Thomas Sargent. Name him.?
Question 7 · Hard · 40 pts
Who became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2009?
Question 8 · Hard · 40 pts
Which economist shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences alongside the year in which Elinor Ostrom made history?
Question 9 · Hard · 40 pts
In the 2012 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences duo, which laureate was Alvin Roth?
Question 10 · Hard · 40 pts
Which economist shared the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2012 with Alvin Roth?
Question 11 · Hard · 40 pts
Who shared the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2018 alongside William Nordhaus?
Question 12 · Hard · 40 pts
Which economist shared the 2018 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences with Paul Romer?
Question 13 · Easy · 10 pts
Karl Marx is the author of what major economic work?
Question 14 · Easy · 10 pts
What is the central bank of the United States called?
Question 15 · Easy · 10 pts
Which major financial institution is headquartered in Washington, D.C. and often shortened to IMF?