CMU Professors
Econ Research Club
General Econ Trivia
CMU Trivia
Random Things
400
The pronunciation of the last name of our club advisor
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400
This is the most common major among Econ Research Club members
What is Economics and Mathematics?
400
This type of good increases in quantity demanded when price increases.
What is a Giffen Good?
400
SIO stands for this
What is Student Information Online?
400
In Star Wars, the planet Tatooine has this many suns
What is four?
800
Professor Gasper makes you buy this app in Principles of Micro
What is Reef?
800
The author of the ERC’s 2020 summer reading book
Who is Thomas Philippon?
800
This economist predicted that as the population rises, GDP per capita falls (and vice versa)
Who is Thomas Malthus?
800
This former CMU professor won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1978 "for his pioneering research into the decision-making process within economic organizations."
Who is Herbert Simon?
800
This football player won the 2019-2020 NFL MVP award
Who is Lamar Jackson?
1200
Name this former CMU professor, who was nominated to the Fed Board of Governors in 2017
Who is Marvin Goodfriend?
1200
The state that Daniel lives in
Where is Connecticut?
1200
This type of demand exists when price has no effect on the quantity demanded
What is perfectly inelastic demand?
1200
When the fence got the Guinness book record for most painted object, the paint was this thick
What is 6 inches?
1200
The Inheritance Cycle book series starts with this book
What is Eragon?
1600
This was Professor Gasper's major as an undergrad at CMU
What is Logic and Computation?
1600
Lucas went to this high school
What is Jasper/TAMS? (either is acceptable)
1600
Name the author of Why Nations Fail and the principles of micro/macro textbooks, as seen here:
Who is Daron Acemoglu?
1600
Gesling Stadium (our football field) can seat this many people
How many is 3,500?
1600
This is the pen name for the author of the Tintin Comic Series
What is Herge?
2000
Professor Ales majored in this field as an undergrad
What is physics?
2000
This year/month had the economics research club’s first paper discussion
What is November 2018?
2000
Any Nash equilibrium also satisfies this solution concept, which only requires that players are rational and that players know that other players are rational.
What is rationalizability?
2000
Name this CMU alum, who was the subject of the movie 127 hours
Who is Aron Ralston?
2000
The famous “Here’s Johnny” in The Shining is in reference to this nightly tv talk show
What is The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson