Explain the Collatz Conjecture
The Collatz conjecture is a mathematical hypothesis about what happens when you repeatedly apply a simple rule to any positive integer: if the number is even, divide it by 2, and if it is odd, multiply it by 3 and add 1. The conjecture states that no matter what positive integer you start with, this process will always eventually reach the cycle 4 → 2 → 1. Despite its simple definition, it remains unproven in general mathematics, even though it has been verified for extremely large ranges of numbers.
What is Ryan's favorite food
Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup
Spell French fries backwards and pronounce it backwards 3 times
seirf hcnerf
What is Xi Jinping's China Dream?
Define it and Name 3 core components
Xi Jinping’s “China Dream” (中国梦, Zhōngguó Mèng) is a political vision centered on the “great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation” — the idea that China should regain wealth, power, cultural confidence, and global influence after what Chinese leaders describe as a historical period of decline and foreign humiliation.
The concept combines several goals:
Pick someone from the APES class
Neel
Who made what is love
(Must get both artists correct)
Haddaway and Twice
Who is Ryan's favorite player as of right now
Dominik Szobozlai
Where was sushi first invented
Southeast Asia
Who is COVID
“COVID” is short for Coronavirus Disease 2019, the illness caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2.
Play a game of blackjack
Winner
What is the world’s largest desert?
Antarctic Desert
Living in a world where China is the global superpower
What is the fear of cooking?
mageirocophobia
The White Paper Protests were a series of demonstrations that began in China in 2022, mainly in response to strict COVID-19 restrictions under the country’s “zero-COVID” policy. People in several cities gathered to oppose lockdowns, quarantines, and related controls that had lasted for long periods and affected daily life.
The reason protesters used white paper was symbolic: it represented censorship and silence. In many cases, people could not safely write or chant explicit political slogans without risking arrest, so holding up a blank sheet became a way to show “we cannot say what we want to say.” It also visually conveyed the idea of forced emptiness or being “erased” from public expression.
If it didn't land on the side of the coin, both teams lose 600 points
Turkish or Vietnamese
When is Ryan's birthday
9/21/08
How many calories are in one loaf of white bread?
1400-2200 calories
What is the 11th Chinese Dynasty
Qing
What is Ryan's favorite number?
Hint: its a number from 10-20
3
What is the 27th digit of Pi?
3
What is Ryan's all time bench press PR in kg
77.11 kg
0.79 grams
Xi Jinping has ordered the PLA to have the ability to invade Taiwan by what year?
2027
Roll a D20 5 times
if the product of all 5 die is a prime number, +2000
If the product of all 5 die is a even number, -500
If the product of all 5 die is an odd number and not prime, +500