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Random Trivia
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This is the way in which Jeopardy responses are meant to be given.
What is a question?
100
This is the branch of government responsible for setting legal precedent.
What is judicial?
100
The inverse of cosine is this trig function.
What is secant?
100
According to the blog post (daily reading), this is how often successful math students are able to practice math.
What is daily?
100
This is the first name of Spongebob's boss at the Krusty Krab.
What is Eugene?
200
This is the number of points you would lose to your score if you got this question wrong.
What is 200?
200
This is the name of the contact force that surfaces exert to prevent solid objects from passing through each other. It is always perpendicular to the plane of contact!
What is the normal force?
200
This is the part of the quadratic formula underneath the square root symbol- It tells us whether there are two solutions, one solution, or no solutions.
What is the discriminant?
200
This is the name for the type of learning/ teaching strategy we are doing right now.
What is Game-based learning (Gamification)?
200
This soccer star has scored a record 672 goals for his former club, Barcelona, and achieved his dream of winning a world cup in Qatar 2022.
Who is Lionel Messi?
300
This is the name of the type of question that allows players to wager ranging from $0 to the total they have accumulated.
What is the daily double?
300
Te is the chemical symbol for this element whose chemical number is 52.
What is Tellurium?
300
This is the integral of the function:
f(x) = 9x^2+7
What is
3x^3+7x+C
300
This strategy, mentioned in the blog post is the first step to breaking down a word problem.
What is "Sketch it out" (draw it out)?
300
The Broadway stage musical "Mamma Mia" features the songs of this 1970s Swedish pop group.
What is ABBA?
400
This is the name of the last question in Jeopardy, worth as much as players have accumulated.
What is final jeopardy?
400
Never forget: this mammal is the only living member of the order Proboscidea.
What is an Elephant?
400
This is the formal name for a bell-shaped curve, also known as a normal distribution. It represents a graph where the data clusters around the mean, with the highest frequency in the center, and decreases gradually towards the tails.
What is a Gaussian Distribution?
400
This strategy might involve calculating the discount you’ll receive on your next Target trip, or evaluating a student athlete's 3 pt. % in basketball.
What is "bring math into daily life"?
400
The Lord of the Rings trilogy was filmed entirely in this country. The nation's north and south islands offered diverse landscapes were used to create Middle-earth.
What is New Zealand?
500
This is the undisputed greatest Jeopardy host, RIP.
Who is Alex Trebek?
500
Take the number of keys on a standard piano and multiply by the number of boroughs in New York City, then divide by the number of provinces in Canada. This is that number.
What is 44?
500
This is the determinant of the matrix:
[ 1 -5
-3 7 ]
What is -8?
500
This strategy might involve a student reviewing division to his or her younger cousin.
What is "Teach others math you already know"?
500
These are the three prominent members of the early 2000's group Destiny's Child.
Who are Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams?