Financial History Issue 132 (Winter 2020) | Page 11

TRIVIA QUIZ
HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT FINANCIAL HISTORY?
 1. In what year did the US dollar bill
shrink from 7.5” x 3.125” to its current
size of 6.14” x 2.61”?
 2. For what purpose was The Manhattan
Company, predecessor of today’s
JPMorgan Chase, founded in 1799?
 3. What do all Treasurers of the United
States since 1949 have in common?
 4. When was gold discovered in
the Yukon Territory?
 5. Who was US President during
the Crash of 1987?
 6. Which two collectible US coins will
be redesigned in 2021 to include
anti-counterfeiting features?
 7. Which US Secretary of the Treasury
served the longest term?
 8. What financier, who created the
world’s first index mutual fund,
had a heart transplant in 1996?
 9. Who was the first governor
of the Federal Reserve?
10. Where was the “Fearless Girl”
statue relocated, after it was
moved from its position in front
of the “Charging Bull”?
1. 1929  2. To bring clean water to NYC 
3. They’re all women  4. 1896  5. Ronald
Reagan  6. The American Silver Eagle and
the American Gold Eagle  7. Albert Gallatin,
from 1801–1814  8. John (Jack) Bogle 
9. Charles S. Hamlin  10. In front of the NYSE
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