Pop Culture / Movies & TV
This actor plays Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Robert Downey Jr.
This wall fell in 1989, symbolizing the collapse of communist control in Eastern Europe
Berlin Wall
This continent is home to the Sahara Desert
Africa
When interest rates rise, bond prices typically do this
fall
This tennis tournament is played on grass and is the oldest Grand Slam event
Wimbledon
This 1999 film popularized the concept of simulated reality and includes the choice between a red pill and a blue pill.
The Matrix
This treaty officially ended World War I and imposed heavy reparations on Germany
Treaty of Versailles
This country is both in Europe and Asia and controls the Bosporus Strait
Turkey
The true yearly interest rate, accounting for compounding
Effective Annual Rate (EAR)
This score in golf means finishing a hole two strokes under par
an eagle
This director is known for nonlinear storytelling in films like Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill
Quentin Tarantino
This historical event in the 1930s caused massive unemployment and economic decline worldwide
Great Depression
Name of the city, where one of the three musketeers by the name of D'artagnan, was killed.
Maastricht
This type of bond pays no coupons and is sold at a discount to face value
zero-coupon bond
This rule violation in basketball occurs when a player takes too many steps without dribbling
traveling
This animated Pixar film is set in the Mexican holiday Día de los Muertos and follows a boy named Miguel who ends up in the Land of the Dead.
Coco
This post–World War II U.S. initiative provided economic aid to rebuild Western Europe and prevent the spread of communism
Marshall Plan
This African country is landlocked and located between Egypt and Ethiopia
Sudan
This is the discount rate that makes the present value of a bond’s cash flows equal to its price
YTM (yield to maturity)
This country has won the most FIFA World Cups
Brazil
This film won Best Picture in 2020 and features a wealthy family and their house staff
Parasite
These Japanese warriors followed a strict code of honor known as Bushido and served feudal lords
samurai
This country is known as the “Land of a Thousand Lakes” and has over 180,000 of them
Finland
Instead of using one interest rate for everything, you use different rates depending on how far in the future the money is. what is it called (hint: curve)?
yield curve
This athlete holds the record for the most Olympic gold medals
Michael Phelps