what can a billion pounds £1,000,000,000 buy? true or false…?

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What can a billion pounds £1,000,000, 000 buy? True or False…?

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What can a billion

pounds £1,000,000,0

00buy?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 CONSTR

UCT

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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