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100

American Express was founded in this decade

What is the 1850s?

100

This park, stretching 843 acres, is often called “New York’s backyard.”

What is Central Park?

100

This slang term for money shares its name with something you might use to make a sandwich

What is bread?

100

“Just a small-town girl, livin’ in a lonely world…”

What is Don’t Stop Believin’ by Journey (1981)?

100

The 2014 Ice Bucket Challenge raised awareness and funding for research into this disease.

What is ALS?

200

Before credit cards, Amex was widely known for this financial product that travelers carried worldwide

What are travelers cheques?

200

Nicknamed the “Crossroads of the World,” this spot is one of the busiest pedestrian areas on Earth.

What is Times Square?

200

In credit card terms, this three-letter acronym refers to the interest charged if you carry a balance.

What is APR (Annual Percentage Rate)?

200

“She was more like a beauty queen from a movie scene…”

What is Billie Jean by Michael Jackson?

200

In 2021, this non-fungible digital asset craze exploded, with JPEGs selling for millions.

What are NFTs?

300

The nickname for Amex’s premium Centurion card, first launched in 1999.

What is the Black Card?

300

This baseball team once called Brooklyn home before moving to Los Angeles in 1957.

Who are the Brooklyn Dodgers?

300

This animated 80s character famously dove into a vault of gold coins.

Who is Scrooge McDuck?

300

“The ice we skate is gettin’ pretty thin, the water’s getting warm so you might as well swim…”
 

What is All Star by Smash Mouth?

300

This viral 2012 song and dance from South Korea became the first YouTube video to reach 1 billion views.

What is Gangnam Style by Psy?

400

American Express has been a longtime sponsor of this NYC tennis tournament.

What is the US Open?

400

This borough is the most populated in New York City.

What is Brooklyn?

400

In the movie Jerry Maguire, Cuba Gooding Jr. yells this iconic money-related line.

What is “Show me the money!”

400

“I got that sunshine in my pocket, got that good soul in my feet…”

What is Can’t Stop the Feeling! by Justin Timberlake (2016)?

400

Known as the “Disaster Girl” meme, this viral photo showed a little girl smirking in front of this event.

What is a house fire?

500

This was the year the first American Express credit card launched.

What is 1958?

500

The iconic NYC subway system opened in this year.

What is 1904?

500

In the TV show Breaking Bad, Walter White hid millions of dollars in this unusual place.
 

What is a storage unit (or a barrel)?

500

“I’m the realest that run it, I just might cop me a black card.”

What is A Milli by Lil Wayne ft. Jay-Z? 

500

In 2020, millions watched a TikTok of a man skateboarding while drinking cranberry juice to this Fleetwood Mac song.

What is Dreams?