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Which investment bank’s collapse became the defining trigger of the 2008 global financial crisis?
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Lehman Brothers
Which U.S. stock index suffered the largest one-day percentage loss during Black Monday in 1987?
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Dow Jones Industrial Average
Which Russian financial event in 1998 contributed to the collapse of Long-Term Capital Management?
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Russian debt default
Which 1973 event helped start the global stock-market crash that continued through 1974?
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1973 oil crisis
What was the name of the 1720 financial collapse involving the South Sea Company?
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South Sea Bubble
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Which U.S. stock index suffered the largest one-day percentage loss during Black Monday in 1987?
Answer
Dow Jones Industrial Average
Which Russian financial event in 1998 contributed to the collapse of Long-Term Capital Management?
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Russian debt default
Which 1973 event helped start the global stock-market crash that continued through 1974?
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1973 oil crisis
What was the name of the 1720 financial collapse involving the South Sea Company?
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South Sea Bubble
What date marked the peak of Japan’s Nikkei 225 before the country’s early-1990s stock-market crash?
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December 29, 1989
What name is commonly given to the 1873 financial crisis that began in Vienna?
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Panic of 1873
Which U.S. stock index lost nearly 89% from its 1929 peak to its 1932 low?
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Dow Jones Industrial Average