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A Quiz for Stimulating Thought

in Middle Schools, Secondary Schools / by Gene Bedley
March 2, 2013

The year is 1923. In 1923, do you know who was:

1. President of the largest steel company?

2. President of the largest gas company?

3. President of the New York Stock Exchange?

4. Greatest wheat speculator?

5. President of the Bank International Settlement?

6. Great Bear of Wall Street?

Now, these men should have been considered some of the world’s most

successful men. At least, they found the secret to making bundles of money.

Almost 80 years later, the history book asks us, do we know what actually

became of these men?

ANSWERS:

1. The president of the largest steel company, Charles Schwab,

died a pauper.

2. The president of the largest gas company, Edward Hopson,

went insane.

3. The president of the NYSE, Richard Whitney, was released

from prison to die at home.

4. The greatest wheat speculator, Arthur Cooger, died abroad,

penniless.

5. The president of the Bank of International Settlement, shot

himself.

6. The Great Bear of Wall Street, Cosabee Livermore, committed

suicide.

However, in that same year, 1923, the winner of the most important golf

championship, Gene Sarazan, won both the US Open and PGA Championship.

What became of him, you ask?

Well, he played golf until he was 92, died in 1999 at the age of 95, and

was extremely financially secure at the time of his death.

CONCLUSION:

Stop worrying about business, the market and other baloney and start playing golf.

– Author Unknown

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