Financial Crimes
Movie Trivia
Oh, Canada
Same Team, Different City (I’ll give you two North American cities that have professional sports teams with the same name, you tell me the name)
Triple Homophones
200

This man is famous for having a type of fraud named after them where you take funds from later investors to pay earlier investors to keep the guise of strong returns

Who is Charles Ponzi

200

This famous director/producer is known for movies such as Ready Player One and Jaws

Who is Steven  Spielberg

200

This French President ushered the words "Vive le Québec libre!" during an official visit to Canada to Canada for the 1967 World's Fair

Who is Charles de Gaulle

200

St. Louis and Phoenix

Who are the Cardinals (MLB & NFL)

200

Falling water, a strap used to control a horse & royal rule or authority

What are rain / rein / reign

400

This 2017 drama series starring Jason Batemen and Julia Garner is centered around this kind of financial crime for the cartel

What is money laundering

400

this movie, released in 2009, is the highest grossing movie of all time

What is Avatar

400

This actor, known as Canada's national treasure, has also starred in "The Notebook"

Who is Ryan Gosling

400

Winnipeg and New York

Who are the Jets (NHL & NFL)

400

A vegetable, a proofreading symbol & a unit for measuring gemstones

What are carrot / caret / carat

600

This crime is why Martha Stewart was prosecuted and went to jail

What is insider trading

600

The Disaster Artist (2017) is a biographical drama, based on the making and production of this 2005 cult-classic, know for being horrendously bad

What is The Room

600

This animal is Canada's national animal

What is a beaver

600

Sacramento and Los Angeles

Who are the Kings (NBA & NHL)

600

A public celebration, the cost of a ride & a lighthouse (in French)

what are fair / fare / phare

800

This law  was passed as a result of Enron's fraud & eventual collapse

What is the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

800

“I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti” - An iconic quote from this 1991 Oscar-winning classic starring Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster

What is The Silence of the Lambs

800

This province was the last to join the confederation of Canada in 1949

What is Newfoundland and Labrador

800

Miami (Florida) and Charlotte

Who are the Panthers (NHL & NFL)

800

A fastening, as in never & nothing

What are knot / not / nought

1000

This firm  weas one of the "Big 5" accounting firms before the Enron Scandal  came to light

What is Arthur  Anderson

1000

$1,000 - This late author holds the record for the highest number of film adaptations based on  their stories

Who is William Shakespeare

1000

This woman was the first female Prime Minister of Canada

Who is Kim Campbell

1000

Dallas and New York

Who are the Rangers (MLB & NHL)

1000

Reasons, having good judgment & triangles of railroad track

What are whys / wise / wyes