1. Personal Finance Jeopardy Game
Prepared by Celia Hayhoe
Credit
Taxes
Investments
Savings
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2. The Answer is:
A card that allows you to make full or partial payments.

3. The Question is:
What is a credit card?

4. The Answer is:
This tells you the annualized cost of credit.

5. The Question is:
What is annual percentage rate or APR?

6. The Answer is:
You lose this if you do not pay your balance in full each month.

7. What is the grace period on new purchases?
The Question is:
What is the grace period on new purchases?

8. The Answer is:
96 months and $480 interest

9. The Question is:
What is the time it takes to pay off a $500 balance if you make $20 minimum payments on an 18% APR credit card?

10. The Answer is:
The 3 credit bureaus.

11. The Question is:
What are Transunion, Equifax, and Experian?

12. The Answer is:
Federal Income Tax, State and Local Taxes, Social Security, and Medicare

13. The Question is:
What are the taxes that are withheld from your paycheck?

14. The Answer is:
Child Credit and Child Care (Dependant) Credit

15. The Question is:
What are two tax credits available to families with children?

16. The Answer is:
Earned Income Credit and Child Credit

17. The Question is:
Which two credits are refundable even if you owe no federal taxes?

18. The Answer is:
IRA, 401(K), 403(b), 457, SEP, SIMPLE

19. The Question is:
What are tax-deferred savings plans?

20. The Answer is:
You turned down a raise.

21. The Question is:
What happens if you do not participate in your employers retirement plan at least up to the extent of the employer's match ?

22. The Answer is:
A group of individual stocks and bonds

23. The Question is:
What is a portfolio?

24. The Answer is:
A company that allows investors to purchase shares in their portfolio.

25. The Question is:
What is a mutual fund?

26. The Answer is:
A loan you make to a company.

27. The Question is:
What is a bond?

28. The Answer is:
The investment that makes you an owner of the company.

29. The Question is:
What is a stock?

30. The Answer is:
$78.01

31. The Question is:
How much do you have to save each month if you start at age 18 and earn an average of 10% interest per year in order to be a millionaire by the time you are 65?

32. The Answer is:
Certificate of Deposit

33. The Question is:
What is a saving account for a specific period of time?

34. The Answer is:
Two accounts that can be used to keep your emergency funds.

35. The Question is:
What are saving or money market accounts?

36. The Answer is:
The account that pays higher interest rates because it is not FDIC insured.

37. The Question is:
What is a money market mutual fund?

38. The Answer is:
Stocks and mutual funds purchased at a bank.

39. The Question is:
What holdings are not covered by FDIC insurance?

40. The Answer is:
The equivalent of FDIC insurance for credit unions?

41. The Question is:
What is the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund (NCUSIF)?

42. The Answer is:
Minimum liability insurance.

43. The Question is:
What auto insurance is required by states?

44. The Answer is:
Collision and Comprehensive insurance

45. The Question is:
What pays to fix your car if it hits something and what pays for other damage to your car such as glass breakage?

46. The Answer is:
Pays if your luggage is stolen out of your car.

47. The Question is:
What is your renter’s or homeowner’s policy?

48. The Answer is:
If you live in an apartment, you have to have your own policy.

49. The Question is:
What is renter’s insurance?

50. The Answer is:
For a single individual after auto, renter’s, and health insurance, the insurance they need most.

51. The Question is:
What is disability insurance?