General Trig and Word Problems
LOS/LOC/Other
Endgame
Popculture Before and After
Movies Before and After
100
There are three trig identities called "pythagorean identities". Give two of the three.
Sin^2+Cos^2=1
1+Cot^2=Csc^2
Tan^1+1=Sec^2
100
Find the length of side c:
6.6663
100
You own all utilities, railroads & properties & your family is seething at your sheer ruthlessness in this game
Monopoly
100
A certain US President becomes a slang term for victory
Donald Trump Card
100
Mouselike boy in an E.B. White story becomes a constellation
Stuart Little Dipper
200
Suppose I am given a SSS triangle with one of the three angles as well. What kind of mistake could I make while solving using LOS/LOC that would cause me to get an incorrect answer from my calculator?
Using LOS to solve for the obtuse angle
200
Determine how many triangles are formed for triangle MNO:
m=7, n=12, M=83 degrees
None
200
I yelled the name of the game to indicate how many cards I had left, & my next play will end things
Uno
200
The Bronx female rapper on "Boy's A Liar, Pt. 2" joins forces with a British girl group featuring Posh & Sporty
Ice Spice Girls
200
Darth Vader chops off Luke's hand, so Marty fills in on guitar at the dance
Empire Strikes Back to the Future
300
Sitting in a helicopter, I spot a student on the ground with an angle of depression of 34 degrees. If my helicopter is 150 feet in the air, how far am I horizontally from the student?
222.3841 feet
300
Determine how many triangles are formed for the given information about triangle JFK:
j=22, k=22, J=91 degrees
None
300
The turn gave me 3 of a kind & now the river makes it 4... everyone's all-in & I'm feelin' pretty good about my chances in this game
Texas Hold' Em
300
A certain ancient civilization that men obsess over in a TikTok trend time travels & becomes a Jay-Z song about NYC
Roman Empire State of Mind
300
Drew Barrymore and her Crime Fighting Trio of Women go on to win some baseball games with heavenly assistance
Charlie's Angels in the Outfield
400
One student leaves the school at 2PM at a bearing of N32W, walking at a speed of 10MPH. Another student leaves the school at a bearing of N22E at 3PM, walking at a speed of 6MPH. How far are the two students from each other at 3:30PM?
13.4573 miles
400
Write the equation for a spring with the following properties:
-Displaces 16 feet above and below the resting point
-Is knocked upwards from rest to begin its motion
-Has a frequency of
1/3
y=16sin((2pi)/3t)
400
Sub-Zero is on the ropes, & Sonya has been told to "Finish him!!" in this video game franchise; Sonya shall indeed finish hi
Mortal Kombat
400
Ken's rhyming dream abode in the film "Barbie" hatches into a prequel of "Game of Thrones"
Mojo Dojo Casa House of the Dragons
400
Gollum plummets into the crack of Doom in the third Lord of the Rings Film, causing a large ape to plummet from the top of the Empire State Building
Return of the King Kong
500
I fly due west from an airport for 300 miles, then turn at a bearing of N10W for a further 300 miles. At what bearing should I turn if I want to return to the airport?
S50E
500
Give the THREE types of triangles that could result in an ambiguous case (we only mentioned two in class!)
SSA, SSS, AAA
500
In this game, used as a metaphor in Samuel Beckett's "Endgame", I forgot to use the Schlechter Defense against the Danish Gambit; I'm toast
Chess
500
Link's video game franchise links up with the wife of writer F. Scott
Legend of Zelda Fitzgerald
500
JK Rowling's first potter movie has trouble with a certain rock & a "chilly" WWE star
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Cold Steve Austin