Think you’ve got your head wrapped around The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Which company insured the mortgages inside CDOs?
Freddie Mac
Goldman Sachs
Sallie Mae
AIG
Q. What is a synthetic CDO?
A CDO that contains credit default swaps
A CDO that contains subprime mortgages
A CDO that contains corporate debt
A handful of spare change
Q. Which of the following items was not originally contained within CDOs?
Student loan debt
Government debt
Mortgage debt
Corporate debt
Q. Who created a credit default swap for CDOs before Michael Burry?
Greg Lippmann
Steve Eisman
Howie Hubler
Bruce Wayne
Q. Investors from ______ invested heavily in CDOs.
Parts Unknown
China
Canada
Germany