Sports Trivia
The Stanley Cup is award to the champion of which professional league?
National Hockey League
Pumpkins and squashes are part of what category of food?
gourds
When two parallel lines are cut by a ___________, then corresponding angles are congruent.
transversal
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Two angles and a triangle are 37 degrees and 51 degrees, what is the measure of the 3rd angle?
Is it a right, obtuse or acute triangle?
92
obtuse
Irene is N years old. If Tom is twice as old, which of the following algebraic statements shows his age now?
2N
What is the length of a professional football field?
120 yards
Where was Caesar salad invented?
Mexico
the Pythagorean Thrm.
a2 + b2 = c2
If m<4 = m<5 and m<6 = m<5, then ___________ because of the _________ property
m<4 = m<6, transitive
Find the value of 3abc, where a = 2, b = 3 and c = 4.
72
How tall is a professional basketball hoop (and the standard height for basketball hoops)?
10 ft
What plant is used to make high fructose corn syrup?
corn
Name all three theorems that can prove triangles to be similar.
AA, SSS, and SAS
AB = BA
What equality property is used above?
symmetric
V = bdt. Solve the formula for d.
d = v/bt
What professional sport did Sue Bird play?
basketball (WNBA)
Name 2 stone fruits.
peaches, nectarines, plums, cherries apricots
What is the ratio that represents tangent?
opposite/hypotenuse
WRITE BOTH ANSWERS...
Two angles and a triangle are 37 degrees and 51 degrees, what is the measure of the 3rd angle?
Is it a right, obtuse or acute triangle?
92
obtuse
The absolute value of -14 is _____.
14
Which player was the model for the NBA logo?
Jerry West
Raisins are dried ________.
grapes
If the measures of the interior angles of a triangle are 113, 27, and 50. The shortest side of the triangle is opposite which angle?
the side opposite the 27 degree angle
angle F and angle E are supplementary, if
angle F = 32 - 4x and x = 6
What is the measure of angle E?
172 degrees
If X equals 5, what is the value of 6X + 2X - X?
35