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What was the name of the 1866 London banking panic linked to the failure of Overend, Gurney and Company?
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Panic of 1866
Which 1992 currency-market crisis forced the United Kingdom to withdraw the pound from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism?
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Black Wednesday
Which speculative bubble burst in Britain during the 1720 stock-market collapse?
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South Sea Bubble
What was the nickname of the 1994 Mexican peso crisis that triggered a global emerging-market sell-off?
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Tequila Crisis
What was the one-day percentage fall in the Dow during the 2020 COVID-19 crash on March 16?
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12.9%
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Which speculative bubble burst in Britain during the 1720 stock-market collapse?
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What nickname was given to the extreme US market sell-off on 6 May 2010?
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Flash Crash
Which 1989 crash caused Japan’s Nikkei 225 to begin a prolonged decline?
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Japanese asset price bubble
Which Hesiod poem tells the fullest surviving story of Pandora and her jar?
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