Canada
Actuarial
General Geography
Cities
Brainrot
100

Where does Canada rank among the countries of the world in area?

Second

100

In risk theory, what term describes the phenomenon where people with a higher-than-average risk are more likely to purchase insurance?

Adverse Selection

100

This is the study of maps

Cartography

100

Which city is the only one in the world to be located on two continents?

Istanbul

100

What is it called when you owe someone 20% of your food

Fanum Tax

200

If it is 7:00pm in Ottawa, what time is it in Vancouver?

4:00 pm

200

What is the name of the "heavy-tailed" distribution often used to model the severity of large insurance losses, such as those from a hurricane or earthquake?

The Pareto Distribution

200

Geologists classify rocks into these three main categories: Igneous, Sedimentary, and 

Metamorphic?

200

Replacing Rio de Janeiro in 1960, this city was built from scratch in the shape of an airplane (or a bird) to serve as Brazil’s new capital

Brasília

200

What is the song played at the Tiktok Rizz Party

Carnival by Kanye West

300

How many Canadian cities have hosted the Olympics?

3

300

Which mathematical distribution is most commonly used by actuaries to model the frequency of insurance claims?

Poisson Distribution

300

This imaginary line at 0 degrees longitude passes through Greenwich, England, and separates the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

The Prime Meridian?

300

This country has the southernmost city in the world

Argentina

300

What haircut was popularized by streamer Ninja

Low Taper Fade

400

If you are standing at the exact center of the University of Waterloo, in which cardinal direction must you walk to reach Laurier?

Southeast

400

What is the name of the technique used to match the sensitivities of assets and liabilities to interest rate changes by ensuring that the "Redington Duration" of assets equals the duration of liabilities?

Immunization

400

What is the only country in the world that has a non-quadrilateral (not four-sided) national flag?

Nepal

400

This city serves as the headquarters for the United Nations’ European operations and is known for its neutrality

Geneva

400

What material does Little John use to transform his 0.96 square meter apartment into fully functional home

Galvanized Square Steel

500

Mount Logan is the highest point in Canada. In which mountain range is it found?

St. Elias Mountains

500

Named after a 19th-century mathematician, this "motion" is a continuous-time stochastic process used to model stock prices

Brownian Motion

500

Because the Earth is not a perfect sphere but bulges at the center, its true geometric shape is known by this two-word shape

Oblate Spheroid

500

Which city is the highest capital in the world (by elevation), sitting at approximately 

Germany

500

Name all 4 famous characters from the Tiktok Rizz Party

Group leader, Turkish Quandale Dingo, White Shirt Kid, Tomato Boy

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