Movies & TV Shows
This iconic song comes from this movie
A. The Lion King
B. Bambi
C. Cinderella
D. The Emperor’s New Groove
What is The Lion King?
Buffalo State University is part of this university system:
A) Ivy League
B) CUNY
C) SUNY
D) A private university
What is a SUNY?
This person is the foundation of all modern economic study
A. John Maynard Keynes
B. Karl Marx
C. Milton Friedman
D. Adam Smith
Who is Adam Smith?
In financial markets, the term “bull market” refers to:
A) Falling stock prices
B) Stable stock prices
C) Rising stock prices
D) Government-controlled markets
What are rising stock prices?
This holiday is celebrated for the coming together of the Pilgrims and the Native Americans
A. Christmas
B. Halloween
C. Thanksgiving
D. Hanukkah
What is Thanksgiving?
This movie is based on the life of Jordan Belfort
A. Money Ball
B. The Big Short
C. The Wolf of Wall Street
D. The Founder
What is The Wolf of Wall Street?
He is the Buffalo State Mascot:
A) Benji the Bengal
B) Benji the Tiger
C) Benji the Cat
D) Benny the Bengal
Who is Benji the Bengal?
This person developed the idea of big bank and big government
A. John Maynard Keynes
B. Milton Friedman
C. Adam Smith
D. Karl Marx
Who is John Maynard Keynes?
This financial asset is typically considered a “safe haven” during market uncertainty
A) High-yield (junk) bonds
B) Penny stocks
C) Gold
D) NFTs
What is gold?
The star of the Elf Movie is
A. Will Farrell
B. Tim Allen
C. Pharrell Williams
D. Jim Carrey
Who is Will Farrell?
The name of the fourth Star Wars Movie is
A. The rise of Skywalker
B. Return of the Jedi
C. A New Hope
D. A Phantom Menace
What is A New Hope?
This residence hall is known for being one of the largest first-year housing options at Buff State
A) Bishop Hall
B) Cassety Hall
C) STAC
D) Bengal Hall
What is Bengal Hall?
This person is famous for his critiques of capitalism
A. Adam Smith
B. Milton Friedman
C. Karl Marx
D. John Maynard Keynes
Karl Marx
In the financial market, MBS stands for:
A. Mortgage backed security
B. Market backed savings
C. Market backed security
D. Mortgage based security
What is a mortgage backed security?
In holiday song, “dreidel, dreidel, dreidel”, the dreidel is first made out of
A. Wood
B. Clay
C. Glass
D. Gold
What is Clay?
This person dated the Ice Truck Killer
A. Dexter
B. Maria LaGuerta
C. Lila West
D. Debra Morgan
Who is Debra Morgan?
This is the department the economics club is a part of is:
A. The Economics Department
B. The Business, Economics, and Finance Department
C. The Business, Economics, and Public Administration Department
D. The Economics, Business, and Public Administration Department
What is the Business, Economics, and Public Administration Department?
This person is the foundation of institutional economics
A. John Maynard Keynes
B. Thorstein Veblen
C. Gunnar Myrdal
D. Adam Smith
Who is Thorstein Veblen?
This trades like a stock and is known as a “basket” of assets:
A. A mutual fund
B. Exchange-traded fund (EFT)
C. Certificate of Deposit (CD)
D. Non-fungible token (NFT)
What is an exchange-traded fund (ETF)?
This Famous European was the first to sail to america
A. Leif Erikson
B. Christopher Columbus
C. Ferdinand Magellan
D. Amerigo Vespucci
Who is Leif Erikson?
Christopher Nolan has his feature film debut with this film
A. Tenet
B. Memento
C. Inception
D. Dark Knight
What is Memento?
This person designed Delaware park
A. Frederick Law Olmsted
B. Frank Lloyd Wright
C. Henry Hobson Richardson
D. Calvert Vaux
Who is Frederick Law Olmsted?
This person is part of the 4th ever married couple to both have won Nobel Prizes
A. Adam Smith
B. Gunnar Myrdal
C. Thorstein Veblen
D. Thorstein Veblen
Who is Gunnar Myrdal?
The Federal Reserve primarily uses this to influence interest rates
A) Corporate tax cuts
B) Open market operations
C) Energy subsidies
D) Consumer confidence surveys
What are open market operations?
During Dia de los Muertos, families honor their ancestors by making these
A. Ofreda
B. Concha
C. Empanada
D. Cempasúchil
What is Ofreda?