What was the container in the original Greek story of Pandora?
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During the 1987 Wall Street Crash, by what percentage did the Dow Jones Industrial Average fall on October 19?
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22.6%
Which 1973–1974 market crash followed the end of the postwar boom and the 1973 oil crisis?
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1973–1974 stock market crash
What was the name of the 1929 U.S. market panic day when stocks fell sharply on October 24?
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Black Thursday
Which 1720 British speculative bubble ended when confidence in the South Sea Company collapsed?
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South Sea Bubble
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Which 1973–1974 market crash followed the end of the postwar boom and the 1973 oil crisis?
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1973–1974 stock market crash
Which 1720 British speculative bubble ended when confidence in the South Sea Company collapsed?
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South Sea Bubble
Which 2015 Chinese market crash followed a sharp rise in Shanghai Composite share prices?
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2015 Chinese stock market crash
Which 1998 market crash followed Russia’s debt default and the collapse of Long-Term Capital Management?
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1998 Russian financial crisis
Which Japanese asset-price bubble burst in 1990, beginning a prolonged market decline often called Japan’s Lost Decades?
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Japanese asset-price bubble
Which 1720 French investment scheme collapsed in the Mississippi Bubble?
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Mississippi Company
Which British company’s collapse marked the end of the South Sea Bubble in 1720?
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South Sea Company