Statistics
What is the expected value (average) of a fair, 6-sided dice roll?
What is 3.5
(1+2+3+4+5+6)/6 =3.5
What does the ‘www’ stand for in an internet website address?
What is World Wide Web
Shortly after which war was the US Air Force officially established?
What is WWII
(1947 is the exact year)
This tax form is provided by a company and lists the compensation and payroll taxes withheld from an employee.
What is a W-2
What is Disney’s first feature-length animated film?
What is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
As of 2022, the average height of an adult male in the US is 5’ 9” (≈175 cm). Rounded to the nearest whole percentage point, what percentage of NBA players throughout history have been this height or shorter?
What is 1%
25/4700 ≈0.53%
What does the ’i’ in iPhone stand for?
*Hint: It stands for the same thing in the iPod and iPad
What is internet
What is the American F-22 Raptor’s first confirmed air-to-air kill?
What is the Chinese surveillance/weather/spy ballon
How much money does the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) insure per depositor per insured bank?
What is $250,000
What is Disney’s most recent song that made it to the Billboard Hot 100?
What is “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”
What distribution is the Gaussian Curve more commonly referred to as?
What is the normal distribution/curve
What does the ‘wd’ in wd-40 stand for?
What is Water displacement
This term refers to the sustained supersonic flight of a supersonic aircraft without using afterburners.
*The term may be used as a noun or a verb
What is supercruise?
What is the standard deduction for single filers for 2022?
*Hint: Joint filers have a standard deduction of exactly double this amount.
What is $12,950
What was Disney’s first film produced with synchronized sound?
What is Steamboat Willie
This exponential dispersion model, named by Brent Jorgensen in 1984, is often used to show the distribution of insurance claims
What is the tweedie distribution
What do the letters in AT&T stand for?
What is American Telephone & Telegraph
In which decade did the most recent U.S. pilot become an “ace”?
*An ”ace” refers to a pilot who has 5+ confirmed aerial kills of enemy aircraft
What is the 1970’s
(1972 was the exact year)
With a total around $700 billion in assets at time of bankruptcy, this is the largest company to have filed for bankruptcy in US history.
What is Lehman Brothers Holding Inc.
What was Disney’s first film produced with color?
What is Silly Symphonies: Flowers and Trees
Assuming that births are equally distributed throughout the calendar year of 365 days, how many people need to be in a room for there to be at least a 50% chance of two people sharing a birthday?
23
What do the letters in ‘taser’ stand for?
What is Thomas A. Swift’s Electric Rifle
What is the most produced fighter plane in all world history?
What is the Soviet Union’s Ilyushin Il-2
How many US states have no income tax?
What is 9
(Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming)
What are the names of all 7 Dwarfs from Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs?
What is Doc, Sleepy, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Bashful, and Sneezy