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157 Finance Trivia Questions Ranked From Easiest to Hardest (Updated For 2024)

1. In accounting, the term "ROI" is often used to describe the financial performance of an asset. ROI stands for "return on" WHAT?
   
   Answer: Investment
   
   
2. Schlongberg Sachs and Total Bankers are fictional finance companies found in various installments of what vehicle-stealing video game franchise?
   
   Answer: Grand Theft Auto
   
   
3. Repping finance, pancakes, and orbiting stuff, the IMF, iHOP, and the ISS are initialisms that all contain what I-word?
   
   Answer: International
   
   
4. If you don’t repay a debt, what might a creditor place against your property (for example, your house) as collateral until you pay up?
   
   Answer: Lien
   
   
5. Although they each use their own version of the currency, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, the Philippines, and Uruguay all use a currency with what four-letter name?
   
   Answer: Peso
   
   
6. Founded in 1971, the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations is better known as what stock exchange?
   
   Answer: NASDAQ
   
   
7. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California and often referred to by its initials SVB for short, what financial institution suffered a bank run in 2023, leading to the largest bank failure in the US since the 2007-08 financial crisis?
   
   Answer: Silicon Valley Bank
   
   
8. Reflecting its headquarters at Love Field in Dallas, as well as an old marketing campaign in which in-flight snacks were called "love bites" and "love potions," LUV is the stock-ticker symbol of what directionally named airline?
   
   Answer: Southwest
   
   
9. Fair Isaac Corporation came up with a way to calculate your creditworthiness, but you probably know the company as what four-letter acronym that's associated with your credit score?
   
   Answer: FICO
   
   
10. In economics, the Laffer curve describes the relationship between the rate of which compulsory financial charge and the resulting revenue? According to Benjamin Franklin, only this financial charge and death are certainties in life.
    
    Answer: Taxes
    
    
11. Which F term describes the year as it pertains to figuring out your business’s annual budget and other finances? For example, looking at quarterly statements and getting your taxes in order.
    
    Answer: Fiscal
    
    
12. Accountants use different methods of depreciation for tax purposes. What do the letters in the Acronym LIFO stand for?
    
    Answer: Last In First Out
    
    
13. What Switzerland-based bank was taken over by UBS in March 2023 in an all-stock deal brokered by the Swiss government?
    
    Answer: Credit Suisse
    
    
14. What credit card company adopted a gladiator or centurion into their logo in 1958? Although the image has taken less prominence in the brand over time, it still appears on the company's traveler's cheques, charge cards and credit cards.
    
    Answer: American Express
    
    
15. "The Oracle of Omaha" is a nickname often used to describe what legendary American investor and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway?
    
    Answer: Warren Buffett
    
    
16. The most commonly known stock index in its country, the KOPSI is a stock index of the exchange in which Asian country?
    
    Answer: South Korea
    
    
17. In 2001, Goldman Sachs coined the phrase BRIC as an acronym for the four biggest developing economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China. Located on Cape Agulhas, what fifth country added an S to the acronym in 2010?
    
    Answer: South Africa
    
    
18. In the insurance business, what is the name for a person whose job it is to analyze statistics to calculate risks and price premiums accordingly?
    
    Answer: Actuary
    
    
19. What airline, headquartered in Florida, is listed on the NASDAQ with the symbol SAVE?
    
    Answer: Spirit Airlines
    
    
20. A CD is a savings instrument which typically earns more interest than a savings account but is bound by limits set within a contract. What does CD stand for?
    
    Answer: Certificate of Deposit
    
    
21. Referring to efforts to verify identity, suitability, and risk in a business relationship, the fintech abbreviation KYC stands for "know your WHAT?"
    
    Answer: Customer
    
    
22. When the stock market index S&P 500 is referenced in the U.S., technically "S&P" no longer stands for anything. However, what did these two letters previously stand for?
    
    Answer: Standard and Poor's
    
    
23. Which mega company’s industrial average shows you how 30 top stocks in the United States are performing and serves as a benchmark that you can compare your investments to?
    
    Answer: Dow Jones
    
    
24. Which type of stock is higher-up on the chain of claim than common stock, but not as high up as bonds?
    
    Answer: Preferred
    
    
25. If you’re borrowing money to finance your business and you want to know how much interest you’ll pay on it in a year, look for the APR. What is APR an acronym for?
    
    Answer: Annual Percentage Rate
    
    
26. What document can be defined as a statement of financial position, listing a company’s assets, liabilities, and equity? It can be used to determine financial return and a business’s capital structure.
    
    Answer: Balance sheet
    
    
27. Which Minnesota-based S&P 500 company has the NYSE ticker symbol "MMM"?
    
    Answer: 3M
    
    
28. The demise of Arthur Andersen whittled the Big Four accounting firms down to Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG, and what Oscar-helpers with a smushed name?
    
    Answer: PriceWaterhouseCoopers
    
    
29. With its nose all up in the Börse, the DAX is a stock index based in what Western European superpower?
    
    Answer: Germany / Deutschland
    
    
30. The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is a non-profit "standard-setting body" that establishes and improves the set of accounting principles used in the U.S. and known by what four-letter acronym?
    
    Answer: GAAP
    
    
31. What mythical term was first popularized in 2013 by venture capitalist Aileen Lee to describe a startup with a market valuation of more than $1 billion?
    
    Answer: Unicorn
    
    
32. The Accounting Hall of Fame was created in 1950 at what large Ohio University?
    
    Answer: Ohio State
    
    
33. According to data from the National Association of Realtors, 13% of homebuyers used a mortgage to finance what initial sum to be paid for their new house in 2022?
    
    Answer: Down payment
    
    
34. Both the tax preparation application TurboTax and the small business accounting program QuickBooks are products owned and sold by what publicly traded company?
    
    Answer: Intuit
    
    
35. Hedge fund manager Bobby Axelrod's aggressive attempts to make money, and U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades's attempts to prosecute him, form much of the plot of what Showtime TV series?
    
    Answer: Billions
    
    
36. If you're not flush with cash, one good way to finance a major renovation on your house is a HELOC, or WHAT WHAT line of credit?
    
    Answer: Home Equity
    
    
37. Founded in 1983 in Mountain View, CA, what accounting software was imagined as Quicken for small business owners?
    
    Answer: QuickBooks
    
    
38. What is the "trashier" name for a "high yield bond" that is typically issued by companies with low credit ratings?
    
    Answer: Junk bonds
    
    
39. Based on the nonfiction book of the same name by Michael Lewis, what 2015 film stars Christian Bale and Steve Carell as financiers who play the market in the years leading to the 2007 housing-market crash?
    
    Answer: The Big Short
    
    
40. What two-word, alliterative term is the process by which a fund manager asks the fund’s investors to contribute a portion of their fund commitment?
    
    Answer: Capital call
    
    
41. Jack Dorsey is most known for co-founding Twitter, but he is also CEO of another tech company. What is the name of this other company most well-known for credit card readers?
    
    Answer: Block
    
    
42. In the 1980s, Michael Milken rose to prominence by trading what type of bonds?
    
    Answer: High Yield
    
    
43. Increasingly popular as a way to attain exposure to a wider array of investments, the financial term ETF most often stands for what three words?
    
    Answer: Exchange Traded Fund
    
    
44. The home stadium of the NFL's Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers is named after what San Francisco-based online banking company founded in 2011?
    
    Answer: SoFi
    
    
45. There are a couple of “B” words that are important if someone dies and leaves a will. The first is “beneficiary,” which would be a surviving person that the deceased would like to leave things (including their money) to. What’s the other “B” word that describes the action of gifting assets to someone in a will?
    
    Answer: Bequeath
    
    
46. The southern most ATMs in the world is found at McMurdo station in Antarctica. What is currency is the only currency it dispenses?
    
