Round 6: Tossup 17

In the aftermath of this event, Patty Beron organized a series of “parties” where people were given either red, yellow, or green dots to wear. Following this event, the company BarNone invented the slogan “Everybody Deserves a Second Chance” for a sock puppet mascot that they acquired. In an article entitled “Burning Up,” Jack Willoughby (10[1])successfully predicted this event just before it occurred. (10[1])An article in New York magazine popularized the nickname of the Aeron chair as the “throne” of this event. This event was partially caused by the raising of interest rates by Alan Greenspan and followed the merger (10[1]-5[2])of America (10[1])Online and (10[3])Time (10[1])Warner. (10[8])For 10 points, (10[2]-5[1])companies like Yahoo! and Amazon suffered massive drops in stock price due to what economic event in 2000 (10[1])named after its association with the rise of internet companies? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

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