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In J.R.R. Tolkien’s mythology, what does the name Mordor mean in English?
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Black Land
What was J.R.R. Tolkien's first published academic paper on Beowulf called?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
What was the biggest one-day percentage fall in the S&P 500 during the 1987 stock-market crash?
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20.47%
Which British company became famous for the 1720 stock-market collapse known as the South Sea Bubble?
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South Sea Company
Which Japanese stock index reached its all-time peak on December 29, 1989, just before Japan's asset-price bubble burst?
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Nikkei 225
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What was J.R.R. Tolkien's first published academic paper on Beowulf called?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
Which 1873 financial panic began after the collapse of the Vienna Stock Exchange?
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Panic of 1873
Which index fell 8.9% on February 27, 2007, in a sharp global sell-off linked to concerns about China?
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Shanghai Composite Index
Which U.S. president signed the Banking Act of 1933 after the bank panic surrounding the 1929 crash?
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
What was the name of the 1998 fund whose collapse worsened the global market panic?
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Long-Term Capital Management