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What was the largest single-day percentage fall in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, recorded on 19 October 1987?
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22.6%
What was the name of the severe 1907 U.S. financial crisis that caused a run on banks and trust companies?
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Panic of 1907
What was the name of the 1994 Mexican financial crisis that caused a sharp stock-market and currency collapse?
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Tequila Crisis
Which company’s 1720 collapse became the central scandal of Britain’s South Sea Bubble?
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South Sea Company
How long did the 2010 Flash Crash take to erase and then recover much of its U.S. stock-market decline?
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About 36 minutes
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Which company’s 1720 collapse became the central scandal of Britain’s South Sea Bubble?
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South Sea Company
Which 1998 sovereign default helped trigger the global market turmoil associated with Long-Term Capital Management?
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Russian government default
Which 1720 French speculative bubble collapsed around the same time as Britain’s South Sea Bubble?
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Mississippi Bubble
Which U.S. bank failure intensified the Panic of 1907 and helped inspire creation of the Federal Reserve?
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Knickerbocker Trust Company
Which 1989 crash caused the Dow Jones Industrial Average to fall 190.58 points in one session?
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Friday the 13th mini-crash
Which 1929 trading day is commonly called Black Tuesday in the Wall Street Crash?
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29 October 1929