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• World's Stock Market Crashes

What was the first month of the 1929 Wall Street crash’s famous four-day trading collapse?

Answer

October

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Which country experienced the 1998 stock-market crash after its government defaulted on domestic debt?

Answer

Russia

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What was the first U.S. stock-market crash widely attributed to computerized program trading?

Answer

Black Monday 1987

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Which U.S. stock-market crash began after the speculative boom that peaked in September 1929?

Answer

Wall Street Crash of 1929

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What nickname was given to the October 24, 1929 stock-market collapse?

Answer

Black Thursday

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What was the name of the 1720 English speculative bubble that ended in a major stock-market collapse?

Answer

South Sea Bubble

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During the Panic of 1873, for how many days was the New York Stock Exchange closed?

Answer

10 days

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How many points did the Dow Jones Industrial Average lose during the 2010 Flash Crash’s intraday plunge?

Answer

998.5 points

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Which currency was attacked during the 1997 Asian financial crisis that began in Thailand?

Answer

Thai baht

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What was the name of the Japanese stock index that peaked at 38,957 points before the early-1990s crash?

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Nikkei 225

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• Pandora's Box

In Hesiod’s Works and Days, which Titan’s theft of fire led to Pandora’s creation?

Answer

Prometheus

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• Pandora's Box

In Hesiod’s Works and Days, what did Pandora’s container release into the world?

Answer

Troubles

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