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Who painted the Mona Lisa, the famous portrait displayed in the Louvre?

Answer

Leonardo da Vinci

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Which building became the world’s tallest when Dubai’s Burj Khalifa opened in 2010?

Answer

Burj Khalifa

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
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In which country is the Eiffel Tower located?

Answer

France

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What chemical symbol represents gold on the periodic table?

Answer

Au

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What was the name of the severe U.S. financial crisis that began in 1893 after major railroad failures?

Answer

Panic of 1893

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
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What was the name of Iceland’s 2008 financial crisis, when its major commercial banks collapsed?

Answer

Icelandic financial crisis

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On March 16, 2020, how many points did the Dow Jones Industrial Average lose in its largest point drop at that time?

Answer

2,997 points

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
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What name is given to the catastrophic U.S. stock-market sell-off on October 29, 1929?

Answer

Black Tuesday

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
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Which U.S. market crash began when the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company failed in August 1857?

Answer

Panic of 1857

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What was the name of the U.S. financial crisis that began in 1837 after banks stopped converting paper money into gold and silver?

Answer

Panic of 1837

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
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Which 18th-century financial panic began after the collapse of speculative land and securities markets in Britain and the United States?

Answer

Panic of 1796–1797

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
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What was the 1989 U.S. market event called after its rapid 190-point Dow decline?

Answer

Friday the 13th mini-crash

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