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100

An employer-sponsored retirement plan in which the employer or the employee puts money in a retirement account for an employee and the amount of the retirement benefit depends on how well the investment yields is called what?

profit-sharing plan, defined-contribution plan, defined-benefit plan, tax-sheltered annuity


defined-contribution plan

100

How many engineering concentrations will Calvin have next year?

6!

100

What's Calvin's mission statement?

Think deeply, act justly, live wholeheartedly

as Christ’s agents of renewal in the world.

100

True or False: There are more Lego mini-figures than there are people on Earth 

True

100

What's the capital of Canada?

Ottawa

200

A legal document in which individuals designate another person to make health care decisions on their behalf if they are incapable of making their wishes known is called what?

A health care proxy

200

List 4 conducting patterns or gestures 

preparatory exercises, basic beat patterns, cueing and release gestures, fermatas, mixed meters, asymmetrical meters, gradual changes in tempo, dynamics, and articulation contrasts

200

What year did Calvin open?

1876

200

What animal can help predict earthquakes?

Snakes, they can sense a coming earthquake from 75 miles away, up to five days before it happens.

200

Is California's population bigger or smaller than Canada's?

Bigger

California is home to approximately 40 million residents, which is about one-eighth of the U.S. population and more than the entire population of Canada.

300

ABC Inc., has a beta of 1.2. If the market as a whole goes up 15%, how much would we expect ABC's market value to go up by?

An extra 100 points if you can say what beta is a measure of

18%

Beta is a measure of a stocks volatility in relation to the overall market

300

What two tests are included in Inferential statistics?

parametric and nonparametric tests

300

What's the student to faculty ratio?

12:1

300

How many years can a snail sleep for?

3 years

300

Where was the world's first elevated railway installed?

An extra 100 points if you know the year!

The world's first elevated railway was installed in Chicago in 1892. The popular transit is often known as the "L," which is short for "elevated."

400

Is glass considered a solid, liquid, or gas?

A liquid!

400

Write Bayes theorem? (The equation)

P(A/B) = [P(A) * P(B/A)]/ P(B)

In this mathematical formula, A and B are the outcomes of events that are causally related. P(A) is the prior probability of A, and P(B) is the probability of B.

400

This past January, how many watt-hours of electricity did Boer-Bennink save per day?

53,000, which represents enough electricity each day to power about two average American houses 

400

What is the collective name for a group of unicorns?

a blessing

400

What state is the biggest producer of apples?

Washington


500

Which social problem did Emile Durkheim investigate with basic methods of statistical analysis, founding the quantitative aspect of sociology?

Suicide

500

Does current remain constant with components in Parallel or Series?

Series

500

Who did Calvin University elect as the institution’s first vice president for marketing and communications?

La’Leatha Spillers

500

What vegetable can cure bad breath?

cucumber

500

What is the only US state which consists of two peninsulas?

Michigan!

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