J.P. Morgan Trivia Game
Play the J. P. Morgan Trivia Game after the reading.
- 1.J.P. Morgan was the richest man in America.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 2.What type of business did J.P. Morgan help make better and more efficient?
- A.
Finance industry
- B.
Steel industry
- C.
Oil industry
- D.
Publishing industry
- 3.When a leading trust company was about to collapse and put the American economy into a financial depression, what did J.P. Morgan do to get other financiers to lend money to save the trust?
- A.
He asked them to meet at his library and locked them in until they agreed to do so while he played solitaire
- B.
He called them to a meeting and stole all of their wallets, then gave the money to the failing trust company
- C.
He threatened to buy all of the other banks that the financiers owned and put them out of business unless they agreed to help
- D.
He did not do anything because he did not care
- 4.J.P. Morgan loaned money to the United States Government.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.What hobby did J.P. Morgan have?
- A.
Collecting valuable art
- B.
Going to the theater
- C.
Playing baseball
- D.
Attending symphony concerts
- 6.J.P. Morgan was a very dishonest man.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.What was the difference in the way John Rockefeller and J.P. Morgan did business?
- A.
Rockefeller took a long time to make decisions. J.P. Morgan made decisions quickly.
- B.
J.P. Morgan took a long time to make decisions. Rockefeller made decisions quickly.
- C.
Rockefeller would always say no to those who needed help. J.P. Morgan would always say yes to those who needed help.
- D.
Rockefeller would always say yes to those who needed help. J.P. Morgan would always say no to those who needed help.
- 8.J.P. Morgan started off poor and worked his way up to become wealthy.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Though J.P. Morgan was a banker, he was not really all that smart.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.How were J.P. Morgan and Rockefeller alike?
- A.
They were both very orderly and precise
- B.
They were both bankers
- C.
They were both graduates from Yale University
- D.
They were both dishonest men
- 11.What was the name of J.P. Morgan's bank business?
- A.
House of Morgan
- B.
First National Bank
- C.
Morgan Financial
- D.
Federal Bank of America
- 12.What important thing did J.P. Morgan accomplish before anyone else in the world?
- A.
Owned the first billion dollar corporation
- B.
Funded the world peace organization
- C.
Became president of the New World Society
- D.
Visited every country in the world
- 13.J.P. Morgan's bank was involved in almost every important field of American business. It controlled railroads, shipping, the manufacture of agricultural tools, telephones, telegraphs, electrical power, insurance, city transportation, the steel industry and the oil industry.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 14.What major character was drawn to look like J.P. Morgan?
- A.
Elmer Fudd
- B.
Rich Uncle Pennybags
- C.
Popeye the Sailor Man
- D.
Charlie Brown
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