What can a billion pounds £1,000,000,000

buy?True or False…?

The new Wembley Stadium…?

TRUE!!THE NEW STADIUM COST ¾ BILLION POUNDS!

30 Wayne Rooneys…?

TRUE!! MANCHESTER

UNITED PAID AROUND £30M

FOR HIM

10 London Eyes…?

TRUE!! IT COST

ABOUT £80M TO

CONSTRUCT

One thousand Madonna concerts (performed in your living room every night for the

next three years)

TRUE!! SHE EARNED

AROUND $1M PER SHOW ON

HER “CONFESSIONS”

TOUR

All the houses in Ireland…?

FALSE!! ALTHOUGH IRELAND IS A

SMALL COUNTRY THE TOTAL

VALUE OF ITS HOUSES IS CLOSER TO

£500b!

The cost of hosting the Olympics…?

FALSE!!IT WILL

COST AN ESTIMATED

£10 BILLION!

A gift of a new CD for every person in China…?

FALSE!!WITH A

POPULATION OF OVER 1 BILLION

YOU WOULD NEED AT LEAST

£10 BILLION!

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• ProhibitOnions• Tony Barton• Austin Osuide