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• Leonardo Da Vinci's Inventions

What device did Leonardo da Vinci design to move itself using springs, gears, and wooden wheels?

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Self-propelled cart

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• Leonardo Da Vinci's Inventions

What machine did Leonardo da Vinci sketch as a circular platform lifted by rotating spiral blades?

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Aerial screw

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• Leonardo Da Vinci's Inventions

What mechanical device did Leonardo da Vinci design to print words automatically from movable type?

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Printing press

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• World's Stock Market Crashes

Which date marked the start of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, when heavy selling hit the New York Stock Exchange?

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October 24, 1929

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• World's Stock Market Crashes

Which hedge fund was rescued in 1998 after losses linked to the Russian financial crisis?

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Long-Term Capital Management

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• World's Stock Market Crashes

What was the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s closing loss on Black Tuesday in 1929?

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12.8%

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• World's Stock Market Crashes

Which date marked the beginning of the 1997 Asian financial crisis when Thailand abandoned its baht peg?

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July 2, 1997

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• World's Stock Market Crashes

What was the Shanghai Composite Index’s closing peak before China’s 2015 stock-market crash?

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5,166.35

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• World's Stock Market Crashes

Which 19th-century financial panic began in Vienna in May 1873 and helped trigger a global depression?

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Panic of 1873

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• World's Stock Market Crashes

On which date did the Dow Jones Industrial Average reach its lowest closing level of the Great Depression-era crash?

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July 8, 1932

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• World's Stock Market Crashes

Which U.S. president signed the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act during the economic crisis following the 1929 stock-market crash?

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Herbert Hoover

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• World's Stock Market Crashes

Which U.S. stock exchange was at the center of the 1987 Black Monday crash's trading-floor response?

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New York Stock Exchange

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