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Which country’s stock market suffered a 79% fall from peak to trough during the 2008 financial crisis?
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Iceland
Which London-based exchange experienced a record one-day percentage fall on Black Monday in 1987?
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London Stock Exchange
Which New York investment bank failed in September 2008, intensifying the global financial crisis?
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Lehman Brothers
Which U.S. president was in office during the Panic of 1857, one of America’s first major financial crashes?
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James Buchanan
Which U.S. market index fell about 20.5% on October 19, 1987, in the global Black Monday crash?
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S&P 500
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Which London-based exchange experienced a record one-day percentage fall on Black Monday in 1987?
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London Stock Exchange
Which trust company failed during the Panic of 1907, helping trigger a banking crisis in the United States?
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Knickerbocker Trust Company
Which company founded by Charles Ponzi collapsed in the 1920 scheme that became a byword for fraudulent investment bubbles?
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Securities Exchange Company
Which British trading company was at the center of the South Sea Bubble collapse in 1720?
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South Sea Company