The EconomistDecember 21st 2019 Holiday quiz 732 3. Another famous Irving,
whose surname was Berlin,
wrote “God Bless America”,
which called on divine bless-
ing “from the mountains” to
where?
- Another namesake, Wash-
ington Irving, wrote which
book, featuring a headless
horseman? - What theme links all these
answers?
Paul Krugman- What is the title of Mr Krug-
man’s column in the New
York Times? - In 1991 Mr Krugman was
awarded the John Bates Clark
medal for outstanding Amer-
ican economists under 40.
In the same year, the sixth
film in the “Star Trek” series
was released. What was the
film’s subtitle? - Mr Krugman won the Nobel
prize for economics in 2008,
the year that Barack Obama
was elected. What was the
title of the memoir Obama
wrote in 1995? - Mr Krugman was born in
1953, the same year that a
famous film musical, star-
ring Doris Day, was released.
What was the film?
5. What is the theme (apart
from Mr Krugman) linking
these answers?
Janet Yellen- Ms Yellen was the first fe-
male chair of the Federal
Reserve. Whom did she
succeed? - Ms Yellen graduated from
Brown University in 1967.
Which American tennis
player won the Wimbledon
women’s singles, women’s
doubles and mixed doubles
that year? - Ms Yellen received her phd
from Yale in 1971, the year
that Muhammad Ali was
defeated for the first time, by
Joe Frazier. Ali and Frazier
fought for the third time in
Asia in 1975, in a brutal bout
which was given which
rhyming nickname? - Ms Yellen took charge of the
Fed in 2014, the same year as
the death of which comic
actor, who won an Oscar for
“Good Will Hunting”? - What theme (apart from Ms
Yellen) links these answers?
Alfred Marshall- Alfred Marshall was noted
for bringing mathemati-
cal rigour into the subject of
economics. He came second
in his year studying mathe-
matics at Cambridge. What
title, also accorded to James
Clerk Maxwell and Lord
Kelvin, did this earn him?- Marshall’s great textbook-
“Principles of Economics”,
was published in 1890.
Three years later, a new
type of engine was built for
the first time in Augsburg,
and was named for its inven-
tor. What was it called? - Marshall died in 1924. That
year saw the birth of an
heiress who would become
the mother of Anderson
Cooper, a cnnanchor. What
was her name? - Also born in 1924 was a
tough-guy actor who had an
unlikely hit single, “Wan-
drin’ star”. Who was he? - What is the theme (apart
from Marshall) that links
these answers?
Elinor Ostrom- Elinor Ostrom was the first
woman to win the Nobel
prize for economics, award-
ed to her in 2009. Much of
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January 6th. The answers will appear online on January 8th.her work was on the prob-
lems of collective action, an
issue often referred to as the
tragedy of what?- Ostrom was born in 1933, the
same year as which team lost
baseball’s World Series? - In 1973, Ostrom founded a
workshop in political theory
at Indiana University, where
she taught, and to which she
later donated her Nobel prize
money. Also in that year, the
spotted owl was listed as an
endangered species. What is
the collective name for a
group of owls? - Ostrom died in 2012, the year
of the London Olympics. The
archery contest was held at
which stadium, known as
the home of cricket? - What is the theme linking
these answers?
David Ricardo- Ricardo is best known for a
law which Paul Samuelson,
another economist, cited
when asked for a proposition
in social sciences that was
both “true and non-trivial”.
What is the law called? - Another of his laws, which
has entered into common
parlance, relates to the con-
sequences when businesses
keep adding factors of pro-
duction (like workers or
plant and equipment). What
is this law called? - Ricardo entered Parliament
in 1819, and died in 1823. In
the year of his death, which
body ruled that Native Amer-
icans could not own land? - Lucy and Ricky Ricardo were
a fictional tv couple, played
by Lucille Ball and Desi
Arnaz. What was the name of
the show, which ran from
1951 to 1957? - What is the theme linking
these answers?