'Mad Money' Culture Quiz

04/27/07 - 07:51 PM EDT

Lisa Denenmark

Jim Cramer endeavors to educate and entertain "Mad Money" viewers and readers not only about financial markets, but also about language, literature and politics. Take this week's "Mad Money" culture quiz and see what Cramer has to say about hubris. Check back every Friday for a new set of twists and turns.

(You'll find the answers at the end of the quiz.)

1. On one of his segments about companies primed for private-equity firms, Cramer said that TJ Maxx(TJX Quote - Cramer on TJX - Stock Picks) was the best place to:

  1. go on a date
  2. invest your retirement money
  3. return twice-worn clothes
  4. buy socks

2. During his segment on riding the rails (Koppers(KOP Quote - Cramer on KOP - Stock Picks) and Trinity(TRN Quote - Cramer on TRN - Stock Picks)), Cramer appropriated a quote from a famous political address to this:

  1. "Charity toward none, malice toward all." -- Abe Lincoln, 1865
  2. "I am a Krispy Kreme(KKD Quote - Cramer on KKD - Stock Picks) donut." -- JFK, 1963
  3. "A house divided against itself cannot stand, unless it has Sears(SHLD Quote - Cramer on SHLD - Stock Picks) Craftsman tools." -- Abe Lincoln, 1858
  4. "There is filth on the cold linoleum floor, and it must be scraped up with the muck rake." -- Teddy Roosevelt, 1906

3. When looking for a company that may be taken private, Cramer said that "we wanna see some flaws -- not total flaws" like the hubris of:

  1. Macbeth
  2. The House of Atreus
  3. Faust
  4. Vonage(VG Quote - Cramer on VG - Stock Picks) CEO Jeffrey Citron

4. Cramer violated one of his cardinal rules of never trusting a person with two first names, when he praised:

  1. Clark Kent
  2. Morgan Stanley(MS Quote - Cramer on MS - Stock Picks) CEO John Mack
  3. United Technologies(UTX Quote - Cramer on UTX - Stock Picks) CEO George David
  4. Diana Ross

5. After IBM(IBM Quote - Cramer on IBM - Stock Picks) reported earnings, Cramer took CEO Sam Palmisano off his "Wall of Shame" and:

  1. put him in the Staten Island Mall
  2. gave him Oreos and no milk
  3. put him on probation
  4. made him watch The Return of the Killer Tomatoes

Bonus: Growing up, what game would Cramer's sister Nan let him win after he started crying?

  1. Stratego
  2. Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots
  3. Monopoly
  4. Tiddly Winks




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