    Answer: US dollars
    
    
47. What 2021 installment in the Call of Duty video game franchise shares its name with one of America's largest investment management firms?
    
    Answer: Vanguard
    
    
48. Unsurprisingly, what five-letter Excel formulas returns the yield on a security that pays periodic interest?
    
    Answer: YIELD
    
    
49. What numerical chapter of bankruptcy under U.S. bankruptcy code allows a company to reorganize?
    
    Answer: Chapter 11
    
    
50. In 2021, which Central American country became the first country to recognize cryptocurrency as legal tender?
    
    Answer: El Salvador
    
    
51. Longtime Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz was the owner of what now-relocated NBA franchise from 2001-2006?
    
    Answer: Seattle SuperSonics
    
    
52. The value of DAI (the stablecoin formerly known as SAI) is kept as close to what currency as possible and is considered to be the first example of decentralized finance to really take off?
    
    Answer: U.S. Dollar
    
    
53. What “F” adjective describes a tangible, long-term asset that is not expected to be converted into cash in the upcoming fiscal year?
    
    Answer: Fixed Asset
    
    
54. In January 2021, Janet Yellen became the first woman to serve as the United States Secretary of the Treasury. From 2014-18, she was the first woman to serve in which role?
    
    Answer: Chair of the Federal Reserve
    
    
55. What Boston-based private equity investment firm was co-founded by former Massachusetts governor and current Utah Senator Mitt Romney?
    
    Answer: Bain Capital
    
    
56. Often an elected position at the county level in the United States, what is the "C" title for a management-level position responsible for supervising the quality of accounting and financial reporting of an organization?
    
    Answer: Comptroller
    
    
57. What institution is located at 701 E Byrd St in Richmond? This building houses one of the 12 branches of this institution across the United States which was created by Congress in 1913.
    
    Answer: Federal Reserve Bank
    
    
58. The third-largest mortgage lender in the U.S. in 2019 was a bank that was founded in California in the 1850s. What company is this?
    
    Answer: Wells Fargo
    
    
59. Former J.P. Morgan Chase employee Bruno Iksil acquired what large mammalian nickname after losing the company a staggering $6.2 billion with a 2012 trade?
    
    Answer: London Whale
    
    
60. What F-word term describes a contract that states a commodity will be bought or sold for a set price on a set date?
    
    Answer: Futures
    
    
61. In finance, what term is used for traders who buy and sell securities on behalf of their company's clients, rather than for the company itself?
    
    Answer: Flow traders
    
    
62. What 1937 book with a four-word title by Napoleon Hill, which purports to teach the secrets that can make you wealthy, has been called "the granddaddy of all motivational literature?"
    
    Answer: Think and Grow Rich
    
    
63. What "D" word, which literally means "money" in Spanish, has become a slang term for money in English?
    
    Answer: Dinero
    
    
64. In finance, what term that contains a state of matter refers to the ease with which an asset can be converted to cash?
    
    Answer: Liquidity
    
    
65. Which betting theory (sometimes called criteria) can you apply to figure out how much money you’re willing to risk when investing?
    
    Answer: Kelly
    
    
66. Which personal finance app is a “fresh” take on personal finance, with features like budget tracking, goal planning, research on loans and credit cards, and links to other finance apps you might use from the Intuit suite?
    
    Answer: Mint
    
    
67. “Munis” is a nickname for what kind of bond that governments can dole out to help cities fund projects like fixing highways and upgrading water systems?
    
    Answer: Municipal
    
    
68. What kind of bond can a holder force the issuer to re-buy at face value?
    
    Answer: Put
    
    
69. “Spellcaster” is a Wondery podcast chronicling the rise and fall of which crypto exchange launched by Sam Bankman-Fried?
    
    Answer: FTX
    
    
70. The Bank Charter Act of 1844 gave just one UK bank the right to print bank notes (rather than letting commercial banks just carry on printing their own). What bank was it?
    
