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This was Ethereum's old consensus mechanism before the Merge.

what is proof-of-work

100

This country in (relatively) recent news headlines has plans to become a global innovation hub by 2030, and over the past decade has shifted towards a digital economy focusing on cloud services and data usage.

what is qatar

100

This new type of ATM is spreading all of the United States, and one recently opened up in Berkeley as well.

what is a bitcoin atm

100

This new app jumped onto the social media scene in Summer 2022, with its download count skyrocketing from from 7.67 million to over 53 million.

what is bereal

100

What multinational technology and internet company, owner of Fitbit, launched its own Finance website in 2006, tracking stocks and earnings along with financial news?

what is google

200

This e-commerce company based out of Seoul is sometimes referred to as the "Amazon of South Korea."

what is coupang

200

This international and intergovernmental organization seeks to “coordinate and unify the petroleum policies of its Member Countries.”

what is opec

200
This recent hurricane in Florida created a large strain for insurance companies, many of which defaulted on their payments.

what is hurricane ian

200

Americans took to social media in this campaign to blast the Academy for its lack of representation and inclusion when it came to light that not a single nominee was a person of color

what is #oscarssowhite

200

Since 1980, what has been the largest U.S. public company bankruptcy filing?

what is lehman brothers

300

Julian Robertson, often known as the "father of hedge funds," founded this legendary hedge fund.

what is tiger management

300

This type of economy uses sustainable ocean resources as a springboard for development. 

blue economy

300

This estate planning tool allows one party (the settlor) to place certain restrictions on how another party (their beneficiaries) will receive assets given to them.

what is the trust fund

300

This lesser-known city in China located near the Russian border has much of its modern history and cultural impact centered around its production of coal.

what is hegang

300

It is common practice in the finance and accounting industries to note which spreadsheet cells are "hard coded" by using what color font?

what is blue

400

On May 1st, 1975, or "May Day," this was abolished by the SEC:

fixed trading commissions (went from fixed to negotiable)

400

These two Asian currencies are currently weakening against the US Dollar, and have recently broken their 10-year lows. (hint: the two countries’ central banks have also recently hiked their interest rates up by 50 basis points each.)

what are the indian rupee, korean won

400

The majority (over 95%) of married couples make this decision when filing their taxes (a way that they file).

what is filing jointly

400

This new type of restaurant is designed to cut costs by by getting rid of dining spaces and focusing only on supplying online orders.

what are ghost kitchens

400

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?

what is m1

500

This is the name of the differential equation that prices (finds theoretical/fair value of) European options.

what is black-scholes/black-merton-scholes

500

This subsidiary of Alphabet (Google) is pioneering the global effort to bring AI into healthcare.

what is deepmind

500

This loophole in the max contribution to a Roth IRA is exercised by contributing after-tax dollars to a traditional 401k, then converting it into Roth, either in the form of a Roth 401k or a Roth IRA rollover.

what is the mega backdoor loophole

500

Spotify uses this method of royalty distribution, essentially allocating artists’ pay through the proportion of total streams on the platform attributable to them.

what is the pro-rata system

500

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?

what is sd

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