Economics 101
Starts & Ends with W
From Soup To Nuts
TV Drama Series
Famous Firsts
100

This term means "in cash" or readily convertible into cash without a big loss of principal

What is liquid (assets)?

100

To roll about in liquid for refreshment

What is wallow?

100

In 2015, this M'm! M'm! Good! company introduced "Star Wars" themed noodle soups

What is Campbell's?

100

Anthony Edwards & Julianna Margulies were in the cast when this medical drama debuted in 1994

What is "ER"?

100

Jean Lussier was the 1st to go over these falls in a rubber ball

What are Niagara Falls?

200

In 2008, prices in Zimbabwe doubled every 24.7 hours due to hyper-this

What is (hyper-) inflation?

200

The black type of this shade tree can reach 60 feet high

What is willow?

200

Under the weather? Try chicken soup with these spheres of unleavened bread

What are matzo balls?

200

Freddie Highmore is Norman & Vera Famiga is his mother on this A&E show

What is "Bates Motel?

200

Following in Sir Edmund Hillary's footsteps, Junko Tabei became the 1st woman to do this May 16, 1975

What is reach the top of Mount Everest?

300

The IMF, this U.N. agency was founded in 1944 in part to stabilize currency exchange rates

What is the International Monetary Fund?

300

Get a load on this conveyance you lift from the rear

What is wheelbarrow?

300

These nuts from wild trees in the Amazon Basin share their name with a Portuguese speaking South American country

What are Brazil nuts?

300

Can you handle the truth? This man created "The Newsroom" for HBO

Who is "Aaron Sorkin"?

300

The 1st 33 1/3 RPM long-playing record featured this composer's fifth symphony

Who is Ludwig Van Beethoven?

400

In 1778, after detailing the "invisible hand" guiding commerce, he became a commissioner of customs

Who is Adam Smith?

400

It can follow "golf" or "football" to describe a lady left alone by her mate for an activity

What is widow?

400

In New Orleans, pralines are traditionally made with sugar, cream, butter & lots of these nuts

What are pecans?

400

This British period drama is about the Crawley family & their servants

What is "Downton Abbey"?

400

"You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet" until you've heard Al Jolson say the line in this 1st major talking film

What is "The Jazz Singer"?

500

In the United States this lender of last resort was established by an act in 1913

What is the Federal Reserve?

500

To sift through material & toss out the junk

What is winnow?

500

These nuts, black or English, are a classic accompaniment to Port wine

What are walnuts?

500

"Trust_no1" is a fitting email address that was used in this drama

What is "X-Files"?

500

In 1896 The Diamond Co. of Ohio became the first to put these in books instead of boxes

What are matches?

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