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What is the Scottish name for New Year's Eve celebrations, especially associated with Edinburgh's street parties and torchlight processions?
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Hogmanay
What is the name of Brazil's New Year's Eve festival, especially famous for celebrations on Copacabana Beach?
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Réveillon
Which market event began on October 24, 1929, when heavy selling overwhelmed the New York Stock Exchange?
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Black Thursday
What was the name of the 1720 financial crisis in France caused by the collapse of John Law’s Mississippi Company?
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Mississippi Bubble
What name is given to the sudden 2010 U.S. market plunge that erased nearly 1,000 Dow points before a rapid rebound?
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2010 Flash Crash
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Which hedge fund’s near-collapse during the 1998 market turmoil led to a Federal Reserve-brokered rescue?
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Long-Term Capital Management
Which US stock-market index suffered the largest single-day percentage loss during the October 1929 crash?
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Dow Jones Industrial Average
What was the nickname of the severe 1997 stock-market crash that began in Thailand and spread across East Asia?
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Asian financial crisis