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To celebrate the FTSE sinking like the Titanic we have decided this week to go with a film quiz.

Score 10 out of 10 and you ought to be the Governor of the Bank of England. 0 out of 10 and you should be doing our jobs. Pick your own career should you fall somewhere in-between.

(A bonus point for picking the quote that best sums up these markets...!)

1. "The horror, the horror."

2. "Why, you crazy, the fall'll probably kill ya!"

3. "Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night."

4. "Show me the money!"

5. "Why would a guy wanna marry a guy?" "Security."

6. "Mr. President, I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed, but I do say no more than ten to twenty million killed, tops, that is, depending on the breaks."

7. "I suppose it'd been better if I'd never been born at all."

8. "You've nothing to stay for. You've nothing to live for really, have you? Look down there. It's easy, isn't it? Why don't you? Why don't you? Go on. Go on. Don't be afraid!"

9. "That's what makes us tough. Rich fellas come up an' they die an' their kids ain't no good, an' they die out. But we keep a-comin'. We're the people that live. They can't wipe us out. They can't lick us. And we'll go on forever, Pa... 'cause... we're the people."

10. "As God is my witness, as God is my witness, they're not going to lick me! I'm going to live through this, and when it's all over, I'll never be hungry again - no, nor any of my folks! If I have to lie, steal, cheat, or kill! As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again."

Drum roll please...

Answers below:

1. Apocalypse Now

2. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

3. All About Eve

4. Jerry Macguire

5. Some Like It Hot

6. Dr Strangelove

7. It's a Wonderful Life

8. Rebecca

9. The Grapes of Wrath

10. Gone With The Wind

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The FTSE has lost 10.6% of its value since the start of May, a total of 640.7 points

If you'd bet on the FTSE to fall every day since the start of June, you'd have won on 15 days and lost on just 10

Last week it traded in an average daily range of 126.8 points, up from the June average of 98.9 per day

Since this time last year, the FTSE is down a rather hefty 1277.3 points (19.1%)

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