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failures have put bank deposit insurance back into the spotlight. What is the maximum amount of money that is insured per account holder and type by the Federal Deposit Insurance

Corporation?", "answers" : [ { "answer" : "$100,000", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "$200,000", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "$250,000", "correctAnswer" : true }, {

"answer" : "$300,000", "correctAnswer" : false } ], "multiSelect" : false, "explanation" : "The FDIC was created in 1933 and is funded by insurance premiums paid by the banking industry.",

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factor in that score?", "answers" : [ { "answer" : "Payment history", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "Debit card history ", "correctAnswer" : true }, { "answer" : "Amounts owed",

"correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "Length of credit history", "correctAnswer" : false } ], "multiSelect" : false, "explanation" : "Other factors include new credit and the mix of types

of credit you hold.", "hint" : "", "hintLink" : "", "questionImgCaption" : "", "questionImgCredit" : ""}, { "question" : "“I want to put more space in my life and have less rushing around,”

this “Better Call Saul” actor told us in an interview.", "answers" : [ { "answer" : "Bob Odenkirk", "correctAnswer" : true }, { "answer" : "Rhea Seehorn", "correctAnswer" : false }, {

"answer" : "Jonathan Banks", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "Patrick Fabian", "correctAnswer" : false } ], "multiSelect" : false, "explanation" : "Odenkirk currently is appearing in

the new AMC+ series “Lucky Hank.”", "hint" : "", "hintLink" : "", "questionImgCaption" : "", "questionImgCredit" : ""}, { "question" : "According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety

Commission, how many deaths were caused by unsafe products in 2019?", "answers" : [ { "answer" : "27,000", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "42,000", "correctAnswer" : false }, {

"answer" : "51,000 ", "correctAnswer" : true }, { "answer" : "104,000", "correctAnswer" : false } ], "multiSelect" : false, "explanation" : "More than 1 billion items were recalled in the

U.S. last year.", "hint" : "", "hintLink" : "", "questionImgCaption" : "", "questionImgCredit" : ""}, { "question" : "This drugmaker recently became the second to announce major price cuts

on some of its insulin products.", "answers" : [ { "answer" : "Sanofi", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "Eli Lilly", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "Bioton", "correctAnswer"

: false }, { "answer" : "Novo Nordisk", "correctAnswer" : true } ], "multiSelect" : false, "explanation" : "Beginning next year, the company will lower some insulin prices by 75 percent.",

"hint" : "", "hintLink" : "", "questionImgCaption" : "", "questionImgCredit" : ""}, { "question" : "Journalist Michelle Miller, the cohost of “CBS Saturday Morning,” has written a memoir

that has recently been published. What is its title?", "answers" : [ { "answer" : "“Being There”", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "“Belonging” ", "correctAnswer" : true }, {

"answer" : "“Becoming”", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "“Bespoken”", "correctAnswer" : false } ], "multiSelect" : false, "explanation" : "“You don’t have to be defined by your

origin story,” Miller told us in a recent interview.", "hint" : "", "hintLink" : "", "questionImgCaption" : "", "questionImgCredit" : ""}, { "question" : "On March 15, the Centers for

Medicare & Medicaid Services released a list of Medicare Part B prescription drugs whose prices rose faster than overall inflation. How many drugs were on the list?", "answers" : [ {

"answer" : "9", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "18", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "27", "correctAnswer" : true }, { "answer" : "36", "correctAnswer" : false } ],

"multiSelect" : false, "explanation" : "Under a new law, the manufacturers of those drugs will have to pay a rebate to Medicare for the amount charged above the inflation rate.", "hint" :

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divorce.", "answers" : [ { "answer" : "True", "correctAnswer" : true }, { "answer" : "False", "correctAnswer" : false } ], "multiSelect" : false, "explanation" : "There’s even a

certification available for them: Certified Divorce Financial Analyst.", "hint" : "", "hintLink" : "", "questionImgCaption" : "", "questionImgCredit" : ""} ] Quiz Progress 0 Correct 0

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Randy Lilleston is the homepage editor for AARP.org. He previously served as editor-in-chief for business news publisher Industry Dive and was a senior digital editor for NPR, USA Today and

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