_A Christmas quiz for property experts

As a break to the 10 location driver themes that are impacting business other than Brexit - a Christmas quiz would be a little more seasonal. Here are 10 interesting location questions for you to mull over with a glass of wine and minced pie…

December 22, 2017

Question 1

Which country in Europe has the lowest headline corporation tax

a) Ireland

b) Bulgaria

c) Luxembourg

Question 2

Where will be the new home of the European Regulator for Medicine, the European Medicine’s Agency, post Brexit

a) Paris

b) Milan

c) Amsterdam

Question 3

How many countries are WeWork operational in as of October 2017?

a) 7

b) 13

c) 18

Question 4

Which country in Europe has the highest percentage of population over 65?

a) Czech Republic

b) Spain

c) Italy

Question 5

Which is the biggest airport in Europe by number of passengers

a) Heathrow

b) Schipol

c) Istanbul Ataturk

Question 6

Which City in Europe is home to the most tech Unicorns?

a) London

b) Paris

c) Berlin

Question 7

Aside from Open/Distance learning Universities, which is the largest University in Europe by enrolment?

a) Spiru Haret University, Bucharest

b) Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

c) Anadolu University, Turkey

Question 8

Which country has the fastest bullet trains (by max operating speed)?

a) Japan’s Maglev trains

b) China’s Fuxing trains

c) France’s TGV trains

Question 9

Which of the follow countries are in the Euro?

a) Czech Republic

b) Lithuania

c) Slovenia

Question 10

What percentage of the world’s data was created in the last 2 years?

a) 55%

b) 70%

c) 90%

Question 10

What percentage of the world’s data was created in the last 2 years?

a) 55%

b) 70%

c) 90%

ANSWERS:

Q1. b) Bulgaria at 10%, whilst Ireland is at 12.5% and Luxembourg is at 27.08% (KPMG corporate tax rates table). However, official headline and effective rate can be very different. Furthermore there are plenty of states and ‘havens’ in Europe where the taxation rate is negotiated at significantly lower levels dependent upon the potential tax levy by the state. These places include the cantons in Switzerland, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, and Monacco

Q2. c) Amsterdam was selected recently after being tied on votes with Milan. Amsterdam won after it was pulled out of a hat.

Q3. c) 18 – and growing!!

Q4. c) Italy with 22.4 %, although this is in part at least due to its low birth rate.

Q5. a) Heathrow with 65 million per annum, but the plans for the Istanbul Ataturk are to dwarf this at 120 million.

Q6. a) London – there are 11 unicorns as at September 25th 2017, Techcrunch.

Q7. c) Turkey, Anadolu University at 1,974,343.

Q8. b) China’s Fuxing trains at 217 mph. The UK’s HS2 rail network will be 250mph and Elon Musk’s Hyperloop would have an average speed of 600 mph…

Q9. b) Lithuania adopted the euro on 1 Jan 2015.

Q10. c) 90% and this figure will only increase as our world becomes increasingly connected through “smart home”, “smart city” and “smart workplace” devices.

Authored by Neil McLocklin, James Nicholson and Stephanie Pugh.