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What was the name of the 24 October 1929 New York stock-market panic, the first major crash day that month?
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Black Thursday
Which 1720 French speculative bubble collapsed around the Mississippi Company?
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Mississippi Bubble
What was the first major U.S. financial institution to fail during the Panic of 1907?
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Knickerbocker Trust Company
Which company’s failure in September 2008 intensified the global financial crisis?
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Lehman Brothers
Which exchange suffered a major crash in May 1873, helping trigger the Long Depression?
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Vienna Stock Exchange
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Which 1720 French speculative bubble collapsed around the Mississippi Company?
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Mississippi Bubble
What was the first major U.S. financial institution to fail during the Panic of 1907?
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Knickerbocker Trust Company
Which company’s failure in September 2008 intensified the global financial crisis?
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Lehman Brothers
Which exchange suffered a major crash in May 1873, helping trigger the Long Depression?
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Vienna Stock Exchange
What was the name of the 1992 crisis when Britain left the European Exchange Rate Mechanism?
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Black Wednesday
What animal-like automaton did Leonardo da Vinci design with a mechanical body and moving limbs?
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Mechanical knight