Global Markets
Was the S&P500 up or down at today's close? (tiebreaker will go to closest percentage)
+ 0.58%
What company’s accounting fraud in 2008 triggered one of the largest bankruptcies in U.S. history?
Lehman Brothers
Many theorists (including myself) believe that this mattress company is a front for money laundering? Has anyone ever really been inside…
Mattress Firm
What states border Illinois?
Iowa, Michigan, Kentucky, Missouri, Indiana, and Wisconsin
I grew up near the stadium where the Chicago Cubs play. What is the stadium called?
Wrigley Field
What U.S. index tracks 30 large industrial companies?
Dow Jones Industrial Average
Bill Clinton was in a famous affair with Monica Lewinsky. What was his famous line that stemmed from the affair?
“I did not have sexual relations with that women”
What city do conspiracy theorists claim a top secret government lab operates in Area 51?
Roswell, New Mexico
What are the five great lakes?
Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario
Sumit Dutta is often accused of being a fake doctor. What did he begin his residency in?
Cardiothoracic Surgery
How much debt does the United States currently have? (closest answer wins)
$37.5 trillion
Marilyn Monroe was famously rumored to have had an affair with which iconic figure in the early 1960s?
John F Kennedy
Some online theorists claim Trisha Paytas’ three children are reincarnations of famous people who died around their births. Name two of the three figures they’re said to be reincarnations of.
Queen Elizabeth II, Pope Francis, Ozzy Ozborne
My least favorite highway is the Ohio Turnpike. How long is the Ohio Turnpike? (closest answer)
241 miles long
My mom was a book editor. What genre of books did she primarily edit?
Commercial Thrillers
Where is the target Fed Funds Rate at right now?
Hint: upper bound and lower bound
%4.00 - %4.25
Justin Bieber was criticized for his comments while visiting the Anne Frank Memorial. What was his controversial statement?
“Hopefully she would have been a belieber.”
Some people claim that 5G internet towers were responsible for what recent global event?
COVID-19
When did the Cubs last win the World Series?
2016
Chicago is my favorite city on this planet. Who is the mayor?
Brandon Johnson
What was the largest IPO in history? (tiebreaker will go to industry)
Saudi Aramco
Under what president did the scandal involving U.S. officials secretly selling weapons to Iran and Nicaraguans rebels occur?
Ronald Reagan (The Iran-Contra Affair)
In 2016, the Pizzagate conspiracy claimed that a Washington, D.C. pizzeria was the center of a secret political operation, which led to an armed man entering the innocent pizza shop. What was the name of that pizzeria?
Comet Ping Pong
Chicago’s famous sculpture is colloquially known as “The Bean”, what its actual name?
CloudGate
As we all know, I’m half Bengali. Before the 1947 partition of India, where was Bengal located geographically?
Bangladesh and the India State of West Bengal / Northeastern South Asia