708 World's Stock Market Crashes Trivia Questions with Answers
708 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which date is commonly called Black Tuesday, the worst single day of the 1929 Wall Street Crash?
Answer
October 29, 1929
What was the name of the U.S. bank whose 1873 failure helped trigger the Panic of 1873?
Answer
Jay Cooke & Company
Which index fell from 5,178.19 after China's 2015 stock-market bubble peaked?
Answer
Shanghai Composite
Which US stock index was created in 1896 and became a key measure during twentieth-century market crashes?
Answer
Dow Jones Industrial Average
Which British bank collapse helped trigger the 1866 financial crisis known as the Panic of 1866?
Answer
Overend, Gurney and Company
Which London-based company became the symbol of Britain’s 1720 stock-market bubble and crash?
Answer
South Sea Company
What nickname was given to the sudden US stock-market plunge on May 6, 2010?
Answer
Flash Crash
On what date did the Nasdaq Composite reach its peak before the dot-com crash began?
Answer
March 10, 2000
On what date did the 1987 stock-market crash reach its worst day, when the Dow fell 22.6%?
Answer
October 19, 1987
Which hedge fund’s 1998 collapse required a private-sector rescue coordinated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York?
Answer
Long-Term Capital Management
Which Chinese stock-market index lost about 30% between June 12 and July 9, 2015?
Answer
Shanghai Composite Index
Which 1720 company’s collapse formed part of Britain’s South Sea Bubble stock-market crash?
Answer
South Sea Company
Which US president signed the Emergency Banking Act during the 1933 banking crisis that followed the 1929 crash?
Answer
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What was the name of the trust whose failure helped trigger the Panic of 1907?
Answer
Knickerbocker Trust
In the 1873 financial panic, which US stock exchange closed for ten days after the failure of Jay Cooke & Company?
Answer
New York Stock Exchange
In the dot-com crash, which technology-heavy US stock index reached its peak in March 2000?
Answer
Nasdaq Composite