Totally Money Blog Carnival – Trivia Edition – July 18 2011

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I’m honored to host this week’s Totally Money Blog carnival!

For this carnival, I thought I’ll do something different. I created a quiz out of my top picks and I picked posts that had an interesting trivia in them.

My top picks:

PT Money’s 10 Reasons to Get Off Your Butt and Start a Roth IRA

Heartland Living on a Budget’s Cutting the Water Bill

Live Real Now’s Money Problems: Day 9 – Health Insurance

Sweating the Big Stuff’s Tips for Combining Finances

Free From Broke’s 6 Things to Consider Before Retiring

My Dollar Plan’s Companies That Pay You to Reuse Items You Already Own

Squirrelers with How to Save up to $500 on Home Improvements While Helping The Environment

Are you a personal finance ninja? Take the quiz!

If you are reading this via RSS, please visit the page to take the quiz! Plus, I have no idea how the quiz will be rendered in a feed!

At the beginning of the year you had made a contribution of $4000 towards your ROTH. This month your car's transmission failed and the estimates are at $3,500. You are thinking of raiding your ROTH. Will there be a penalty?

Yes
No

In the US, water meters indicate volume in ... (When was the last time you looked at your water meter?!)

Liters
Cubic Feet
PSI

To be eligible for HSA, what is considered a High-deductible plan? A plan with a deductible of atleast...

$2,500
$800
$1,200

Your marital status impacts your auto insurance rates.

True
False

At what age are you eligible to take out social security?

62
65
68

What are plastic bags made out of?

Benzene
Sulfolipid
Petroleum

What is the maximum you can claim as federal energy tax credits, 2011?

$3000
$5000
$500

The Best Of The Rest

Melissa from Mom’s Plans shares a valuable tip with Works for Me: Ice Cubes as a Freezer Monitor

Boomer presents Solving The Dinner Dilemma With The Big Cook posted at Boomer & Echo

The standard wisdom is that not only are the gas companies setting their prices criminally high, but that it’s crucial that we as consumers take whatever means necessary to economize. It’s thus a moral imperative to find the cheapest gas we can, wherever that might be…
Control Your Cash presents 9/10 of a penny wise and pound foolish posted at Control Your Cash

What if you as parents treated your home like the government treats their managed country – would tax hikes on kids’ allowance and budget deficits keep the house running well?
Dr. Dean presents Household Management: Federal Bureaucrat and Airline Style! posted at The Millionairenurse Blog

Consumers often focus too much on the low short term variables costs, and too little on the long term fixed costs…
Justin presents Variable vs. Fixed Costs posted at Money Is The Root

Summertime is in full swing and many people are going on vacation. For those staying inside the States, paying for expenses is relatively easy, as every store accepts US currency, debit cards, and credit cards. But what about foreign travel?
Bob presents 5 Overseas Travel Credit Card Tips to save money on vacation posted at Christian Personal Finance

Common advice given to consumers is to never borrow from a 401k to pay off debt. I say that every situation is different and in certain cases, borrowing from the 401k can make good financial sense…
Damon Day presents Should I Borrow from 401K to Pay Credit Cards posted at Damon Day & Associates

Building good credit after making bad decisions is not something that can be done quickly. This post includes some steps you’ll need to take to get your credit report healthy again…
Philip presents What It Takes to Clean Up Your Credit posted at Deliver Away Debt

We’re going to clear the air about some investment basics: how to define stocks and bonds, what are their benefits, and what are their drawbacks…
Outlaw presents The Difference Between Stocks and Bonds posted at Outlaw Finance

If you have a dream you don’t think is otherwise possible, have you considered relocating? Is the personal sacrifice worth the financial gain?
Alan presents Relocating for More Opportunities and Financial Gain posted at Canadian Finance Blog

Training wheels help you learn to ride a bike and for those that are new to the frugal world may need a little training too. Here’s what we did…
Crystal presents Giving My Husband A Financial Handicap posted at Budgeting in the Fun Stuff

Next week’s carnival will be hosted at the Canadian Personal Finance blog. Don’t forget to send in your submission!

-MC