Freakonomics
What do school teachers are sumo wrestlers have in common?
They both cheat.
What are the 3 rules of how epidemcs spread?
How old am I?
29
What is the capitol of the USA?
Washington D.C.
This 1997 movie was the first movie to gross over $1 billion worldwide.
Titanic
What does a real estate agent do differently for themselves compared to you?
They will sell their own house for more money than they would yours.
What two children's shows does the book talk about in relation to their stickiness factor?
Sesame Street and Blue's Clues.
Where am I from?
New Jersey, USA
How many presidents has America had?
47
Which of these statements is true?
Cleopatra lived closer to the invention of the iPhone than to the creation of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
The T-Rex lived closer in time to humans than to the Stegosaurus.
Cleopatra lived closer to the invention of the iPhone than to the creation of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
They both work like a business with a well organized structure of "employees" in different positions that generate well documented revenue.
What is a connector, maven, and salesman?
Connector: Someone who is very good at making friends/acquaintances
Maven: Someone who is very good at spreading information
Salesman: Someone who is very good at persuading you to do something
What is my favorite video game?
StarCraft
Americans fought against this colonial superpower during the American Revolution.
The British (England/Great Britain)
Which country is the only country in the world to have a flag that is not a rectangle or square?
Nepal
Of these 4 statements, choose the 2 that are strongly correlated with high tests scores in children:
1. The child is adopted.
2. The child is regularly spanked.
3. The child's parents read to them every day.
4. The child had a low birthweight.
1 and 4
Why would a news story of a very famous celebrity committing suicide result in a higher suicide rate for the public in the days following the news story?
For how many years have I played the drums?
Name 3 famous United States monuments/tourist destinations.
Ex. Statue of Liberty/Grand Canyon/Mt. Rushmore/Lincoln Memorial
This is the closest galaxy to the Milky Way, and it is on a collision course with our galaxy, expected to merge in about 4.5 billion years.
Andromeda Galaxy
Why is it that a boy named DeShawn would likely have a worse life outcome than a boy named Jake?
A DeShawn is more likely to have been handicapped by a low-income, low-education, single-parent background. His name is an indicator of his outcome.
Why did the Airwalk shoes epidemic end?
Airwalk switched strategies from giving specialty shops special deals and made their product more mainstream. It lost its uniqueness and thus its appeal.
When did I first come to Chungdahm?
October 2022
Correctly label 5 states on a blank map of the United States
Name the 5 official royal palaces of Seoul.
1. Gyeongbokgung Palace (경복궁)
2. Changdeokgung Palace (창덕궁)
3. Changgyeonggung Palace (창경궁)
4. Deoksugung Palace (덕수궁)
5. Gyeonghuigung Palace (경희궁)