MATH
ECONOMICS
IT’S PHYSICS!
U.S. CITIES
THAT’S A FACT
400

A RECTANGULAR SOLID WITH THE DIMENSIONS 5 BY 6 BY 7 INCHES HAS THIS VOLUME IN CUBIC INCHES

WHAT IS 210?

400

Dostoyevsky gave up on the French utopian this type of economy, becoming more reactionary

What is socialism?

400

THIS ONE SIMPLE MACHINES, AN ADAPTATION OF THE INCLINED PLANE, CAN BE USED TO SPLIT A LOG

WHAT IS A WEDGE?

400

WE HAVE A PROBLEM IF YOU DON’T KNOW THAT IT’S THE FOURTH-LARGEST U.S. CITY IN POPULATION

WHAT IS HOUSTON?

400

USED IN COAL MINING, A BWE IS A BUCKET-WHEEL THIS MACHINE

WHAT IS AN EXCAVATOR?

800

IT’S THE PRODUCT OF 3^2 X 4^2

WHAT IS 144?

800

Two individuals deal with each other directly V.S. using a 3rd party in buying goods & services in this economy, P2P for short

What is peer to peer?

800

IT’S THE TYPE OF ACCELERATION OF A BODY TRAVELING IN AA CURCULAR MOTION; THE SAME-NAMED “FORCE” IS DIRECTED TOWARDS THE CIRCLE’S CENTER

WHAT IS CENTRIPETAL?

800

IN COLONIAL TIMES BURLINGTON & PERTH AMBOY SERVED AS TWIN CAPITALS OF WHAT IS NOW THIS STATE

WHAT IS NEW JERSEY?

800

OIL STILL BUBBLES TO THE SURFACE OF PEARL HARBOR FROM THIS BATTLE SHIP, NOW A PART OF THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL

WHAT IS THE USS ARIZONA?

1200

THE AREA OF A CIRCLE WITH A RADIUS OF 8 EQUALS THIS AMOUNT

WHAT IS 64π?

1200

Adam Smith called this system of semi-free labor that ended about 500 years before his time “barbarous.”

What is feudalism?

1200

QUARKS ARE GROUPED IN 3 PAIRS: UP & DOWN, TOP & BOTTOM & LET’S CALL THEM THIS “RIZZY” & “ODD” PAIR

WHAT IS STRANGE AND CHARM?

1200

BAR HARBOR, MAINE IS LOCATED ON MOUNT DESERT ISLAND, WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THIS NATIONAL PARK IS ALSO LOCATED

WHAT IS ACADIA?

1200

IN 1610, GALILEO DISCOVERED THIS TWO-LETTER MOON OF JUPITER WHICH IS 5% WIDER THAN OURS

WHAT IS IO?

1600

3 OUT OF EVERY 5 MEMBERS OF A CLUB VOTED YES; IF 75 VOTED THIS MANY WERE NOT IN FAVOR

WHAT IS 30?

1600

Why use money or credit cards when there’s this system where a mechanic might trade a tune-up to a farmer for some apples.

What is barter?

1600

A CERN DOCUMENT CALLS IT A MATERIAL “COMPOSED OF ELECTRICALLY NEUTRAL PARTICLES THAT CAN…FLOW WITHOUT FRICTION”

WHAT IS SUPERFLUID?

1600

THE NAME OF THIS IOWA CITY ACROSS THE RIVER FROM OMAHA HONORS THE SITE WHERE LEWIS & CLARK MET WITH TRIBESMEN IN 1804

WHAT IS COUNCIL BLUFFS?

1600

THIS LANGUAGE IS CELEBRATED EVERY JULY 26—IN 1887, THAT WAS THE PUBLICATION DAY FOR “UNUA LIBRO” OR “FIRST BOOK”

WHAT IS ESPERANTO?

2000

IT’S THE COMBINED DEGREE TOTAL OF 2 ANGLES OF AN EQUILATERAL TRIANGLE

WHAT ARE 120 DEGREES?

2000

We are “at liberty” to say capitalism is also known as this 2-word economy, an unregulated system of economic exchange.

What is free market?

2000

WHEN YOU’RE ON A PLANE, IT’S THE 4-LETTER OPPOSING FORCE OF THRUST

WHAT IS DRAG?

2000

IT’S HOME TO INDIANA UNIVERSITY & THE LITTLE 500 BIKE RACE THAT INSPIRED THE MOVIE “BREAKING AWAY

WHAT IS BLOOMINGTON?

2000

WINSTON CHURCHILL WAS BORN AT THIS OXFORDSHIRE PALACE, A NICE EXAMPLE OF BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE IN ENGLAND

WHAT IS BLENHEIM PALACE?