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100

This Pittsburgher star of "Dance Moms" was convicted of bankruptcy fraud in 2017 after federal investigators discovered that she hid over $775,000 from the bankruptcy court.

Who is Abby Lee Miller?

100

Which President has filed bankruptcy four times?

Who is Donald Trump?

100
When your town is broke, it can keep the street lights on by filing this type of bankruptcy

What is chapter 9?

200

What President declared bankruptcy when he was governor of Ohio, and then won the presidential election three years later

Who was William McKinley?

200

Which President declared bankruptcy in 1833?

Who was Abraham Lincoln?

200

Farmers can save the farm by filing this special bankruptcy.

What is chapter 12?

300

This Smokey and the Bandit actor filed for bankruptcy after his costly divorce from Lori Anderson

Who was Burt Reynolds?

300

The owner of this condiment company filed for bankruptcy in 1875

Who was Henry John Heinz?

300

People who have regular income can save their homes from foreclosure by filing a payment plan with this type of bankruptcy

What is chapter 13?

400

This famous cosmetics company, maker of "Cherries in the Snow", filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy due to the COVID 19 pandemic. 

Who is Revlon?

400

This founder of the largest company in the world (employs two million people), filed for bankruptcy early  in his career.

Who is Sam Walton of Walmart

400

This type of bankruptcy court order allows the family court to litigate marital property division while the bankruptcy case is active.

What is an Order for Relief from Stay

500

Ex-wife of one of the Baldwin Brothers, she was forced into bankruptcy in 1993, after losing a breach of contract suit

Who is Kim Basinger?

500

This entrepreneur filed for bankruptcy in 1923, but six years later produced "Steamboat Willie" and the rest is history.

Who was Walt Disney?

500
Bankruptcy does not stay this type of family court proceeding

Domestic violence actions, actions concerning child custody or visitation, actions for the establishment or modification of an order for domestic support obligations, actions for the establishment of paternity, and actions for the dissolution of a marriage, except to the extent that such proceeding seeks to determine the division of property that is property of the bankruptcy estate.