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'Mad Money' Culture Quiz

 

Jim Cramer nightly educates and entertains "Mad Money" viewers and readers with information not only about financial markets but also about language, theatre and pop music. Take our "Mad Money" culture quiz this week and learn about Henrys and hot cats. Then check back next Friday for a new set of teasers.

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

1. Because Verizon(VZ Quote) CEO Ivan Seidenberg wants to take his company higher, Cramer compared him to

  1. Sly and the Family Stone
  2. Amelia Earhart
  3. Ernest Shackelton
  4. funambulist The Great Farini

2. Introducing his show on the new four horsemen of tech (Google(GOOG Quote), Amazon.com(AMZN Quote), Apple(AAPL Quote) and RIM(RIMM Quote)), what song did Cramer play every day at his hedge fund for inspiration, which drove everyone nuts?

  1. Don't Give Up on Us, Baby -- David Soul
  2. Friend of the Devil -- Grateful Dead
  3. Take a Walk on the Wild Side -- Lou Reed
  4. The Ride of the Valkyries -- Wagner

3. Cramer said he's "liked Hal (HAL Quote) ever since ____."

  1. He defended his disreputable friends in Henry IV, Part 1.
  2. He ditched Falstaff.
  3. He got less shallow.
  4. He appeared in 2001: A Space Odyssey.

4. During the segment where Cramer made the old horsemen, Intel(INTC Quote), Microsoft(MSFT Quote), Yahoo!(YHOO Quote) and Dell(DELL Quote) dismount, he said "we don't like IAC/InterActive(IACI Quote) since they slighted

  1. Phyllis Diller
  2. The Interactive Advertising Bureau
  3. Chinese toothpaste makers on Home Shopping Network
  4. P.G. Wodehouse (Ask Jeeves)

5. Cramer used this line from a Tennessee Williams play to describe secondary offerings like Acadia's(ACAD Quote).

  1. "I detect the powerful odor of mendacity." -- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
  2. "Oh you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace." -- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
  3. "Stella!" -- Streetcar Named Desire
  4. "Success and failure are equally disastrous." -- The Night of the Iguana

Bonus: About Palm's(PALM Quote) recent selling of 25% of its company to Bono and Elevation Partners, Cramer said:

  1. We move in mysterious ways.
  2. You still haven't found what you're looking for.
  3. I will follow.
  4. I got YouTube, babe.

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