CNBC Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge - Friday, Week 7

[Scroll to the bottom for answers to today's Bonus Bucks trivia questions.]

Check back this afternoon for the first set of Week 8 allocations for those participating in the group strategy.

In the mean time, drop us a line if you've got a portfolio in the overall top few hundred, so we can get an informal census of those within striking distance of those top 10 finishing places that will advance to the final round alongside the weekly winners.

Update:  Bonus Bucks seem to have gone squirrelly today.  As of 1:20 pm, the 12:00 question has yet to appear... Anyone seeing it?

Anyway, to kick off Week 8, let's divide our participating portfolios into the two leveraged ETF baskets, according to phone number.  If yours ends in an odd number, you're in the ultrabulls; even: ultrabears.

• Odd:  URE, UWM, UYG, RFL (Financial/Real Estate Ultrabull)
• Even:  SRS, TWM, SKF, RFN (Financial/Real Estate Ultrabear)

Update:  Bonus Bucks are back.  See below for answers.

Consider all of the above to be for entertainment purposes and not meant to be used as real-world investment recommendations.  The goals and strategies of the Portfolio Challenge are not to be confused with those of sensible investing.

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See all related posts in the CNBC Portfolio Challenge archive.

Week 7:  Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Week 6:  Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Week 5:  Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Week 4:  Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Week 3:  Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Week 2:  Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Week 1:  Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Pre-game:  CNBC Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge Is Back, Strategy Primer

Extra Stuff:  The Biggest Loser, Interview With Bradford Pine

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Friday January 2nd

Throughout the contest, each day's answers will be at the top of the CNBC Portfolio Challenge archive as soon as the questions are published, so bookmark accordingly.

Daily Trivia:

Squawk Box:  Question:  In our "Famous Last Words" slideshow, what is Chris Dodd referring to?

  Answer:  Fannie Mae

Squawk On the Street:  Question:  On New Years Eve, Brent Wilsey told CNBC that which stock is in the "30% Club"?

  Answer:  Cisco Systems

The Call:  Question:  In our Web video collection, "Top Videos of 2008", which news story is not represented?

  Answer:  Sarah Palin in the VP debate

 Power Lunch:  Question:  What investment does Nadav Baum consider in Part 2 of "Predictions '09" (Why You Shouldn't Run From Stocks)?

  Answer:  Energy Select Sector SPDR

Street Signs:  Question:  What is Ukraine's state-owned gas company named?

  Answer:  Naftogaz

 Closing Bell:  Question:  Why did Jon Najarian say NetApps was the focus of "intense options action" on Wednesday?

  Answer:  buyout scuttlebutt

Weekly Quiz:

Question:  NYSE tick indicator represents number of stocks with

   Answer:  last trade executed on uptick vs downtick