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100

Who was our class guest for the Aga Khan Foundation Syria Case?

Who is Mohannad Obaido (CEO of AKF Syria)?

100

Which Options Memo received the most submissions? CASA-1000, Charlotte School System, Syria Chemical Weapon or OBBBA Tax and Medicaid Cuts?

What is OBBBA Tax and Medicaid Cuts?

100

What is the 4th step of the PDD framework?

What is establish evaluative criteria?

100

Which case was our shortest?

What was Wolong Nature Reserve (China)?

100

What is the case writing team called at HKS? A member was present in numerous classes with new cases such as AKF in Syria, OBBBA, and Charlotte’s Struggle for School Integration?

What is SLATE?

200

Which group did Madame Bineta Diop assist during CASA-1000?

What is civil society?

200

Which Issue Memo received the most submissions? Jakarta Motorcycles, Canada Gender Budgeting or El Salvador Cryptocurrency?

What is Jakarta Motorcycles?

200

What are the three categories of risk?

What are preventable risks, strategy risks, and external risks?

200

How many provinces does Canada have? You did two Canadian cases - Gender Budgeting and Pricing the Ontario Police.

What is 10 provinces?

200

What intuitive power should you always use when reading a case or approaching a policy problem?

What is Sixth Sense?

300

Who was our first guest speaker?

Who is Dr Chatib Basri (Former Finance Minister of Indonesia)?

300

What was the average turnaround time for Professor Sumar to grade an assignment?

What is ~5 days?

300

For OKRs, which we explored through the Syria Chemical Weapons case, we learned that objectives should be SMART. What does SMART stand for?

What is Specific, Measurable, Actionable, Relevant, Time-bound?

300

What year was the German Integration Act passed? (Refugees Case)

What is 2016?

300

What article of clothing was a point of discussion with Minister Morneau?

What is his shoes?

400

Who joined Professor Sumar in our second Betas Unplugged?

Who is Madame Bineta Diop?

400

What was the average number of comments per hour in our PDD classes?

What is 29.5? (vs school average of 11.7)

400

What are 2 types of costs that you should account for when budgeting?

What are fixed costs and variable costs?

400

What was the total budget of the CASA-1000 regional power project?

What is $1.2 Billion?

400

What is the Astrological star sign of someone on the teaching team?

What is Fatema - Scorpio, Grace - Aeris, Colin - Scorpio?

500

Who was the former Canadian Finance Minister that joined our class and what case were we working on?

Who is Bill Morneau? What is the Gender Budgeting in Canada?

500

How many office hour sessions did the Beta Teaching Team collectively host?

What is 164?

500

What does RACI stand for regarding the matrix we used for planning in implementation?

What is Responsible, Accountable, Consult and Support, Informed?

500

Who was the President of Liberia at the time of the Buchanan Renewables case?

Who is President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf?

500

How many comments has our highest participant made this semester?

What is 28?