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• C.S. Lewis

What was the name of C.S. Lewis’s Cambridge college after he left Oxford?

Answer

Magdalene College

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• House M.D.

In House M.D., which season-one episode introduced Dr. Robert Chase, Dr. Allison Cameron, and Dr. Eric Foreman?

Answer

Pilot

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• House M.D.

Which Sherlock Holmes character inspired House’s name and methods in House M.D.?

Answer

Sherlock Holmes

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• World's Stock Market Crashes

What nickname is given to the 1994 Mexican financial crisis that triggered a major stock-market sell-off?

Answer

Tequila Crisis

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

What name is given to 29 October 1929, when U.S. stocks suffered their worst one-day trading loss?

Answer

Black Tuesday

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

Which Japanese market index peaked at 38,915.87 on 29 December 1989, just before Japan's bubble-era crash deepened?

Answer

Nikkei 225

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• World's Stock Market Crashes

What was the name of the 1997–1998 crisis that spread from Thailand's baht devaluation to stock markets across East Asia?

Answer

Asian financial crisis

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

What name is given to the 24 October 1929 Wall Street trading day when heavy selling began the market's historic collapse?

Answer

Black Thursday

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

Which 2008 U.S. investment bank failure became the largest bankruptcy in American history?

Answer

Lehman Brothers

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• World's Stock Market Crashes

Which 1837 U.S. market crash began a five-year economic depression after banks stopped specie payments?

Answer

Panic of 1837

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

Which 1819 U.S. financial crisis was the first major depression in the country's history?

Answer

Panic of 1819

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• World's Stock Market Crashes

Which 1792 U.S. market panic led to the creation of the New York Stock Exchange's predecessor?

Answer

Panic of 1792

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