Q 01/05

Which family game did rich dad play with young Robert Kiyosaki while teaching the lessons of Rich Dad Poor Dad?

A) Scrabble

B) The Game of Life

C) Monopoly

D) Checkers

Answer · why

C) Monopoly

Monopoly was the classroom: rich dad shared his financial insights over the game with Robert and his own son, starting when Robert was nine.

Q 02/05

Whose talk show gave Rich Dad Poor Dad its biggest sales lift after publishers had turned Robert Kiyosaki down?

A) Oprah Winfrey

B) David Letterman

C) Larry King

D) Ellen DeGeneres

Answer · why

A) Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey had the Kiyosakis on her show, and the company's own history credits that appearance with making the book famous worldwide.

Q 03/05

Which famous businessman co-wrote Why We Want You to Be Rich with Robert Kiyosaki, nine years after Rich Dad Poor Dad?

A) Warren Buffett

B) Richard Branson

C) Mark Cuban

D) Donald Trump

Answer · why

D) Donald Trump

Donald Trump had been impressed by the sales of Rich Dad Poor Dad, and the pair's joint book opened at number one on the New York Times list.

Q 04/05

Which Hollywood actor said he taught his son about financial independence by reading Rich Dad Poor Dad?

A) Tom Hanks

B) Will Smith

C) Denzel Washington

D) Ashton Kutcher

Answer · why

B) Will Smith

Will Smith said he used it with his son Jaden, handing a book that began life self-published one of its best-known celebrity endorsements.

Q 05/05

What does Rich Dad Poor Dad call the cycle of earning more and spending more without ever getting ahead?

A) The rat race

B) The hamster wheel

C) The money trap

D) The daily grind

Answer · why

A) The rat race

The rat race traps people, the book argues, because each pay rise is spent instead of invested, so earning more never gets them ahead.