Stock Market Basics
What is a stock?
A share of a company
Which continent has the most countries?
Africa
What is the capital of Canada?
Ottawa
What do you call someone who buys stocks?
An investor
Which desert is not hot but still massive?
Antarctic Desert
What is a dividend?
Money paid to stockholders
Which country is in both Europe and Asia?
What is the capital of Sweden?
Stockholm
What does “buy low, sell high” mean?
Make profit
Which country has the longest coastline?
Canada
What is a bearish market?
A market when prices are falling
Which two countries are entirely surrounded by another country?
Lesotho & Vatican City
What is the capital of Brazil?
Brasília
What is a portfolio?
Your investments investments
What is the name of the tallest mountain not part of a mountain range?
Mount Kilimanjaro
What does IPO stand for?
Initial Public Offering
Name all countries that end in "-stan"
Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan
What is the capital of South Africa?
If you said cape town: 3 points
If you told Pretoria or Bloemfontein: Double points
If you lose all your investment, what is it called?
Capital loss
Name a country that has no rivers at all
Saudi Arabia or Vatican City
What does the stock market term "whale" mean?
A large/rich investor.
Which country has the most time zones (including overseas territories)?
France
Capital of Greenland
Nuuk
What is insider trading, and why is it illegal?
Using secret info to trade unfairly
List any 10 megacities
Tokyo, Delhi, Shanghai, Dhaka, Sao Paulo, Cairo, Mexico City, Beijing, Mumbai, Osaka, Chongqing, Karachi, Kinshasa, Lagos, Istanbul, Buenos Aires, Kolkata, Manila, Guangzhou, and Tianjin.