CNBC Million Dollar Portfolo Challenge Bonus Bucks Answers (July 10)

Question 1: In CNBC's "Top States for Business 2008," Texas is No. 1. Which state won the Most Improved State for Business title?

Indiana -->CORRECT ANSWER!
Illinois
Alaska
Texas (two titles!)

Question 2: In a spooky Two-Way Street blog post on "omens," CNBC.com's Allen Wastler refers to which paranormal concept?

Atlantis
hauntings
Ouija boards
all of the above -->CORRECT ANSWER!

Question 3: CNBC Stock Blog: On July 9, what did Dinosaur Securities' David Garrity say was the "real trade" in the iPhone story?

Electronic Arts
China's Perfect World
Nokia -->CORRECT ANSWER!
AT&T

Question 4: In Wednesday's Stop Trading post, Financials Fallout, which entity had Jim Cramer "consistently concerned"?

Fannie Mae
Ambac
MBI
Bank of America -->CORRECT ANSWER!

Question 5: On Wednesday, which strategist told Squawk Box Europe that commodities are likely to become "horrendously volatile"?

Mohamed El-Erian
Peter Toogood -->CORRECT ANSWER!
Dennis Gartman
Charles Bradford

Question 6: In Vince Farrell's post "Signs the Fed Will Defend Dollar?" he suggests what fate "could be avoided" by Fed action?

"70s-style recession"
"70s-style stagflation"
"another Bear Stearns" -->CORRECT ANSWER!
"national malaise"

Come back during each trading day for answers to the CNBC Portfolio Challenge Trivia ( bonus bucks ) questions.