Sports
This baseball statistic, abbreviated ERA, measures how many runs a pitcher let up per 9 innings.
The risk-free rate in many finance textbooks is often proxied using securities issued by this U.S. department.
What is the US Treasury?
This 1648 peace settlement is often said to mark the start of the modern state system.
This composer of the Moonlight Sonata lost much of his hearing later in life.
Who is Beethoven?
In chemistry, this 2-letter symbol denotes silver.
What is Ag?
This gymnast won the all-around gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics, becoming the first American woman to reclaim that title after previously winning it.
Who is Simone Biles?
This adjective describes a market with falling prices and widespread pessimism.
What is a bear/bearish market?
In 1215 English barons forced King John to seal this charter at Runnymede.
Magna Carta
This singer’s 1989 album Like a Prayer included the hit “Express Yourself.”
Who is Madonna?
This mathematician’s last theorem was proved by Andrew Wiles in the 1990s.
Who is Fermet?
In horse racing, this term refers to winning the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes in the same year.
What is the Triple Crown?
This term describes the process of spreading investments across different asset classes to reduce risk.
What is diversification!
The Meiji Restoration returned formal authority to this Japanese institution.
What is the imperial throne?
This Motown founder gave the label its first name, Tamla, before building it into a hit-making empire.
Who is Berry Gordy?
In mythology, Argus Panoptes was notable for having this striking physical trait.
What is having 100 eyes?
The Bosnian War interrupted his tennis career; in 2001 he became the first wildcard to win Wimbledon.
Who is Goran Ivanisevic?
In options trading, a contract that gives the right to sell an asset at a set price is called this.
What is a put option?
This 19th-century conference, chaired by Bismarck, regulated European colonization and trade in Africa.
What is the Berlin Conference?
In music, this Italian term indicates the piece should be played very softly.
What is pianissimo?
This 1818 novel subtitled The Modern Prometheus was written by Mary Shelley.
What is Frankenstein?
He won the decathlon at the 1976 Olympics, setting a world record of 8,618 points.
Who is Bruce/Caitlin Jenner?
Named for a Dutch bulb craze, this word describes a market driven by speculation detached from fundamentals.
What is a bubble?
Nicknamed “the Sick Man of Europe,” this empire formally ended in 1922.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This jazz bandleader and composer wrote “Take the A Train,” though the piece was actually composed by Billy Strayhorn.
Who is Duke Ellington?
This Latin phrase, meaning “under judicial consideration,” describes a matter currently before a court.
What is sub judice?