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• World's Stock Market Crashes

Which trading exchange was at the center of the 1929 Wall Street Crash?

Answer

New York Stock Exchange

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Which country experienced the Nikkei 225’s record closing high before its early-1990s stock-market crash?

Answer

Japan

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Which 1987 market safeguard pauses trading after exceptionally large U.S. stock-index moves?

Answer

Circuit breaker

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Which 1792 U.S. financial crisis is considered the first major securities-market crash in American history?

Answer

Panic of 1792

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What name is given to the 1873 financial crisis that began in Europe and helped trigger a long global depression?

Answer

Panic of 1873

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Which country defaulted on its domestic debt during the 1998 financial crisis that triggered a major stock-market collapse?

Answer

Russia

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Which technology-heavy U.S. stock index peaked at 5,048.62 during the dot-com bubble in March 2000?

Answer

Nasdaq Composite

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Which country's currency crisis began the 1997 Asian financial crisis that triggered regional stock-market crashes?

Answer

Thailand

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Which country's stock exchange was first hit in the worldwide sequence of the 1987 Black Monday crash?

Answer

Hong Kong

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During the 2020 stock-market crash, on what date did the S&P 500 reach its pandemic-era closing low?

Answer

March 23, 2020

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How many minutes did the 2010 Flash Crash take for U.S. stock markets to lose and largely recover trillions in value?

Answer

About 36 minutes

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Which Pokémon joins Ditto in building a village in Pokémon Pokopia?

Answer

Tangrowth

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