Financial History Issue 128 (Winter 2019) | Page 39

TRIVIA QUIZ HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT FINANCIAL HISTORY?  1. Who was the first black floor member of the New York Stock Exchange, and what company did he work for?  2. Who founded the Vanguard Group of Investment Companies in 1974 and is considered the “father of the index fund”?  3. Who became the first female Chair of the Federal Reserve System in 2014?  4. What two American economists were awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2018?  5. What two materials are used in making the “paper” for US currency?  6. In what year was Alexander Hamilton appointed the first US Secretary of the Treasury?  7. What was paper currency issued in denominations of less than one dollar called?  8. What have all Treasurers of the United States had in common since 1949?  9. What is currently the world’s largest money-management firm? 1. Joseph L. Searles III of Newburger, Loeb & Co.  2. John C. Bogle  3. Janet L. Yellen  4. William Nordhaus (Yale) and Paul Romer (NYU)  5. Cotton and linen  6. 1789  7. Fractional currency (or postage currency)  8. They have all been women  9. BlackRock  10. Mechanics and Farmers Bank 10. What bank was founded on Black Wall Street in Durham, NC, in 1907? www.MoAF.org  |  Winter 2019  |  FINANCIAL HISTORY  37