1130 World's Stock Market Crashes Trivia Questions with Answers
1130 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What nickname describes the sudden U.S. market plunge on May 6, 2010?
Answer
Flash Crash
On what date did Black Tuesday, the final major trading-day crash of 1929, occur?
Answer
October 29, 1929
Which hedge fund’s collapse in 1998 became a major episode in the global market turmoil after Russia’s debt default?
Answer
Long-Term Capital Management
What was the name of the 1973–1974 global stock-market decline linked to the oil crisis and stagflation?
Answer
1973–1974 stock-market crash
Which French speculative bubble of 1720 centered on John Law’s Mississippi Company?
Answer
Mississippi Bubble
Which 1720 bubble burst when shares of the South Sea Company collapsed in Britain?
Answer
South Sea Bubble
Which Russian financial crisis included the August 1998 default on domestic debt?
Answer
Russian financial crisis
Which 1997 crisis began with Thailand abandoning its fixed exchange rate for the baht?
Answer
Asian financial crisis
Which U.S. stock-market crash followed the 1980s savings-and-loan crisis and began on October 13, 1989?
Answer
Friday the 13th mini-crash
What was the name of the first major sell-off during the Wall Street Crash of 1929?
Answer
Black Thursday
Which 1929 trading day saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average lose nearly 13%?
Answer
Black Monday
Which U.S. president signed the Emergency Banking Act during the banking panic of 1933?
Answer
Franklin D. Roosevelt
On what date did the Dow Jones Industrial Average reach its pandemic-crash low in 2020?
Answer
March 23, 2020
Which index reached its dot-com bubble peak on March 10, 2000?
Answer
Nasdaq Composite
What was the peak date of Japan’s Nikkei 225 before the 1990s asset-price crash?
Answer
December 29, 1989
What was the name of the worst trading day in the 1929 Wall Street Crash?
Answer
Black Tuesday
Which U.S. president was in office during the 1987 Black Monday stock-market crash?
Answer
Ronald Reagan
What global health event was the main trigger of the 2020 stock-market crash?
Answer
COVID-19 pandemic
Which U.S. stock exchange was the main venue for the 1929 Wall Street Crash?
Answer
New York Stock Exchange
What was the 1998 global investment fund whose collapse triggered market turmoil called?
Answer
Long-Term Capital Management
Which U.S. president signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff during the 1929 crash era?
Answer
Herbert Hoover
Which 1907 financial panic led to the creation of the U.S. Federal Reserve?
Answer
Panic of 1907
What name describes the October 1989 U.S. market plunge linked partly to a failed buyout?
Answer
Friday the 13th mini-crash
Which U.S. investment bank's 2008 bankruptcy intensified the global financial crash?
Answer
Lehman Brothers
What was the name of the 1720 British speculative bubble involving the South Sea Company?
Answer
South Sea Bubble
What was the name of the 1997 crisis that began with Thailand’s baht devaluation and spread across East Asia?
Answer
Asian financial crisis
During the 1893 crash, which railroad’s bankruptcy helped intensify the Panic of 1893?
Answer
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Which trust company’s failure helped trigger the Panic of 1907 in New York?
Answer
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Which U.S. exchange was forced to close for ten days during the Panic of 1873?
Answer
New York Stock Exchange
Which hedge fund’s near-collapse intensified market anxiety during the 1998 Russian financial crisis?
Answer
Long-Term Capital Management