Math
What is the derivative of x³?
3x²
What is a variable in code?
A named place that stores a value.
What does GDP stand for?
Gross Domestic Product
You’re in a race and pass the person in 2nd place. What place are you in?
2nd
Who famously tossed a plate of broccoli over their right shoulder?
Fanum
If you invest $5,000 at 8% a year, about how many years until it doubles?
About 9 years, by the Rule of 72
What does an if statement do?
Runs code only when a condition is true.
What is the difference between a stock and a bond?
A stock is ownership in a company, a bond is a loan to a company or government.
Two fathers and two sons go fishing and each catches one fish, but only 3 fish are caught in total. How?
Three people: a grandfather, his son, and his grandson
What cryptocurrency started as a joke based on the Doge meme?
Dogecoin
What is 35% of 120?
42
What's the difference between a stack and a queue?
A stack is LIFO, queue is FIFO.
What does the Consumer Price Index measure?
The average change in prices of a basket of common goods and services.
A bat and a ball cost $1.10 total. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much is the ball?
5 cents
Why did Big Boogie turn down his scholarship from a big college in Jacksonville?
To grind from the rap
What branch of math studies collections of unique objects?
Set theory
What is an API?
Application Programming Interface, a set of rules that allows software applications to talk to each other and exchange information.
What does the Black-Scholes model price?
European-style options.
There are three light switches outside a closed room, and one controls a bulb inside. You can enter the room only once. How do you find the right switch?
Turn on switch 1 for a few minutes, turn it off, turn on switch 2, then enter. If the bulb is lit, it’s switch 2. If it’s off but warm, it’s switch 1. If it’s off and cold, it’s switch 3.
What is the choice quarter zip brand for a Wall Street banker?
Peter "The Crown" Millar
Two fair dice are rolled. Given that the sum is at least 10, what’s the probability that at least one die shows a 6?
5/6
(Sums of 10 or more: (4,6), (5,5), (6,4), (5,6), (6,5), (6,6). That’s 6 outcomes, and only (5,5) has no 6. So 5 of the 6 qualify.)
What is the time complexity of binary search?
O(log n)
What is stagflation?
An economic condition characterized by the simultaneous occurrence of stagnant economic growth, high unemployment, and persistent high inflation.
How many times a day do the hour and minute hands of a clock overlap?
22
Which country has the oldest population in the world?
Monaco