    Answer: Bank of England
    
    
71. When you’re setting up a monthly budget, you should plan to spend most of your income on things that you can’t live without (like housing and food) as opposed to the things you simply want (like Netflix). What’s the shorter word for necessities that also starts with N that you could use to title that section of your budget spreadsheet?
    
    Answer: Needs
    
    
72. What Chinese company, which has experienced regulatory investigations in various countries in recent years, is the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world?
    
    Answer: Binance
    
    
73. What measure is a risk-adjusted performance measure that represents the average return on a portfolio or investment, above or below that predicted by the capital asset pricing model (CAPM), given the portfolio's or investment's beta and the average market return?
    
    Answer: Jensen’s Measure
    
    
74. What is the name of the former head of Sam Bankman-Fried's hedge fund, Alameda, as well as his former girlfriend? She testified against him at his trial in October 2023.
    
    Answer: Caroline Ellison
    
    
75. What is the name of the billionaire who became known as the "junk-bond king," was banned from the securities industry in 1990, and received a Presidential pardon in 2020?
    
    Answer: Michael Milken
    
    
76. What term refers to the simultaneous expiration four times a year of stock options, index futures, and index futures options derivatives contracts?
    
    Answer: Quadruple Witching
    
    
77. E-Trade, Eaton Vance, and Solium are all subsidiaries of what investment bank based in Manhattan that’s been operating for over 80 years?
    
    Answer: Morgan Stanley
    
    
78. "Net investable assets” is another way to describe what financial measure of a company’s operational liquidity?
    
    Answer: Working Capital
    
    
79. What financial theory that states asset price changes are random sounds like a stroll in the park?
    
    Answer: Random Walk theory
    
    
80. What type of asset beginning with E is an asset is one that is currently put forward as security or collateral for a loan?
    
    Answer: Encumbered
    
    
81. What personal finance app known by its acronym started out as a simple spreadsheet that Jesse Mecham kept circa 2004 while he was a poor accounting student?
    
    Answer: YNAB
    
    
82. Also known as a quick ratio, what term beginning with A is a ratio that uses data from a firm's balance sheet to indicate whether it has the means to cover its short-term liabilities?
    
    Answer: Acid-test ratio
    
    
83. A landmark eleven-story Beaux Arts hotel in San Diego's downtown is named for what president, having been financed and built in 1910 by his son and namesake?
    
    Answer: Ulysses S. Grant
    
    
84. Demand responsiveness can be described in terms of what flexible property you’d attribute to a rubber band?
    
    Answer: Elasticity
    
    
85. About one third of the U.S. government's revenue came from liquor and alcohol until a 1913 Constitutional amendment allowed for a tax on what?
    
    Answer: Income
    
    
86. The Big Five U.S. accounting firms became the Big Four after the 2002 dissolution of what alliterative, Chicago-based concern?
    
    Answer: Arthur Andersen
    
    
87. If you want to find out your credit score, there are three agencies you can check with. The first two are Equifax and Experian. What’s the third?
    
    Answer: TransUnion
    
    
88. Also known as an acid test, what "rapid" two-word term means an indicator of a company’s short-term liquidity position, which measures a company’s ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets?
    
    Answer: Quick ratio
    
    
89. Which type of written note that you could make to someone that you owe money to is a more formal way of saying “IOU?”
    
    Answer: Promissory
    
    
90. In the standard financial reporting metric EBITDA, what does the "A" stand for?
    
    Answer: Amortization
    
    
91. What "i" term signifies a permanent reduction in the value of a company's asset, typically a fixed asset or an intangible asset? The term started making major headlines during the dot com bubble when asset values after acquisitions were marked down significantly.
    
    Answer: Impairment
    
    
92. In the P/E ratio, a method of evaluating a company's value, P stands for Price. What does the E stand for?
    
    Answer: Earnings
    
    
93. The common financial index NASDAQ stands for National Association of Securities Dealers Automated WHAT?
    
    Answer: Quotations
    
    
94. Translating from Latin to "it shall be" or "let it be done,” what type of money is defined by Investopedia as “a government-issued currently that is not backed by a physical commodity, but rather, by the government that issued it?”
    
