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What area of economics applies mathematical and statistical techniques to economic problems?
Econometrics
Eminent Domain is the right that allows what actions?
The taking of land by the federal government for pubic use with compensation
On the information highway, for what does WWW stand?
World Wide Web
What was the top U.S. agricultural commodity in 2021?
Cattle and calves
What is Tuff's hometown?
Afton, OK
A point at which two curves just touch each other but do not intersect.
Tangency
What U.S. law was meant to facilitate the distribution of American farm products in underdeveloped countries?
Public Law 480
What is the practice of producing fresh or saltwater animals and/or plant products?
Aquaculture
Which US state has the largest total cash receipts for livestock production?
Texas
What fast-food establishment does Tuff frequent every day for an afternoon beverage?
Sonic Drive-In
A rule for determining the derivative of a function of the form y = f(g(x)), where f and g are functions.
Chain rule
Which one of the three NAFTA countries tends to have the greatest share of its agricultural support focused on production input assistance?
Mexico
The current U. S. Secretary of Agriculture is _____.
Tom Vilsack
What is the net weight of a bale of cotton using the International Cotton Advisory Committee standard?
478 pounds
Complete this common phrase used by Tuff:
I don’t like your ________.
Attitude
The change in total cost when output is changed by one additional unit is referred to by what term?
Marginal cost
A tax for which the fraction of income used to pay it decreases as income increases is called?
Regressive tax
KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell are all owned by what parent company?
Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc.
At what university are most tractors tested and rated for performance?
University of Nebraska.
What is Tuff's masters research topic?
The Economics of PGR Applications in Soybeans
When observations are not symmetrically distributed around the mean, the problem is commonly called:
Skewness
What is the name of the bill introduced in the 1930's that placed tariffs on almost all imports to reduce the volume of imports into the US, hoping this would restore domestic employment?
Smoot-Hawley Act
What economist is known for his application of mathematics and diagrams to economic principles and for his students, including A.C. Pigou and J.M. Keynes?
Alfred Marshall
What is the top agricultural commodity in the state of Kentucky?
Corn
What is the saddest movie scene in cinematic history according to Tuff?
When the spider dies in the 1973 children's film: "Charlotte's Web".