History/global events
United States right-wing extremists attempt to stop the inauguration of Joe Biden.
What is the January 6th insurrection?
The first Olympics were held in this city.
Athens, Greece
This LA Metro line runs from Santa Monica to East Los Angeles.
What is the E or Expo Line?
The mascot of USC.
Who is Traveler?
144/16
9
a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in October 1962 that brought the world close to nuclear war
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Known as the “Eternal City,” it’s the capital of Italy.
What is Rome?
The commuter rail system of Southern California serving Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Orange, Riverside, Ventura counties and Oceanside in San Diego.
What is Metrolink?
USC was founded in this year, making it one of the oldest private research universities in California.
What is 1880?
Find the integral: Int{ [x^27 * e^(-x)] dx} from (-infinity, infinity)
27!
George Holiday captured Rodney King’s brutal assault by the police force in 1991. This served as the only piece of evidence in the trial, where the police were ruled “not guilty” for excessive use of force.
What is are the LA Riots?/What began the LA Riots?
This city is known as the "cycling capital" of the world.
What is Amsterdam?
This metro line will soon connect to LAX, becoming the first proper train connection from the airport. (when will it be done?)
What is the K Line?
This historic structure, named for USC's founder, is the oldest building on campus, dating back to the university's early years.
What is the Judge Widney Alumni House?
Triangle ABC is isosceles, meaning it has two sides that are the same length and two angles of the same degree. If the base of the triangle is 12cm, and the angles of the triangle are 71°-71°-38°, what is the height of the triangle?
17.4 or something cm
Occupying forces and missionaries from Netherlands, Germany, Britain, USA, and Japan took over this area in the beginning of the 20th century. Civilians, particularly young men, practiced in martial arts, attempted to fight the occupying forces.
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
This ancient temple complex in Cambodia is the largest religious monument in the world.
What is Angkor Wat?
The longest light rail line in the country.
What is the A Line?
These are USC’s official school colors, representing its proud traditions and history.
What are Gold and Cardinal?
A pair of dice is rolled until a sum of either 5 or 7 appears. Find the probability that 5 occurs first.
.4
What is the Bantu Migration?
Located in Jordan, this ancient city is known for its rock-cut architecture.
What is Petra?
These are the only LA Metro train lines that do not run through Downtown.
What are the K and C Lines?
This 295-pound bell is awarded annually to the winner of the USC-UCLA football game, and it’s painted in the victor’s colors.
What is the Victory Bell?
kWomen fear an average of 467 men in a lifetime with variance 49, while they fear an average of 532 spiders with variance 81. A nonbinary researcher hypothesizes women fear men more on average and takes a samples of 50 women, finding the sample mean for man-fear is 71. The researcher takes another sample of 40 women, finding the sample mean for arachnophobia is 68. Is the researcher’s hypothesis correct? Test with a=0.05 confidence.
Myes. Test statistic is 1.73, p-value is 0.04. Therefore, passes test and rejects null hypothesis.