Birthdays
31% of the team completed their undergraduate degree at a Big Ten School, name two of those schools.
There are N coins in a line, two players take turns to take a coin from one of the ends of the line until there are no more coins left. The player with the larger amount of money wins. Would you rather go first or second?
Hint: The same year that the World Wide Web went live.
A member of our team attended a University where the mascot is Purple Aces. Named after Ace Purple, a riverboat gambler. Which teammate is this?
A parking spot is unoccupied 1/3 of the time. You find it empty for nine consecutive days in a row. What is the probability that it will be empty on the tenth day?
Taurus: "The practical Taurus can be recognized by their earthy and realistic ways of living"
Gemini: "As one of the most intense of the zodiac signs, people born under the Gemini are known for their social and trend setting natures"
Given 9 balls all of which weigh the same except for one, what is the minimum of weighings necessary to find the ball that weighs more (or less)?
Theoretically you should be able to do this in two weighings, so long as its a two-pan balance. Firstly, take two pairs of three balls and weigh them first. If they balance, you know the "odd" ball is in the last three balls. From that group take two balls and weigh them against each other. Again if they balance it the last one remaining. If however, the first six balls don't balance grab the set that is lighter or heavier (depending on criteria). In this case, repeat the second step above.
We have a diverse team of multilingual members, what is the most difficult language to learn (according to the internet) and who on the team can speak that language?
You're at the end of a quest and you approach two doors, and your treasure is behind one of two doors. Behind the other door is a slow, painful death.
Beside the doors, there are two people. Both of them know which door has the treasure and both know which door has the slow, painful death. One always tells the truth and one always lies.
What question do you ask, and which person do you ask, and what do you do based on what they respond?
Ask either one, “Which door would the other guy say is the correct one?”
By asking this question to the truthteller, you will get the incorrect door, because he will honestly say what the liar would say.
If you ask the liar, you will get the incorrect door, because he will lie about what the truthteller would tell you- the correct door.
By asking either guy, you will get the incorrect door, and you thereby select the correct door.
Australian Rugby: Anthony
This team member never learned the one loop shoe tying method.
For the first 5 years in the US I pronounced "eavesdropping" as "earsdropping" and "supposedly" as "supposebly" and not a single soul ever corrected me... Eventually I found out.