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Microeconomics trivia quiz

How well do you really know Microeconomics? Find out in a live duel. QuizDown has over 120 Microeconomics questions, from easy to expert, and you’re matched with a real player who gets the same seven.

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What the Microeconomics questions cover

  • Demand Theory
  • General Equilibrium
  • Elasticity
  • Oligopoly
  • Costs
  • Information Economics
  • Duality
  • Externalities
  • Game Theory
  • Market Structures
  • Markets
  • Mechanism Design

Try three Microeconomics questions

Question 1

What principle predicts that buyers will usually purchase fewer units when an item's price rises?

  1. Law of demand
  2. Law of utility
  3. Law of diminishing returns
  4. Law of supply
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Law of demand

Question 2

What principle predicts that sellers will usually offer more units when an item's price rises?

  1. Law of utility
  2. Law of supply
  3. Law of demand
  4. Law of scarcity
Show the answer

Law of supply

Question 3

What is the value of the next-best alternative given up when someone makes a choice?

  1. Marginal revenue
  2. Fixed cost
  3. Opportunity cost
  4. Consumer surplus
Show the answer

Opportunity cost

In a real match you’d have ten seconds for each, and faster right answers score more.

How a Microeconomics match works

  1. Seven rounds. The same seven Microeconomics questions for you and your opponent.
  2. Ten seconds each. A right answer in two seconds scores 20; at the buzzer, 11.
  3. The last round counts double. It’s never over until it’s over.

Your Microeconomics ranking is its own: climb it without your other topics dragging you down.