    Answer: Fiat
    
    
95. In economics, what 9-letter word means simultaneously buying an asset in one market and selling the asset in another to take advantage of price differences between markets?
    
    Answer: Arbitrage
    
    
96. A debenture is a bond that relies on the creditworthiness of the issuer because it does not come with what type of security?
    
    Answer: Collateral
    
    
97. Born in Bulgaria before attending Thomas Jefferson High School in Virginia and Stanford University in California, Vlad Tenev founded defunct trading company Celeris and then software company Chronos Research before eventually founding what still-functioning company in 2013?
    
    Answer: Robinhood
    
    
98. Previously the fifteenth chair of the Federal Reserve, what economist became U.S. Secretary of the Treasury on January 26, 2021?
    
    Answer: Janet Yellen
    
    
99. In February 2023, what star of "Machete" and "Machete Kills" announced he was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to deal with about $2 million in back taxes?
    
    Answer: Danny Trejo
    
    
100. According to an August 2023 story in Yahoo! Finance, the two most-searched-for cities for real estate in Canada are Edmonton and Alberta, which are both located in which province?
     
     Answer: Alberta
     
     
101. October 29, 1929 is a day in which the Dow Jones industrial average dropped 11% in a single day and is commonly known by what dark two-word phrase?
     
     Answer: Black Tuesday
     
     
102. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was formed in 1944 by the ideas of Harry Dexter White and John Maynard Keynes with objectives to secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world. In what American city is the IMF headquartered?
     
     Answer: Washington
     
     
103. Charles H. Taylor is one of six businessmen that founded a company in 1872 which has continued to exist until the present day in Boston. The company was purchased in 2013 by Boston Red Sox and Liverpool F.C. owner John W. Henry for $70 million. What is the company?
     
     Answer: The Boston Globe
     
     
104. Notable for its crisscross architecture and 70-story height, the Bank of China Tower is a famous financial building located in the Central district of what Special Administrative Region of China?
     
     Answer: Hong Kong
     
     
105. Created in 2011 by Charlie Lee, which Bitcoin-like cryptocurrency is represented by the currency code LTC?
     
     Answer: Litecoin
     
     
106. What last name appears before the popular stock market indexes owned by the London Stock Exchange Group, one of which measures the 3,000 largest publicly held American companies, and another of which measures that index's 2,000 smallest companies?
     
     Answer: Russell
     
     
107. Your bank card can complete which type of transaction that takes money out of your checking account?
     
     Answer: Debit
     
     
108. Redeemable bonds can be redeemed before their maturity date. What’s the other name for them that makes it sound like you could pick up the phone and get in touch?
     
     Answer: Callable
     
     
109. What size "cap" do companies that have a market capitalization of between $2 billion and $10 billion have?
     
     Answer: Mid
     
     
110. In which century was the New York Stock Exchange founded?
     
     Answer: 18th
     
     
111. Founded in 2011 in San Francisco, what mobile-first personal finance company offers student loans, mortgages, and credit card services through mobile and desktop apps? This “S” company was founded by Mike Cagney and Ian Brady, among others.
     
     Answer: SoFi
     
     
112. "Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose" is the title of a book by the founder of what company that Amazon acquired in 2009?
     
     Answer: Zappos
     
     
113. Robert T. Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter are most famous for co-authoring what paternalistic-sounding popular finance book that was published in 1997?
     
     Answer: Rich Dad, Poor Dad
     
     
114. Long before he played Arthur Jeffries on "The Big Bang Theory" or Papa Elf in "Elf," what comedian and actor was an accountant for a company called U.S. Gypsum?
     
     Answer: Bob Newhart
     
     
115. "The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous, & Broke" and "Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny" are books by what longtime CNBC host?
     
     Answer: Suze Orman
     
     
116. Which financial theory (abbreviated as EMH) states that you can’t outperform the market because stocks will always trade at fair value?
     
