Bonus Bucks Answers Thursday, November 20

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Question 1: According to our Big Budget Events slideshow, how much did the Louisiana Purchase cost in today's dollars?
$217 billion -->CORRECT ANSWER!
$7.9 billion
One dollar, as a technicality
$782 million

Question 2: On the day KISS frontman Gene Simmons rang NYSE's opening bell, whose employees rang Nasdaq's bell?
Rambus -->CORRECT ANSWER!
Texas Instruments
SanDisk
Hynix Semiconductor

Question 3: According to Jeffrey Saut of Raymond James, when did the market bottom?
late summer
on the 3rd day of triple-digit loss
Oct. 10 -->CORRECT ANSWER!
it hasn't

Question 4: What did Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell say is the solution to marine pirate attacks?
a holistic approach -->CORRECT ANSWER!
kindness and understanding
all the navies in the world
a lot more weapons

Question 5: In Jim Cramer's Wednesday Lightning Round OT, which stocks did the Mad Money man praise?
DryShips
Sierra Pacific Resources
British Petroleum -->CORRECT ANSWER!
all of the above

Question 6: According to research firm IDC, global info tech spending will grow by how much in 2009?
5.9%
0.9%
4.2%
2.6% --> CORRECT ANSWER