73999 Intermediate Trivia Questions
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Which Japanese brokerage firm collapsed in 1997, helping intensify Japan’s financial crisis?
Answer
Yamaichi Securities
Which term describes the 1987 crash’s computer-driven wave of automatic selling?
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Program trading
What was the name of the currency crisis that triggered Thailand’s 1997 stock-market collapse?
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Asian financial crisis
What was the main stock exchange in Vienna during the 1873 crash known as the Panic of 1873?
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Vienna Stock Exchange
What was the name of the speculative bubble that burst in London in 1720?
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South Sea Bubble
Which U.S. financial institution’s 1907 collapse intensified the Panic of 1907?
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Knickerbocker Trust Company
Who created the fictional character Dr. Gregory House for House M.D.?
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David Shore
In House M.D., which actress plays Dr. Allison Cameron?
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Jennifer Morrison
Which medical detective inspired House M.D.’s Dr. Gregory House?
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Sherlock Holmes
What was Destiny’s Child originally called before adopting its famous name?
Answer
Girl’s Tyme
Which film marked Beyoncé’s acting debut in a major theatrical release?
Answer
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Pandora, Saturn's moon, acts as a shepherd satellite for which planetary ring?
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Saturn's F ring
What modern expression describes releasing a problem that cannot easily be contained, like Pandora’s container?
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Opening Pandora’s box
Which ancient Greek poem contains the fullest surviving account of Pandora’s creation?
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Works and Days
In Greek mythology, which god was ordered to fashion Pandora’s body?
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Hephaestus
Which 2016 film did J.K. Rowling write as a prequel to the Harry Potter stories?
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
What was the name of J.K. Rowling’s charity book published in 2001 as a Hogwarts textbook?
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
What shape is Harry Potter’s scar in J.K. Rowling’s books?
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Lightning bolt
What is the name of the detective created by J.K. Rowling for the Cormoran Strike series?
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Cormoran Strike
Which Oxford literary group did J.R.R. Tolkien belong to alongside C.S. Lewis?
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The Inklings
Which Tolkien novel was published in 2007 after being edited by Christopher Tolkien?
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The Children of Húrin