The Oughties
Financial Idioms
Action Films
Name that Band
Geo Sort
100
This artist released her second album, One of the Boys, in 2008 that includes "I Kissed a Girl," "Hot n Cold" and "Thinking of You."
Katy Perry
100
Unlike a bear, he thinks the market, security, or industry is poised to rise. He purchases securities under the assumption that he can sell them later at a higher price.
Bull
100
This 2006 historical action film based on the 1998 comic series by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley is a highly fictionalized retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae in the Persian Wars. Starred Gerard Butler.
300
100
An English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960.
The Beatles
100
The renminbi or 'People's Currency' is the official currency of "ACHIN," CNY is one of the world's reserve currencies, ranking as the 8th most traded currency in the world.
China
200
After 10 seasons, this classic TV series concluded in 2004. The show was about six young men and women who lived in the same apartment complex and faced life and love together in Manhattan, New York City.
Friends
200
They watch interest rates and inflation with a close eye. They are named after birds of prey used for falconry.
Hawks
200
Also titled 96 Hours and The Hostage, this 2008 French English-language action-thriller stars Liam Neeson who plays Bryan Mills, a former CIA operative who sets about tracking down his teenage daughter and her best friend after they are kidnapped by Albanian human traffickers.
Taken
200
The band consists of lead vocalist Gerard Way, lead guitarist Ray Toro, rhythm guitarist Frank Iero, and bassist Mikey Way. Their third studio album is "The Black Parade."
My Chemical Romance
200
Considered by MSCI as a frontier market, the MARIANO's largest city is Bucharest. One region is particularly known for a fictional vampire.
Romania
300
Ang Lee won Best Director in the 2005 Academy Awards for this movie about two cowboys in a "secret" relationship.
Brokeback Mountain
300
Not unlike Lucifer, a bond that is downgraded or a stock that has fallen precipitously from its all-time highs.
Fallen Angel
300
In this 2002 film starring Matt Damon, a man suffers from total amnesia, without identity or background except for a range of extraordinary talents in fighting, linguistic skills and self-defense that speak of a dangerous past.
The Bourne Identity
300
Their fifth studio self-titled album was also called "The Black Album" that included hits like "Enter Sandman," "The Unforgiven," "Nothing Else Matters," "Wherever I May Roam," and "Sad but True."
Metallica
300
A self-governing British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean whose economy is dominated by financial services and tourism. MANYAC SNASLID's low tax rates have led to it being used as a tax haven for corporations.
Cayman Islands
400
In September 2009, the Philippines was devastated by flooding levels reaching 20 feet and killed nearly 700 in total. Typhoon Ketsana is also called by this local name.
Ondoy
400
A defense tactic utilized by a target company to prevent or discourage hostile takeover attempts.
Poison Pill
400
In this 1988 Bruce Willis film, a New York City policeman John McClane is visiting his estranged wife and daughters on Christmas Eve. He joins her at a holiday party she works for, but festivities are interrupted by a group of terrorists who take over.
Die Hard
400
Band members include vocalist Axl Rose and lead guitarist Slash. Their song "Sweet Child o' Mine" topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming the band's only number 1 US single.
Guns 'N Roses
400
Confoederatio Helvetica franc (ISO Code:CHF), where Confoederatio Helvetica is the Latin name for the "SANZTWIRLED" Confederation.
Switzerland
500
In the year September 11, 2001, this large complex of 7 buildings was attacked by terrorists. It's notable for two towers that were at some point the tallest building in the world.
The World Trade Center
500
The spread refers to an options strategy that combines bull and bear spreads with a fixed risk and capped profit. Named after creatures in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera. Adults have large, often brightly colored wings.
Butterfly spread
500
The 1973 film cemented Bruce Lee’s legacy where we see him plow through dozens of men in a flurry of fists, feet, staffs and nunchucks. The final battle, Lee fights his metal-clawed nemesis in a hall of mirrors.
Enter the Dragon
500
With Mick Jagger and Keith Richards as the primary creative force behind the band, they are identified with the youthful and rebellious counterculture of the 1960s. They found success with "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," "Get Off of My Cloud" and "Paint It Black."
The Rolling Stones
500
CELESTINEHINT is an anagram for a German-speaking microstate that uses Swiss francs as its currency and located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland with a constitutional monarchy.
Liechtenstein