90556 Intermediate Trivia Questions
90556 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
On what date did Lehman Brothers file for bankruptcy, intensifying the 2008 financial crisis?
Answer
September 15, 2008
Which organization officially dates U.S. recessions using a monthly business-cycle peak and trough?
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National Bureau of Economic Research
Which British prime minister introduced the Community Charge, widely called the poll tax?
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Margaret Thatcher
Which US state introduced the first general sales tax in 1930?
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Mississippi
Which US government agency began in 1862 as the Bureau of Internal Revenue?
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Internal Revenue Service
What was the name of the local tax introduced in Scotland in 1989 to replace domestic rates?
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Community Charge
Who proposed the financial transaction tax commonly called the Tobin tax?
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James Tobin
What 1945 United States law made state regulation of insurance the general rule?
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McCarran–Ferguson Act
What was the original name of MetLife when it was founded in New York in 1868?
Answer
National Union Life and Limb Insurance Company
Which insurance company created the first commercial life-insurance policy in the United Kingdom in 1706?
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Amicable Society for a Perpetual Assurance Office
What 1968 U.S. program provides federally backed flood insurance to participating communities?
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National Flood Insurance Program
Which organization, founded in 1871, coordinates U.S. state insurance regulators and develops model laws?
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National Association of Insurance Commissioners
What company was created when United Technologies merged with Raytheon Company in 2020?
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Raytheon Technologies
What company was formed when Glencore merged with Xstrata in 2013?
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Glencore Xstrata
Which satellite-radio company merged with Sirius Satellite Radio in 2008?
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XM Satellite Radio
What name did the 2017 merger of Dow Chemical and DuPont produce?
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DowDuPont
What airline was created by the 2010 merger of United Airlines and Continental Airlines?
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United Airlines
Which airline operated the first scheduled passenger flight of the Airbus A380 in 2007?
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Singapore Airlines
Which airline was the Boeing 787 Dreamliner’s launch customer and first commercial operator?
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All Nippon Airways
What was the first wide-body twin-engine commercial airliner?
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Airbus A300
What does the airline abbreviation IATA stand for?
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International Air Transport Association
Which airline alliance was launched in 1997 as the first global airline alliance?
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Star Alliance
Who became Dior’s first creative director after Christian Dior died in 1957?
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Yves Saint Laurent
Who became creative director of Chloé in 1997, succeeding Karl Lagerfeld?
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Stella McCartney
Which designer became Givenchy’s creative director in 1996 after working at his own label?
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Alexander McQueen
Which New York City skyscraper became the world's tallest residential building when completed in 2021?
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Central Park Tower
Which English new town, founded in 1967, was planned as a “city in the forest”?
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Milton Keynes
Which English town became the world's first garden city when it was founded in 1903?
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Letchworth Garden City
What is the real-estate term for a loan secured by several properties under one mortgage?
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Blanket mortgage