     Answer: Efficient Market Hypothesis
     
     
117. "Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny" is a 2007 self-help book by what finance guru who once hosted a show on CNBC?
     
     Answer: Suze Orman
     
     
118. "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good," is an iconic quote from what movie character, a fictional financier played by Michael Douglas in the 1987 film "Wall Street?"
     
     Answer: Gordon Gekko
     
     
119. What multinational technology and internet company, owner of Fitbit, launched its own Finance website in 2006, tracking stocks and earnings along with financial news?
     
     Answer: Google
     
     
120. With a soaring valuation that reached more than $40 billion in the first half of 2021, what is the name of the Swedish fintech company that primarily features post-purchase payments (i.e. "buy now, pay later") and is headquartered in Stockholm?
     
     Answer: Klarna
     
     
121. Owning a business and keeping it operating within all the rules and regulations that apply can be a lot of paperwork. Specifically, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 mandates that corporations use specific practices for what kind of reporting and record keeping?
     
     Answer: Financial
     
     
122. In finance, which Greek letter is used to refer to an investment's ability to "beat the market," meaning to deliver an abnormally high rate of return relative to a benchmark?
     
     Answer: Alpha
     
     
123. With an ensemble cast including Paul Bettany and Jeremy Irons, what 2011 thriller is named for a situation in which money must be added to an account to meet minimum capital requirements?
     
     Answer: Margin Call
     
     
124. What kind of security, which derives its value from an underlying asset or benchmark, began as a way to limit exchange-rate risk, but now encompasses a wide range of futures, forwards, options, and swaps?
     
     Answer: Derivative
     
     
125. What is the alphanumeric economic term that represents the money supply composed of physical currency and checkable deposits that is generally considers the most liquid portions of the money supply?
     
     Answer: M1
     
     
126. Updated in 2013, the $100 bill features Founding Father Benjamin Franklin on the obverse side, and what historic Philadelphia landmark on the reverse side of the U.S. banknote?
     
     Answer: Independence Hall
     
     
127. Henry, Mayer and Emanuel were the first names of three brothers who started a general store from 1844 to 1850, but went onto become a powerhouse in the finance industry with a company bearing their name? What was their surname?
     
     Answer: Lehman
     
     
128. The credit risk on a mortgage loan in the US is often absorbed by one of three human-name-sounding federal agencies including Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and what third agency?
     
     Answer: Ginnie Mae
     
     
129. Getting its name from a bird appearing on its Currency, in forex circles, what is the nickname for the Canadian dollar?
     
     Answer: Loonie
     
     
130. "The Total Money Makeover" and "Baby Steps Millionaires" are bestselling self-help books by what personal finance guru and evangelical Christian?
     
     Answer: Dave Ramsey
     
     
131. In 2013, a software bug caused what financial technology company to erroneously credit customer Chris Reynold's account with 92 quadrillion dollars, although the error was quickly corrected?
     
     Answer: PayPal
     
     
132. As "side hustles" continued to increase in popularity, 2020 saw the breakout of box 7 from the 1099-MISC tax form. The new form is a 1099 dash what three-letter initialism? This typically shows income for untaxed freelance work.
     
     Answer: NEC
     
     
133. Policybazaar and ZhongAn Insurance are both technology-based insurance companies that have received large amounts of funding through the Vision Fund which is one of the world's largest venture capital funds and is associated with what Japanese telecom giant?
     
     Answer: SoftBank
     
     
134. Artificial intelligence in finance might seem like the future of banking, but it’s practically history! In 1987, Security Pacific Bank California started using AI to fight fraud on which kind of banking card?
     
     Answer: Debit
     
     
135. In June 2023, the day after suing Binance, the SEC sued what cryptocurrency company, accusing it of operating illegally because it had failed to register as an exchange?
     
     Answer: Coinbase
     
     
136. The Bretton Woods Conference, formally known as the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, was the gathering of hundreds of delegates from 44 Allied nations at the end of World War II to regulate international finances and development. In what U.S. state was the Bretton Woods Conference hosted?
     
