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All The Presidents' Bankers Book Quiz 1

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Test your knowledge of the past century of blood, family, intermarriage, protege-mentorship and other ties connecting the White House and Wall Street, that form America's political-financial genealogy, power circle and most elite caste. All the Presidents' Bankers by Nomi Prins is available for pre-order online, and will be out April 8, 2014. For more info, please go to: www.nomiprins.com.
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Question 1

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Which president's father worked with which elite banker to form the prestigious Metropolitan Club in New York City?
Answer
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt's father and John Pierpont Morgan
  • Teddy Roosevelt's father and Junius Morgan
  • John F. Kennedy's father and John D. Rockefeller
  • Calvin Coolidge's father and James Stillman

Question 2

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Which banker who would later chair a Big Six bank rented one of FDR's New York City townhouses during WWI?
Answer
  • Winthrop Aldrich from the Chase Bank (now part of JPM Chase)
  • Thomas Lamont from the Morgan Bank (now part of JPM Chase)
  • James Stillman from the National City Bank (now part of Citigroup)
  • George Baker, Sr. from the First National Bank (now part of Citigroup)

Question 3

Question
Which former Chase Chairman shared a fascination of puddle jumper planes with which president?
Answer
  • David Rockefeller and John F. Kennedy
  • John McCloy and Harry Truman
  • John McCloy and Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • David Rockefeller and Harry Truman

Question 4

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Which major banker from which bank worked most closely with FDR behind the scenes in Washington to pass the Glass-Steagall Act?
Answer
  • Jack Morgan (J.P. Morgan's son) from the Morgan Bank
  • Thomas Lamont from the Morgan Bank
  • Winthrop Aldrich from Chase
  • James Perkins from National City Bank

Question 5

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The father of which president was selected to be the first head of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) by FDR in 1934 to police the banking industry?
Answer
  • Lyndon B. Johnson
  • John F. Kennedy
  • Gerald Ford
  • Harry Truman

Question 6

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Who was the first president to select a major Wall Street bank CEO as his Treasury Secretary?
Answer
  • George W. Bush
  • Ronald Reagan
  • Bill Clinton
  • George H.W. Bush

Question 7

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Which president appointed his son-in-law Treasury Secretary, and which banker that would later chair a Big Six bank, was appointed Assistant Treasury Secretary as a result?
Answer
  • Woodrow Wilson and Russell Leffingwell
  • Teddy Roosevelt and William Potter
  • Warren Harding and Albert Wiggin
  • Calvin Coolidge and Charles Mitchell

Question 8

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Which President's grandfather ran a bank that ultimately became one of the Big Six banks that helped finance his campaign?
Answer
  • George H.W. Bush
  • George W. Bush
  • John F. Kennedy
  • Ronald Reagan

Question 9

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Which banker briefly dated the sister of which president?
Answer
  • Gabriel Hauge and Harry Truman
  • David Rockefeller and John F. Kennedy
  • John McCloy and John F. Kennedy
  • David Rockefeller and Harry Truman

Question 10

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The Treasury Secretary of which president recently joined a financial firm founded by a banker whose uncle was appointed one of the first Fed governors by Woodrow Wilson in 1914?
Answer
  • Bill Clinton
  • Ronald Reagan
  • Barack Obama
  • George W. Bush
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