WALL-STREET.COM FINANCIAL QUIZES -- HINTS
Section 1 -- U. S. Exchanges Past and Present
- Corn Exchange, Rochester.
- New Orleans Sugar Exchange, 1900.
- Consolidated Stock Exchange, NYC, circa 1900.
- Cotton Exchange, New York City.
- New York Produce Exchange.
- NYSE
- NYSE facade.
- A Trading Floor.
- Corn Exchange Nat'l. Bank Building, Philadelphia
- Produce Exchange Bank, New York City
- Exchange Place, New Orleans
- Chicago Board of Trade.
- Corn Exchange, New York City.
- Merchants Exchange, San Francisco.
Section 2 -- Global Exchanges Past and Present
- Kuwait Stock Exchange.
- Brussels, Belgium, Bourse, 1893.
- Royal Exchange, Edinburgh
- Copenhagen Exchange.
- Bank of England, English Stk.Excg.
- New York Stock Exchange.
- Borso, Naples, Italy.
- Berlin Stock Exchange.
- Threadneedle Street financial district.
- Merchants Exchange, Perugia.
- Saltmarket Exchange, Glasgow.
- Board of Trade, Lyons.
- Dragon Tower Exchange, Denmark.
- Coal and Corn Exchanges, London.
- Royal Exchange of London.
- Paris Bourse
- Corn Exchange, Grassmarket, Edinburgh.
- Bourse, Mailand, Italy.
Section 3 -- U. S. Financial History
NOTE: The hints are in chronological order, though the pictures are not.
- Predecessor to US stock exchanges.
- Revolutionary Era Currency.
- 1789 inauguration.
- Confederate Money.
- Allies' Day Ticker Tape Parade.
- Old New York Stock Exchange.
- Wall Street in 1674.
- Wall Street in 1789.
- Merchant Exchange, Dec. 1835.
- Wall Street in 1870s.
- 1883 Sub-Treasury Bldg., site of old City Hall.
- 1884 Wall Street Panic.
- Predecessor to AMEX.
- NYSE 1908.
- WWI Troops Camp by the SubTreasury and USPO.
- Construction of Equitable Bldg. causes 1916 Zoning Regulation.
- New York Stock Exchange Floor.
- Trinity Church at end of Wall Street, 1930.
- '30's depression.
- Printing Money, circa 1940.
- Circa 1943, NYSE Control Room.
- Buying WWII Defense Savings Bonds, 1943.
- Contemporary Quotes - Commodities.
- Dawes Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
Section 4 -- US Domestic Economy Editorial Cartoons
- Andrew Jackson. Nicholas Biddle.
- Circa 1921 ad.
- Wall Street shears the Ford ram.
- John D. Rockefeller.
- Exciting announcements by oil co. produce huge demand for stock.
- Roosevelt sicketh the bears on the Bad Boys of Wall Street.
- Regarding the Anti-Trust Clayton Act.
- Free tade vs market protected by tariff.
- Squeezing the trusts as Roosevelt watches.
- Thomas Nast, US Economy "Now pull him over the falls..."
- 1874. Banks holding money creating inflation.
- Faulty tax laws lead to waste.
- Senator Quay's position on the sugar question.
- J. P. Morgan
- 1930's depression?
Section 5 -- Global Economy Editorial Cartoons
These are not really "hints", but are the captions.
- 1. The Ugly King.
- 2. The Ugly American.
- 3. The Ugly Kaiser.
- 4. Our money is leaving the US for England!
- 5. Our money is leaving England for the US!
- 6. Our money is leaving the US for Europe!
- 7. The French working man is carrying the debt load.
- 8. The British subject is carrying the debt load.
- 9. The Spanish citizen is carrying the debt load
- 10. England and the US work together.
- 11. England and Germany confer.
- 12. The US and Mexico blame each other
- 13. British fiscal policy
- 14. British policy toward free trade.
- 15. British business policy
- 16. The US controlling South America.
- 17. Mexican bank holiday.
- 18. France laundering German Marks.
Section 6 -- Money, Mints and Treasuries Around the World
COINS
- 1814 Napoeonic Lira, Ruble, Anglo Saxon Coin
- British 10 Pence, Tudor Coin, Ancient Persia
- German Coin 1775 America Coin, Monaco Coin
- South African Coin, Roman Coin, New Zealand Coin, Mexican Coin, Head of Charlemagne, Head of Perseus, 1150 Jereusalem Amorium I, Head of Simon Bolivar, 1900 French 100 Francs, Medieval French Coin, Shekel
- Yen Side 1, Yen Side 2, 1600s Queen Christina of Sweeden
- Hanibal and Elephant, Russia 1776 Imperial Catherine, East Indian Rupee
- Drachma, Venetian Ducat, Henri IV France
- Philip II of Macedonia, Piece of 8, Polish Coin
- Finnish Coin, Mexican 10 Pesos, 1252 Gold Florin
- Belgian Coin, Viking Coin Brazilian Coin
- York Coin, Vietnamese Coin, Theodoric Coin
- Greek Coin, Old Cambodian Coin, 1500s China
MINTS, TREASURIES
- China Mint
- Flattening Gold Bar
- Berlin Royal Teasury
- Nepalese Treasury
- First US Mint
- 1990 English Mint
- Constantinople Treasury
- Kremlin Palace Treasury
- Wall Street Old Sub-Treasury
- Paris Mint
- Display at Worlds Fair
- Inside A Vault
- Treasury of Atreus
- First and Philadephia Mints
- Numbering and Sealing Press