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'Mad Money' Culture Quiz

 

Jim Cramer educates and entertains "Mad Money" viewers and readers nightly, not only about financial markets but also about Hogwarts, tech Muggles and evil Street wizards. Take our "Mad Money" culture quiz this week, where, if it's almost August, it's time to buy tech, then check back next Friday for a new set of teasers.

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

1. During a segment on tech stocks Hewlett-Packard(HPQ Quote) and Dell(DELL Quote), who did Cramer say this about?: "He may not even be a nice guy. I don't want him on my show -- I just want him to make money for me."

  1. Whole Foods(WFMI Quote) CEO and blogger, John Mackey
  2. Ron Paul
  3. Draco Malfoy
  4. Michael Dell

2. Talking about bulk shippers including General Maritime (GMR Quote) and Star Maritime(SEA Quote), Cramer mused, "Remember when you got to college and learned that only ___ mattered?

  1. Alger Hiss, not Harriet the Spy
  2. Huck Finn, not Tom Sawyer
  3. Hermione, not Harry
  4. Franny, not Zooey

3. After another day of top tech earnings, Cramer, in full Viking headdress, proclaimed that his "Four Horsemen of the Tech Short-Selling Apocalypse ride again" and that " ______, you rule!"

  1. Attila
  2. St. Martin of Tours
  3. Brunhilde
  4. Ron Weasley

4. When Cramer gave viewers his emergency game plan featuring Pepsi(PEP Quote) and Clorox(CL Quote), he also beat several severe-weather metaphors into the ground. Which line from a song did he not mention?

  1. "know which way the wind blows"
  2. "a hard rain's gonna fall"
  3. "singing in the rain"
  4. "da-da-da-da da-da dum ... " (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)

5. Cramer called a Financial Times story on Cisco(CSCO Quote) CEO John Chambers "a tree falling in the forest interview. Lucky for you," he said, "____ was around to hear it."

  1. Forest Ranger Jim
  2. Jimmy Appleseed
  3. Ichabod Cramer
  4. Hedwig the Owl

Bonus: Speaking of schnitzel, once again Cramer invoked the wisdom and spirit of his late mother, Louise, who would say "It's time to leave the table and ____."

  1. go to the Philadelphia Museum of Art
  2. go buy a sweater
  3. hightail it to Hogsmeade
  4. please put your dirty napkins in the hamper

Double Bonus [it was a rough week]: After Jan. 1, when the tech ride is over, Cramer told a caller that

  1. "Like in Mission Impossible, I will disavow any knowledge of any of these stocks."
  2. "Unlike Marathon Man, it's not safe."
  3. "Sorta like Aretha Franklin, today you'll sing the blues."
  4. "Avada Kedavra, Bibbity-Bobbity-Boo."
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