     Answer: New Hampshire
     
     
137. Often used in the mortgage industry, what is the 16-letter term that refers to the likely ability of a borrower to repay debt?
     
     Answer: Crediworthiness
     
     
138. Founded in 2009 by Tim Chen and Jacob Gibson, what’s the name of the popular personal finance and investing website and app for money geeks?
     
     Answer: NerdWallet
     
     
139. Launched by firm Standard & Poor, the S&P Merval is an index on which South American country’s stock market?
     
     Answer: Argentina
     
     
140. The transcontinental railroad began construction in Sacramento in 1861 and was financed by the "Big Four": Mark Hopkins, Charles Crocker, Collis P. Huntington, and what governor of Calilfornia? This person later becmae a U.S. Senator.
     
     Answer: Leland Stanford
     
     
141. "SBF" is the abbreviated nickname commonly used for what disgraced investor and former billionaire who is awaiting trial for his role in the demise of FTX?
     
     Answer: Sam Bankman-Fried
     
     
142. What is the "sunny" parent company of InvestorInfo, PitchBook, and ByAllAccounts?
     
     Answer: Morningstar
     
     
143. Born in County Down to Roman Catholic parents in 1916, what Irish economist and politician served as Secretary of the Department of Finance in the 1950s, Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland in the 1970s, and a Senator in the 1980s?
     
     Answer: T.K. Whitaker
     
     
144. In September 2020, the food delivery company Rappi raised an additional $150 million to further fund its expansion in what continent?
     
     Answer: South America
     
     
145. The Ping An International Finance Centre is a 115-story-tall skyscraper located in what mainland Chinese city located just over the border with Hong Kong?
     
     Answer: Shenzhen
     
     
146. Eduardo Saverin, co-founder of Facebook, renounced his U.S. citizenship before the Facebook IPO in order to avoid paying taxes to Uncle Sam. To what island country did Mr. Saverin move?
     
     Answer: Singapore
     
     
147. What American regional bank, mostly in the Mid-Atlantic region, has the naming rights for the stadium where the Baltimore Ravens play their home games?
     
     Answer: M&T Bank
     
     
148. Gwen Guthrie declares "no romance without finance" in a 1986 song that has become a drag queen anthem, "Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But the" WHAT?
     
     Answer: Rent
     
     
149. "Financial Peace" and "The Total Money Makeover" are popular finance books by what American radio personality?
     
     Answer: Dave Ramsey
     
     
150. Which subfield of finance deals with government taxation and budgets, and is a key element of fiscal policy?
     
     Answer: Public
     
     
151. Generally considered a rough proxy for whether the rewards of an investment justify the risk, Nobel Prize winner Bill Sharpe created the eponymous ratio which divides investment return by what denominator?
     
     Answer: Standard deviation
     
     
152. Peter Tosh got a weed dealer to help him finance what 1976 album whose songs include "Ketchy Shuby" and "Why Must I Cry?"
     
     Answer: Legalize It
     
     
153. What are three letters associated with the national stock exchange in New Zealand? These letters are also found on their stock indices as well
     
     Answer: NZX
     
     
154. Gwen Guthrie declares "no romance without finance" and "you've got to have a J-O-B if you wanna be with me," in her 1986 R&B-soul song called "Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But the" WHAT?
     
     Answer: Rent
     
     
155. What two-word term is commonly used in the UK to describe a small to medium, often online-only, bank set up with the intent of competing with larger and more established institutions?
     
     Answer: Challenger bank
     
     
156. American business "e"xecutive and philanthropist Joseph Deitch founded what Prize Foundation in 2018 to empower individuals and organizations that benefit the human experience?
     
     Answer: Elevate
     
     
157. The name makes it sound like it’s cool and up on the times, but which popular Canadian accounting software for businesses has actually been around since 2003? (Hint: One of the founders, Mike McDermont, said he came up with the concept after he actually saved over an invoice he was filling out)
     
     Answer: Freshbooks
     

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