Young Isa
Where did Isa work for 4 years in high school?
Mathnasium (shocker I know)
How many cups are needed to build a proper cup stack pyramid with 5 rows?
15
Volleyball, 8
You're at dinner on a trip with Isa. Your food costs $16.67 and Isa's costs $13.14. The total with tip is $39.05 and Isa pays. How much money will Isa request from you in the Splitwise?
$21.84 (+/- $0.03)
Teams take turns naming hobbies of Isa's/things Isa likes to do. Last team standing wins.
So so many options
Where did Isa spend her 10th birthday?
Las Vegas
What is 47 x 30? Mental math ONLY.
1410
On average, how many days did it take Isa to finish a book in 2025? Closest wins.
8.49 (365 / 43 total books)
Why are quadratics curved? Team with the best explanation gets the points.
Isa will judge but it should include something along the lines of the y value changes at a different rate depending on the x value.
What is Isa's favorite word?
Anomaly
What memorable thing did Isa do in 8th grade science class?
Set a bunsen burner on fire.
Is 91 a prime number? How do you know?
No, 7 x 13 = 91
What day is 314 days after Isa's birthday? Mental math only, closest wins.
January 22nd
Why is the number 1.618 important? There is a backup question if you give up.
This number is the golden ratio. It is incredible for many reasons. One big reason is that it is the ratio between consecutive numbers in a Fibonacci sequence.
Where can you find Isa at 3:14 PM on a Wednesday? Be specific.
Wyatt 130 in her Computers, Teaching, and Mathematical Visualizations class
What time was Isa born? Exact only.
2:41 PM
I'm thinking of two numbers. One is 7 more than 2 times the other. Their sum is 34. What are the numbers? Mental math only.
9 and 25
Isa's birthday party guests live in 11 different apartments/dorms. Sum all 11 apartment/dorm numbers. Closest wins you can use calculator.
928 + 1028 + 1211 + 403 + 804 + 3034 + 441 + 219 + 1008 + Anais + 1416
If you had two vectors in R^41 what is a measure you would use to compare them?
Cosine similarity (there are other answers but def not any Euclidian distance measure)
How many piercings does Isa currently have and how many piercings has Isa let close?
1) 9
2) 4
What was the maximum height Isa cleared in pole vault? There is a backup question if you give up.
6'3"
Name any pythagorean triple that isn't (3,4,5). Remember a^2 + b^2 = c^2.
(5, 12, 13), (7, 24, 25) , (6, 8, 10), etc.
Name any song that is 3 minutes and 14 seconds long. There is a backup question if you give up.
There are many. Some songs on my 3:14 playlist are - Stay (Acoustic), Cruise (Acoustic), Ghost Town, YOYOK, Bejeweled, Dirty Little Secret, WORSE
What is the first Betti number of a dodecahadron? Scaffolding to follow if you don't know.
11
What is Isa's incoming job title? Be as specific as possible.
Software Engineer at Google in the Google Cloud Platforms (GCP) Runtimes Organization. (I will accept answers that say Google Kubernetes Engine even though that is not certain)