Aspen Institute
Policy Academy
Winter Holidays
Misc Culture
100

What is a sub-award sheet for?

Great question! 

Nominally to identify grant terms for an honorarium letter (but all of that is also listed in Tipalti)

100

How many nametags did we stuff at our Demo Day?

214

100

Name 3 traditional winter holidays.

Accept a variety. Preferred- Hannukah, Christmas, Kwanzaa. 

100

Who won the Superbowl last year?

Eagles

200

who is walter paepke?

the founder of the aspen institute and gentrifier extraordinaire of aspen CO

200

There are 3 skills mentioned in Kateri's bio on our website. Without looking, name them.

Italian, Volleyball, Knitting

200

Which popular holiday song, written in 1857 and still sung today, was originally intended for Thanksgiving?

Jingle Bells

200

How many franchises of Love Island are there? Bonus points if you name more than 4.

Albania, Australia, Canada (Quebec), Czech/Slovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Netherlands/Belgium, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, UK, USA, All Stars, Games

(27)

300

name 5 members of the executive team

dan porterfield, maria acebal, lorelle atkinson, andrew axelrod, suzanne berger, miecha forbes, elliot gerson, christian hartranft, kaya henderson, jinhee jim, stace lindsay, jim pickup

300

Without looking, what are the 3 steps you must take to display your Google presentation full-screen?

1. Presenter view 

2. Option 1: Toggle top 3 dots on the top right of your chrome window then full screen button next to "zoom" 

2. Option 2: Click the 3 dots on the slideshow (next to slide number) and "enter full screen"

300

Define shamash.

"Shamash", or helper in English, is the candle in the middle. The Menorah with seven branches were in the First and Second Temples of Jerusalem. The shamash sits a bit higher or lower than the others to help identify it.

300
Name 5 of Taylor Swift's albums in chronological order.

Taylor Swift

Fearless

Speak Now

Red

1989

Reputation

Lover 

Folklore

Evermore

(accept taylor's versions here)

Midnights

Tortured Poets Department

Life of a Showgirl

400

how many people are in the #general channel of aspen slack?

607

400

How many months before presenting a slide deck does Betsy need to see new content?

Preferred answer: 2 months. Accept below if they specify what type of content it is

  • 2 months in advance: Outline of overall course, flagging new content

  • 1 month in advance: Slide deck with outline of new content (with placeholder slides for content)

  • No later than 2 weeks in advance: Decks to Betsy for review.

400

A kinara has 3 candle colors. What does each color symbolize? (Hint: Red, Green, and Black)

The green candles stand for hope and the future, the red candles represent struggle, the black candle represents the people.

400

How many works is Kirkegaard credited with?

over 40 texts and 40 articles (accept 40 or 80)

500

What is our mission statement?

We ignite human potential to build understanding and create new possibilities for a better world.

500

Name the birthdays of each team member, in order. (Half points if you can get the birth month)

January: Andrew (11),  Betsy (19)

February 27: Kate

May 22: Kateri

July 5: Mai

August 12: Brooke

October: Gloria (4), Laura (25)

500

When and where did the first Winter Olympics take place?

1924 in Chamonix

500

What was the first feature-length animated movie ever released?

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs