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400

The 10-dollar founding father without a father

Who is "Alexander Hamilton"

400

This is a trading strategy where you borrow shares, sell them, and buy them back later at a lower price to make a profit. If the stock increases in price, however, it still must be bought back at a loss.

What is "Short selling/Shorting"

400

This scientist used X-Ray diffraction to generate images that identified the core structure of DNA

Who is "Rosalind Franklin"

400

"B.S." can refer to this degree earned after four years in undergraduate college or to this young camping individual

What is a "Bachelors of Science" and a "Boy Scout"

400

Surfer couple teleported into musical

What is "Teen Beach Movie"

800

As a child, this U.S. founding father wrote under the pseudonym Silence Dogood and portrayed himself as a middle-aged widow to get letters published in his brother's newspaper.

Who is "Benjamin Franklin"

800

Purchasing this gives the buyer the right to buy a stock for a set price during a specified period of time. If the stock price goes up, they can buy the stock for that original price and sell it for a profit. If the stock price goes down, they've spent money purchasing this right for nothing.

What is a "Call option"

800

This scientist was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 for her research on radiation phenomena, and later won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering radium and polonium

Who is "Marie Curie"

800

This soccer shot taken after a player gets penalized close to the goal, and this time period a hockey team commits to preventing goals after committing a penalty share the acronym "P.K."

What is "Penalty Kick" and "Penalty Kill"

800

Shane Gray wants mystery singer

What is "Camp Rock"

1200

This Lemhi Shoshone native helped Lewis and Clark explore the Louisiana territory, and is featured on the golden dollar coin minted since 2000

Who is "Sacagawea"

1200

This practice involves using borrowed broker money to buy shares, risking a sudden forced sale if the market drops.

What is "Buying on margin"

1200

This 19th century mathematician wrote notes on "Babbage's Analytical Engine", an early general-purpose compute model. Her notes were published, and she became widely recognized as the world's first computer programmer.

Who is "Ada Lovelace"

1200

This process of in-door climate control and type of electrical current which Nikola Tesla developed a power grid for share the acronym "A.C."

What is "Air Conditioning" and "Alternating Current"

1200

Magic twins split at birth

What is "Twitches"

1600

This American social reformer and women's rights activist of the late 18th century was featured on a silver dollar coin that was minted between 1979-1981, and then again in 1999

Who is "Susan B. Anthony"

1600

This is the illegal practice of selling shares of a stock without first borrowing them or ensuring they can be borrowed. If the stock price increases, their demand is artificially higher because the stock may not even exist that was sold.

What is "Naked short selling"

1600

This former Roswell Park Cancer Institute professor was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her research in cellular metabolism. She was the first female recipient of the award, and the only one until 1977

Who is "Gerty Cori"

1600

These Pokemon stats earned by defeating other Pokemon and non-combustion engine cars share the acronym "E.V."

What is "Effort Values" and "Electric Vehicle"

1600

Grandmother secretly lives with monsters

What is "Halloweentown"

2000

The no-longer-in-circulation $10,000 bill featured this former Secretary of Treasury Salmon P. Chase, who held office under and enabled the National Banking System with this president

Who is "Abraham Lincoln"

2000

While this risky fund promises to double or triple your daily stock market gains, its 'daily reset' rule means a bumpy, sideways market will slowly eat away at your money.

What is a "Leveraged ETF"

2000

This computer scientist and naval officer was credited with developing the first compiler (called A-O), a program that translates computer code into machine-readable language. She also played a key role in the development of COBOL, one of the first high-level programming languages.

Who is "Grace Hopper"

2000

The acronym "I.D.F." can refer to this name of the Israeli military or this organization that raises awareness for and supports individuals with a dysfunctional immune system

What is the "Israel Defense Force" and the "Immune Deficiency Foundation"

2000

Spoiled girl humbled in NYC

What is "Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure"