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100

The intersection of the demand and supply curve

Equilibrium 

100

Name the speaker who said, "$250,000,000 of the PA budget is spent on Horse Breeding. So far, they have only bred 1 horse."

Tyrone Scott

100

Home to almost all of the world's fresh water 

Antarctica 

100

This team won super bowl LII

Philadelphia Eagles

100

This part of speech tells where, when, how & how much

Adverb

200

The Fed does this in order to control for inflation 

Shrinks the money supply

200

This speaker works for Penn medicine and is doing research on motivational mechanisms of weight loss 

Jeffery Lienert

200

This country is the smallest in the world

Vatican City 

200

A touchdown minus a grand slam plus a lay up 

4

200

It's the colorful term in a misleading clue in a murder mystery 

Red herring

300

Love him or hate him, this man wrote The Theory of Moral Sentiments, perhaps with a floating quill 

Adam Smith

300

This was the first speaker of the semester 

Eric Marturano 

300
This is the lowest known point on Earth 

Challenger Deep 

300

The average lifespan of an MLB baseball by number of pitches 

5-7

300

Rhyme time: An excuse for betraying your government

Treason reason

400

This currency is worth ~1/1000th of a USD 

Japanese Yen 

400

Professor Lynne Andersson discussed this important business topic 

Ethics

400

This ocean covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface 

The Atlantic 

400

The only sport to be played on the moon 

Golf

400

After a frustrating day of shopping at the mall, Nick Swinmurn invented this website

Zappos

500

The study of this type of economics recognizes that fact that in real life, people are not rational agents 

Behavioral Economics 

500

This speaker has presented to TES for the past 3 years. 

Tyrone Scott 
500

The only city located over two continents 

Istanbul 
500

In 1984, this country won their first Olympic medal 

China

500

This two word type of lawsuit involves an individual suing on behalf of a larger group

Class Action

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