Financial History Issue 126 (Summer 2018) | Page 9
MUSEUM NEWS
THE TICKER
TRIVIA QUIZ
HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT FINANCIAL HISTORY?
1. Which Coney Island amusement park went belly up after failing to pay
off its debts fast enough, with former state senator and real estate
developer William H. Reynolds at the helm?
A. Luna Park
B. Steeplechase Park
C. Deno’s Wonder Wheel
D. Dreamland
2. The invention of the stock ticker by Edward Calahan eliminated what
job in 1867, once held by Wall Street’s “weak link” William Heath?
A. Curb-yeller
B. Pad-shover
C. Number-runner
D. Stockjobber
3. The Blair family tree includes descendants of each of the
following EXCEPT:
A. Charles Scribner
B. Alexander Hamilton
C. Howard Hughes
D. J.P. Morgan
4. Who was the Federal Reserve Chairman during the
Stock Market Crash of 1987?
5. What is the oldest form of insurance?
6. After two failed attempts, what was the first bank
established in Canada (in 1817)?
7. Who coined the term “hedge fund” in a 1966 issue
of Fortune magazine?
8. Which South American nation, home to the Chincha Islands,
relied primarily on guano (marine bird poop) exports to fund
the government in the mid-19th century?
10. What mint was primarily used to store silver, serving as a companion
facility to Fort Knox’s gold repository?
1. Dreamland 2. Pad-shover 3. Howard
Hughes 4. Alan Greenspan 5. Marine
insurance (hull and cargo, specifically)
6. Bank of Montreal 7. Carol Loomis
8. Peru 9. The West Point Foundry in Cold
Spri ng, NY 10. The West Point Mint
9. Where was the first locomotive, called the “Best Friend of Charleston,”
manufactured in the United States in 1831?
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