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?
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