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• World's Stock Market Crashes

What name is given to the 1873 market crash that helped begin the Long Depression?

Answer

Panic of 1873

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• World's Stock Market Crashes

Which country’s Shanghai Composite lost about 30% in the 2015 stock-market crash?

Answer

China

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• World's Stock Market Crashes

Which country’s 1998 default triggered a major stock-market shock and the collapse of Long-Term Capital Management?

Answer

Russia

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Which country’s stock exchange suffered the 1989 crash that began Japan’s “lost decades”?

Answer

Japan

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• World's Stock Market Crashes

Which 2010 U.S. market crash lasted about 36 minutes and was called a “flash” event?

Answer

Flash Crash

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Which 1720 financial collapse involved both the South Sea Company and a British parliamentary scandal?

Answer

South Sea Bubble

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• World's Stock Market Crashes

Which 1637 Dutch financial bubble is widely considered the first recorded speculative market crash?

Answer

Tulip mania

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Which 1987 stock-market crash began with a record one-day percentage fall on Wall Street?

Answer

Black Monday

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Quinceañera

In a traditional quinceañera, what does the father commonly present during the last-doll ritual?

Answer

A doll

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Quinceañera

What Spanish term identifies a quinceañera’s female attendants?

Answer

Damas

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Quinceañera

In a quinceañera candle ritual, how many candles traditionally represent the celebrant’s years?

Answer

15 candles

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• Quinceañera

In a quinceañera shoe ceremony, what footwear does the celebrant traditionally receive?

Answer

High heels

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