Which English company’s collapse formed the center of Britain’s South Sea Bubble crash of 1720?
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South Sea Company
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Which English company’s collapse formed the center of Britain’s South Sea Bubble crash of 1720?
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South Sea Company
What was the largest intraday point drop in Dow Jones history during the 2010 Flash Crash?
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998.5 points
What number identifies the main-belt asteroid Pandora, discovered by George Mary Searle in 1858?
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55 Pandora
Which composer wrote Lulu, the unfinished opera based partly on Frank Wedekind's Pandora's Box?
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Alban Berg
In the phrase “open Pandora’s box,” what does the box metaphorically release?
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Unforeseen troubles
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