January Quiz Answer and Winners

A reminder of the question: Which country joined the Euro zone on January 1st of this year?

No, it's not that easy. This was a bit of a trick: the big news was that Romania and Bulgaria joined the European Union. But the country that joined the Euro Zone was... Slovenia.

Our five winners, chosen at random from the correct answers are:
Maina Devi Agrawal from India
Jay Handel in Canada
Ian Morrison from Beijing
Goran Strom in Sweeden
and Dave Dumas in the United States

Dave, who is from Massachusetts, also tells us he listens to our podcast.

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