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Which U.S. bank failure helped trigger the Panic of 1857 and the resulting stock-market crash?

Answer

Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company

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Which 1973 event helped trigger the severe 1973–1974 global stock-market crash?

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1973 oil crisis

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Which stock exchange crash helped begin the worldwide Panic of 1873?

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Vienna Stock Exchange

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Which 1962 U.S. market collapse is also known as the Kennedy Slide?

Answer

Kennedy Slide of 1962

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Which global health emergency triggered the fastest bear-market entry in U.S. stock-market history in March 2020?

Answer

COVID-19 pandemic

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Which U.S. trading event on May 6, 2010 briefly erased nearly $1 trillion in market value?

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2010 Flash Crash

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Which Japanese stock index reached its bubble-era peak on December 29, 1989, before the country's prolonged market collapse?

Answer

Nikkei 225

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Which date marked the largest one-day percentage fall in the Dow Jones Industrial Average during the 1987 stock-market crash?

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October 19, 1987

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Which U.S. stock-market crash in 1929 began a decline in the Dow that eventually reached about 89%?

Answer

Wall Street Crash of 1929

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Which banker's rescue efforts helped contain the Panic of 1907 in the United States?

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J. P. Morgan

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Which 18th-century company became the symbol of Britain's 1720 stock-market collapse known as the South Sea Bubble?

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South Sea Company

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Which currency's collapse helped trigger the 1997 Asian financial crisis and stock-market crashes across the region?

Answer

Thai baht

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