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100
Is this expression fully simplified?
3y2 + 2y - 1
Yes.
100
What was the most popular social media app in 2021?
100
Is this quadratic opening up or opening down?
Opening up
100
What was the hit 90s TV show that followed Monica, Ross, Chandler, Phoebe, and Rachel?
Friends
100
In y = mx + b, what does m represent?
m = slope
200
Simplify this polynomial:
2(x2 + x2 + 2 + x)
4x2 + 2x + 4
200
Who is the most subscribed-to Gaming Youtuber?
Pewdiepie
200
Which parabola is wider?
y=-2x2+4x-1
y=1/5x2-x+1
y=1/5x2-x+1 is wider
200
Which infamous 90s president was well known as a skilled Saxophonist?
Bill Clinton
200
What zip code is John Dewey High School located in?
11223
300
What do you call the highest power of x in a polynomial?
the degree
300
What are the names of the three main best friends in Attack on Titan?
Eren, Armin, Mikasa
300
What is the formula for finding the axis of symmetry?
x=-b/2a
300
What was the name of the late 90s crisis where people believed computers would stop working once we hit the year 2000?
Y2K
300
What does this Spanish word mean: “purpurina”
Glitter
400
What do you call a polynomial with three terms?
Trinomial
400
What does BTS stand for?
Bangtan Boys
Bangtan Sonyeondan
Bulletproof Boy Scouts
(all acceptable answers)
400
Write out the quadratic equation for a parabola that opens down and has an axis of symmetry at x = 0?
(Anything with a negative coefficient and and no linear term)
400
What song, originally by Dolly Parton, was covered by Whitney Houston and became a record-setting hit in 1992?
“I Will Always Love You”
400
DAILY DOUBLE
“Tamagotchi” is a combination of two Japanese words that mean what?
“egg” and “friend”
500
Expand and simplify: (2x2 - 3x + 1)(4x - 2)
8x3 - 16x2 + 10x - 2
500
What 60’s sci-fi TV show boldly went “where no man has gone before?”
Star Trek: The Original Series
500
What is the vertex of this quadratic?:
y = -4x2 - 6x + 2
(-0.75, 4.25)
500
What early 1990s U.S. war was nicknamed “Operation: Desert Storm”
The Gulf War
500
What are the first names of all 4 Saga Fellows?
Nick, Michelle, Elizabeth, and Sophia