Money in Movies
Finance in Pop Culture
Famous Numbers
100

"Show me the money!” is a famous line from this movie.

What is Jerry Maguire

100

The board game where you buy properties and charge rent.

What is Monopoly?

100

There are this many cents in a dollar

What is 100?

200

The heist in Ocean’s Eleven targeted casinos in this city.

What is Las Vegas

200

This Wall Street movie features the line “Greed is good.”

What is Wall Street

200

The number of months in a standard mortgage term of 30 years.

What is 360?

300

This 1983 Eddie Murphy film is about two rich men making a bet over two strangers’ lives

What is Trading Places?

300

This game show ends every clue with a question. (

What is Jeopardy

300

 This is the IRS deadline for filing taxes for most Americans

What is April 15

400

In The Wolf of Wall Street, Leonardo DiCaprio plays this real-life stockbroker

Who is Jordan Belfort

400

This long-running game show hosted by Pat Sajak involves contestants solving word puzzles for cash and prizes.

What is Wheel of Fortune?

400

This is the minimum number of consecutive quarters of GDP decline considered a recession

What is 2

500

In The Big Short, the story centers around the 2008 collapse of this market

What is the housing market?

500

This sitcom character from The Office declared bankruptcy by simply yelling “I declare bankruptcy!”

Who is Michael Scott?

500

This three-digit number is the maximum possible FICO credit score

What is 850