708 World's Stock Market Crashes Trivia Questions with Answers
708 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What was the nickname of the rapid U.S. market collapse on May 6, 2010?
Answer
Flash Crash
Which U.S. technology index peaked in March 2000 before the dot-com crash?
Answer
Nasdaq Composite
Which 1720 British company became the namesake of a famous speculative bubble and collapse?
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South Sea Company
What date is known as Black Thursday, the opening day of the 1929 Wall Street crash?
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October 24, 1929
Which hedge fund’s near-collapse intensified market turmoil during the 1998 global financial crisis?
Answer
Long-Term Capital Management
On what date did Japan’s Nikkei 225 reach its pre-crash record high?
Answer
December 29, 1989
Which U.S. technology index lost about 78% from its March 2000 peak during the dot-com crash?
Answer
Nasdaq Composite
Which U.S. stock-market crash followed the failure of Jay Cooke & Company in 1873?
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Panic of 1873
Which speculative bubble burst in London in 1720, causing a famous early stock-market crash?
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South Sea Bubble
Which country experienced the first major stock-market crash of the Panic of 1873?
Answer
Austria-Hungary
On what date did the S&P 500 enter a bear market during the COVID-19 stock-market crash?
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March 12, 2020
What date is associated with the 2010 Flash Crash in US stock markets?
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May 6, 2010
What date is called Black Monday for the worldwide stock-market crash of 1987?
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October 19, 1987
What nickname is commonly given to Mexico’s 1994–1995 stock-market and currency crisis?
Answer
Tequila Crisis
Which stock index was most closely associated with the dot-com crash of 2000–2002?
Answer
Nasdaq Composite
On what date did the 1929 Wall Street Crash reach its second major panic day, “Black Tuesday”?
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October 29, 1929
Which Chinese stock index lost about one-third of its value during the 2015 stock-market crash?
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Shanghai Composite
During the Panic of 1907, which U.S. trust company’s failure helped trigger the crisis?
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Knickerbocker Trust Company
What percentage did the Dow Jones Industrial Average lose on October 19, 1987?
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22.6 percent
On which date did the 1929 Wall Street Crash begin with “Black Thursday” in the United States?
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October 24, 1929
Which 1973–1974 event marked a major global stock-market crash after the Bretton Woods era?
Answer
1973–1974 stock market crash
What was the name of Japan’s stock-market bubble that burst in the early 1990s?
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Japanese asset price bubble
What nickname was given to the sudden U.S. market collapse on May 6, 2010?
Answer
Flash Crash
Which international organization provided Thailand with a bailout during the 1997 Asian financial crisis?
Answer
International Monetary Fund
Who was president of the United States during the Wall Street Crash of 1929?
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Herbert Hoover
Which bank's failure in September 1873 helped trigger the Panic of 1873 in the United States?
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Jay Cooke & Company