2000 Summer Paralympics: Australia's Performance
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Which Australian athlete won the most gold medals in S14 swimming events?

  • Siobhan Paton (correct)
  • Timothy Sullivan
  • Lisa Llorens
  • Neil Fuller
  • Who was the flag bearer at the closing ceremony of the event?

  • Lisa Llorens
  • Greg Smith
  • Neil Fuller (correct)
  • Timothy Sullivan
  • How many gold medals did Lisa McIntosh win in athletics?

  • Four
  • Three (correct)
  • Two
  • One
  • Which athlete won three gold medals in wheelchair athletics events?

    <p>Greg Smith</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How many individual gold medals did Amy Winters win?

    <p>Two</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is 'Usury' specifically condemned in?

    <p>Bible and Shari’ah law</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In modern financial markets, the distinctions between interest, rent, profit, and capital appreciation are:

    <p>Not clear-cut</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to economic theory, what is interest?

    <p>The price paid for inducing those with money to save it rather than spend it</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the relationship between bond prices and prevailing interest rates?

    <p>Bond prices fall when yields increase</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How is a real rate of interest calculated?

    <p>Nominal rate minus the rate at which money is losing its value</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In economic theory, what is the price paid for inducing those with money to save it rather than spend it, and to invest in long-term assets rather than hold cash?

    <p>Interest</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the inverse relationship between at any one time and the discounted value at that time of assets paying interest?

    <p>Bond prices fall when yields increase</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the specific practice condemned in both the Bible and in Shari’ah law?

    <p>Usury</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the basis on which modern Islamic banks operate?

    <p>Profit</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What kind of rate reflects the interaction between the supply of savings and the demand for capital, or between the demand for and the supply of money?

    <p>Interest rates</p> Signup and view all the answers

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