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What is the Scottish name for New Year's Eve celebrations, famously observed with singing and torchlight events?
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Hogmanay
What was the name of the 1893 U.S. financial panic that followed the collapse of railroad financing?
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Panic of 1893
What financial firm's September 2008 bankruptcy intensified the global stock-market crash?
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Lehman Brothers
What was the approximate peak-to-trough decline of China's Shanghai Composite during the 2015 stock-market crash?
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43%
During the 2008 financial crisis, by about what percentage did the S&P 500 fall from its 2007 peak to its 2009 low?
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57%
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What financial firm's September 2008 bankruptcy intensified the global stock-market crash?
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Lehman Brothers
Which Hong Kong stock index plunged during the 1997 Asian financial crisis?
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Hang Seng Index
What date is associated with the 1989 Friday the 13th mini-crash?
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October 13, 1989
Which financier helped stabilize Wall Street during the Panic of 1907?
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J. P. Morgan
What was the 1792 U.S. market panic involving Alexander Macomb called?
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Panic of 1792
Which 18th-century speculative bubble burst when the South Sea Company's share price collapsed?
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South Sea Bubble