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'Mad Money' Culture Quiz

 

Jim Cramer nightly educates and entertains "Mad Money" viewers and readers not only about financial markets but also about language, literature and sometimes even the tube. Take this week's "Mad Money" culture quiz and compare wavelengths with the host. Then check back next Friday for a new set of teasers.

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

1. Cramer said that when he hit his 2006 target on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, he upgraded to:

  1. a Prius
  2. Lagavulin and parquet floors
  3. black truffle burgers and a Patek-Philippe watch
  4. AIM Pro

2. During a "Lightning Round," when a caller asked about a top in RadioShack(RSH Quote) and then about buying Marvell Tech(MRVL Quote), Cramer said that at TheStreet.com he has a sign on his desk that says:

  1. "A day without sunshine is like night."
  2. "I'd rather be trading."
  3. "Accounting irregularities mean sell."
  4. "Oh my God! They killed Kenny!"

3. Cramer said he doesn't agree with those who say that Intel(INTC Quote) "is due" for a hit, just like ______.

  1. Derek Jeter
  2. Aaron Sorkin
  3. Jason Alexander
  4. MC Hammer

4. Which guest on Cramer's weeklong stint hosting MSNBC's "Jim Cramer Live" (where he rocked), gave a "5:30 a.m., West Coast, stuttering Booyah," and rode Rite Aid(RAD Quote) to a profit?

  1. Kiefer Sutherland
  2. Kristy McNichol
  3. Michael Chiklis
  4. Pam Grier

5. When a caller asked about Cramer's comment in March that "AMD(AMD Quote) had no reason to live," Cramer said that it and Intel are locked in a mental, Claymation death match and that AMD is having existential conflict just like _____.

  1. Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver
  2. Everybody Loves Raymond
  3. Husserl's Being and Time
  4. Sartre's Huis Clos

Bonus: Taking a caller's question about mortgages, Lehman Brothers(LEH Quote) and Bear Stearns(BSC Quote), Cramer said that some on the Street were calling the "crummy loan thing" a "meltdown," but it was more like when:

  1. Rupert Murdoch tried to buy Dow Jones(DJ Quote) for $73 a share in 1996.
  2. He couldn't sell any strawberry ice cream at Veteran's Stadium in Philly.
  3. He couldn't get a table at the Olive Garden on Route 22.
  4. The Sacramento utilities reactor that he slept next to in his car had an outage and didn't affect him.



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