1) The best salesman ever was probably... a) Arthur Ferguson b) Lord Nelson c) Prince Charles d) Arthur Conan Doyle 2) Arthur Ferguson was from... a) Ireland b) Scotland c) Wales d) Australia 3) When did Ferguson start selling impossible things? a) in 1910 b) in the 1920s c) in the 1930s d) in the 1940s 4) Whom did Ferguson sell 'things' to? a) the British b) the Americans c) kids d) tourists 5) Where was Ferguson between 1925 and 1930? a) in America b) in Australia c) in prison d) in the UK 6) When did Ferguson die? a) in 1938 b) in 1941 c) in 1983 d) in 2022 7) Where did Ferguson die? a) in London b) in New York c) in Sydney d) in Los Angeles 8) Click all 'things' Ferguson sold. a) Buckingham Palace b) the White House c) Trafalgar Square d) Big Ben e) the Statue of Liberty f) the Tower of London 9) How much did he earn from selling Trafalgar Square? a) £6000 b) £1000 c) £2000 d) £100,000 10) How much did he earn from selling Big Ben? a) £6000 b) £1000 c) £2000 d) £100,000 11) How much did he earn from selling Buckingham Palace? a) £6000 b) £1000 c) £2000 (deposit) d) £100,000 12) How much did he earn from selling the Statue of Liberty? a) £6000 b) £1000 c) £2000 (deposit) d) £100,000 13) What was Ferguson's first sale? a) Buckingham Palace b) the White House c) Trafalgar Square d) Big Ben e) the Statue of Liberty f) the Tower of London 14) What was the sale of the century? a) Buckingham Palace b) the White House c) Trafalgar Square d) Big Ben e) the Statue of Liberty f) the Tower of London 15) Why did he sell Trafalgar Square? a) the country needed money to pay its debts b) they wanted to widen the harbour for modern ships c) it costed too much to maintain it d) the tourists disliked it 16) Why did he sell the Statue of Liberty? a) the country needed money to pay its debts b) they wanted to widen the harbour for modern ships c) it costed too much to maintain it d) the tourists disliked it 17) How was Ferguson discovered as a con man? a) he turned himself in b) government tracked him down c) he asked for too much money d) a buyer became suspicious and showed his photo to the police

85 D The sale of the century

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