27 Wall Street Trivia Questions & Answers

Answer: City College of New York

Gordon Gekko graduated from City College of New York (CCNY). This college, located in Manhattan, was once known as the "poor man's Harvard." Gekko enjoys defeating business leaders from such Ivy League schools as Harvard and Columbia. Gekko tells Bud Fox, "Give me guys who are poor, smart, and hungry." Gekko describes Ivy League MBA types as being "sheep...who get slaughtered."

Answer: Fly Me To The Moon

The music is an excellent addition to the opening scenes of a typical hustle and bustle commute to New York City and Wall Street.

Answer: Natalie

Bud was always asking her to marry him.

Answer: Get a dog

Gordon Gekko describes business as being like trench warfare. He explains to Bud Fox that there is no place in business for compassion or guilt. Gekko tells young Fox, "If you need a friend, get a dog!" Gekko clearly relishes the challenge of being a corporate raider; he loves destroying his rivals. Gekko senses in Bud Fox the same killer instinct.

Answer: 1985

1985 is flashed on the screen during an early scene where the camera is panning across the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

Answer: Texas Air

Texas Air was the parent of Eastern Airlines.

Answer: Bluestar

Bud unfortunately ends up using his dad's inside information about the airline for his own personal gain.

Answer: $950,000

The broker could get him a mortgage at 10 percent through her husband.

Answer: The Art of War

In Gordon Gekko's opinion, business and warfare are the same thing. Gordon thus urges his protege Bud Fox to read a military treatise called "The Art of War", written by Sun Tzu. "The Art of War", written in the sixth century BC, details the philosophy and preparation of warfare. Gekko quotes from Sun Tzu: "Every battle is won before it is ever fought." Later in the movie, Fox impresses Gekko by paraphrasing key principles from "The Art of War." Gekko grabs Fox affectionately and says, "Buddy's learning!"

Answer: cigars

Gordon asks Bud where he got them and Bud says he has a connection at the airport. Gekko is shown smoking one of the "Cubans" when he later makes a purchase of shares through Bud on the phone.

Answer: Rudy

Gordon Gekko's son is named Rudy. Gekko mentions his son in several scenes in "Wall Street." Once, for example, Gekko shows Bud Fox a miniature television and says that it's a present for Rudy, the "electronics freak." In another scene, at Gekko's private swimming pool, Gordon exclaims, "Rudy, my gazoudy!" and asks his spoiled three-year-old son to speak French. It will be interesting to see how Rudy Gekko develops as he matures into a young man.

Answer: information

And Gekko doesn't care where or how you get it!

Answer: Erie, PA

Bud told the airport employee that Larry Wildman left his wallet and needed to know where the jet was going.

Answer: fought

Later in the movie Bud, who has obviously taken hints from Gordon about the book, starts quoting lines back to Gekko like "All warfare is based on deception." "The Art of War" is fascinating if you are interested in reading about the importance of strategy and orgainization in war as well as in the workplace.

Answer: greed

'Greed is good, greed is right, greed works...'

Answer: Sleeps

While strolling on the beach at dawn, Gordon Gekko wakes up Bud Fox and proclaims, "Money never sleeps, pal." Gordon informs Bud that $800,000 in Hong Kong gold has been wired to Fox's account. At this point, Gekko tells Bud that "school is out. It's time to go to work." Bud is indeed learning how to steal information in order to "make a killing" in stock.

Answer: Blue Horseshoe

Bud's secret message to the Wall Street Chronicle.

Answer: good

Probably the most famous line from the film.

Answer: box of Cuban cigars

They were 'very tough to get'.

Answer: Winnie the Pooh

Gordon Gekko betrays his "friend" Bud Fox by attempting to destroy Bluestar Airlines after he had promised to improve the company. Fox angrily confronts Gekko in the tycoon's office and demands to know why Bluestar is being wrecked. Gekko replies that he was reading his son a story about "Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Pot." Pooh got his head stuck in a beehive because he had gotten too greedy, an analogy that even the ruthless Gekko takes to heart. Fox responds that maybe it would better to read the boy the Pinocchio story next time. Gekko is clearly shaken after Fox leaves the office. The Gekko-Fox alliance has ended.

Answer: Teldar Paper

Gekko's speech holds his audience attentively and he receives a standing ovation from nearly all the stockholders present. I kind of like the humorous lines about how much money Teldar is wasting in paying so many Vice-Presidents to basically sit around. The funny thing is many real-world big businesses actually have that many.

Answer: .45 Luger

'Only six were ever manufactured.'

Answer: Central Park

In Gordon Gekko's final scene in "Wall Street" he meets Bud Fox at the Sheep Meadow in New York's Central Park. It's a rainy day and the two men are alone. Fox has betrayed Gekko by making a deal with Larry Wildman to save Bluestar Airlines. Gekko is furious, and he smacks Fox down to the ground. Gekko says, "I look at you and I see myself." He asks Fox why the young broker has turned against him. The two men then part ways as thunder roars overhead.