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This is the sixth year I have turned Quizmaster and set a pub quiz for MSE's annual Christmas party. Last week I put the questions to you and now it's time to see how well you did with the answers. You get one point for each correct answer.

The Martin Lewis Money Show new series – come to our roadshows
I’m delighted to announce ITV have commissioned a fifth series of "The Martin Lewis Money Show", to be aired this coming winter on Monday or Friday nights.

What happened to the £10m I promised to donate to charity?
In June 2012 I pledged, as part of the announcement that MSE was joining the MSM group, that charities would receive £10 million. So for transparency’s sake I want to knock out an updated quick blog explaining what’s happened and what will happen with this donation.

Labour’s plan to cut tuition fees to £6,000 is a financially illiterate policy
Labour has long touted that it may cut English tuition fees to £6,000 if elected. Today university chiefs wrote a letter about the proposal that made the front pages, saying that they’d struggle to survive on such a drop of income. Yet as I explained a year ago when it was first mooted, the biggest problem with...

The Lords mustn’t miss the chance to treat payday ads like gambling or alcohol
Payday lenders want to financially groom the next generation of borrowers. They’ve plastered their adverts on children’s TV channels and family TV shows, used puppets and kid-friendly slogans, and even had people in Disney-esque costumes handing out lollipops in the streets. These ads pressurise parents with pester power This is a danger for our entire society. It pressurises parents...

A staggering 10,000,000 now on the Martin’s Money Tips weekly email list – thank you
In 2002 I began to send tips to my friends, as and when I spotted a good deal, and jokingly used the subject line ‘Martin’s Money Tips’. It went to about 40 people and it was only done when I discovered some info I couldn’t use in my then Sunday Express column, or on Open House with...

Morally bankrupt: Payday lender Smart-Pig’s student targeted ad hides its 1,089% APR – I’m reporting it to the FCA and the ASA
While I was getting the lift to the tube over the weekend, I spotted a payday lender advert on the wall. I always scan these things to see how they try and sell their costly wares, and to check out the APR, but this time I couldn’t see it. I looked at the small print. Nope it...

How much is a blank worth at Scrabble?
I’ve been getting the spreadsheet out. Over the weekend Mrs MSE and I played a few games (as we do). In the first two she was rather unlucky that I got both blanks each time, which I think probably turned the game in my favour (just). Thus intrigued, I decided to enter nerdvana and calculate the value...

The Government has sold people out over Erudio student loans
Last December I blogged to put people’s minds at ease over the student loan sell-off. Many had worriedly asked me if there would be big changes and I explained that no, there shouldn’t be as the Government had guaranteed no changes to the loan terms and conditions. Well, I was wrong. With the benefit of hindsight, the...

My secret life as a BBC reporter (the videos)…
There’s a certain voice you feel you’re supposed to develop as a junior TV news reporter – especially at the BBC. The aim is to deliver the news, without allowing yourself to get in the way of the story. I’ve just been reminded of my own attempts at this. Thanks to a friend’s recent Googling, it turns...
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