Show Me the Money
Coins are produced here
What is a mint?
What is underwater?
A pool of assets owned by many investors and operated by a manager
What is a mutual fund?
This currency is used by many European countries
What is a Euro? [BONUS: Euro banknotes and coins were introduced on Jan. 1, 2002.]
America's financial epicenter
What is Wall Street [BONUS: Wall street is named after the wooden wall built by Dutch colonists in 1653 to defend New York against invaders.]
The year the motto "In God We Trust" appeared on U.S. paper currency
What is 1963?
This is the oldest form of "currency"
What is Cattle? (including sheep, camels, and other livestock)
You may store your money here, but if it breaks, watch out
What is a piggy bank?
The only woman to appear on a U.S. currency note
Who is Martha Washington? ($1 Silver Certificate in 1896)
What is 2.5 cents?
This term to describe money dates back to before paper currency when people traded animal and elk for goods and services
What is a "buck"?
This country experienced the worst inflation in the world in 2008
What is Zimbabwe?
The Dow Jones industrial average is named after these two individuals
Who are Charles Henry Dow & Edward Jones [BONUS: In Nov. 1882, Dow & Jones started their financial reporting firm in the basement of a candy store where they worked to publish a two-page summary of the day's finances called the "Customers' Afternoon Letter."
This person holds the record for appearing on more currency than any other person.
Who is Queen Elizabeth II?
The average adult has about this many credit cards
What is 8-10 credit cards? (FACT: The average American family carries a credit card debt of $8,000)
The two facilities of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing are located here (name one)
What is Fort Worth, Texas or Washington, D.C.?
Yap islanders of the Pacific used stones shaped as this tasty circular food for money
What is a donut? (Fun Fact: Some of the donut-shaped stones were as large as 12 feet across)
The Italian word "banca rotta" translates to this unfortunate financial event.
What is bankrupt?
Who is Benjamin Franklin? [BONUS: The complete sentence written to Jean-Baptiste Le Roy goes as follows: “Our new Constitution is now established and has an appearance that promises permanency, but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”]
A $1 bill lasts about this long
What is 6.6 years?
This is the largest U.S. bill ever in circulation (Hint: Dollar amount)
What is $10,000 (ten thousand dollars gold certificate)?
Early romans used this as a form of money
What is salt? (The word "salary" comes from sal, which means "salt" in Latin).
U.S. currency is actually made of this substance, not paper
What is fabric? (25% linen and 75% cotton... if it were paper it would easily fall apart)
The worst market crash in the U.S. lasted two years, and this is when it began
What is 1930? (1930-1932)
What is 94%?