The winner of the Business and Finance Christmas Quiz is Ms Catherine Shovlin, 12 Mount Anville Lawn, Goatstown, Dublin 14. She is new business administrator of Canada Life and will receive a mixed case of wine: Findlater's Director's Dozen.

The winner of the participants' prize is Mr David Somers, 1 Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin 1. He will receive a bottle of Churchills LBV 1994.

The answers are: (1) Michael O'Leary said "it's typical of her [Mary O'Rourke] approach that she comes up with an utterly useless solution".

(2) The annual rate of inflation to November (2000) was 7.0 per cent.

(3) It is false to say the following: Eircom received a firm bid from BT; Liam Barron was not appointed director general of the Central Bank; AIB paid £900 million DIRT settlement.

(4) Tony O'Reilly Jnr was appointed deputy chief executive of Wedgwood.

(5) ICC Bank employees were estimated to receive an average of £117,000 following the Bank of Scotland takeover.

(6) Liam Carroll bought a large minority stake in Dunloe Ewart.

(7) CIE chief executive, Mr Michael McDonnell, claimed he was entitled to receive a £80,000 pay rise.

(8) Ivan Pratt said: "We can't compete with the likes of Marks & Spencer and we don't try."

(9) Eircom's profits fell by 30 per cent in the first half.

(10) It was true to say the following: Brendan Murtagh rejoined the Kingspan board; Adare Printing was taken over by the Nelson Loane consortium; and Green Property bought back more than 5 per cent of its shares.

(11) A shareholder at the Crean a.g.m. said the market viewed the company as a "dog" but the demerger plan left the company with "two pups".

(12) Dick Spring chewed gum during an a.g.m.

(13) Wim Duisenberg described Irish inflation as "worrisome".

(14) Elan agreed to buy US pharmaceuticals group Dura for $1.8 billion.

(15) The placing of shares valued Power Leisure at £89 million.

(16) Pat Rabbitte was speaking about AIB when he said: "For today, the bank's apology to the compliant taxpayer is long overdue."

(17) Joe Moran said: "Nothing is ruled in or nothing is ruled out."

(18) A shareholder sang "What's it all about, Alfie?", at Eircom's a.g.m..

(19) Dan Rogers is believed to have received £4 million in his High Court action against Esat Telecom for alleged wrongful dismissal and breach of contract.

(20) The World Economic Forum ranked this State as the fifth most competitive in the world.