Leaders in Statistics
Dinosaurs
"Dura-"
Final
Countdown
200

This professor is widely regarded as the best purveyor of statistics at the Purdue University of Fort Wayne. 

Who is Dr. Garret Marshall?

200

This species of dinosaur was featured as the main antagonist in the 1993 movie Jurassic Park.

What is Tyrannosaurus Rex?

200

A material that is built to last.

What is durable?

200

This song, written by the band Europe, is played at many a sporting event. 

What is "The Final Countdown"?
200

This countdown, happening on __________, celebrates the beginning of another rotation around the Sun. 

What is New Year's Eve?

400

This statistician developed the ANOVA table. 

Who is Sir Ronald Fisher?

400

The Allosaurus ate other large reptiles, and was considered a predator in this period (in time) of the dinosaurs. 

What is the Jurassic period?

400

A medication that is designed as a steroid for leukemia patients. 

What is Duraplex! It has no interaction with patients who have an allergy to monoclonal antibodies. 

400

This American phrase means a person got the better of the other in an argument.

What is "the final word"?

400

This countdown, often used by _______, a major music admission seller, signals how quickly you have to buy your concert entry before they become available for another anxiously-waiting fan. 

What is Ticketmaster?

600

These two statisticians, though at different times, developed the "goodness of fit" test, which tests if a data set follows a certain distribution. 

Who are Andrey Kolmogorov and Nikolai Smirnov?

600

Although its name suggests it has 5 of these, the pentaceratops only had three of this structure. 

What are horns?

600

A new steroid medication that leads to a decrease in the percent increase of neutrophils. 

What is Duraplex?! There is a 0.546% decrease in the %Neutrophils increase term in its regression equation. This means that Duraplex could help quell inflammation and decrease excess neutrophils caused by active leukemia, another action of this great new steroid. 

600

This 1989 film is the fifth installment of its series, which documents a fictional crew traveling around the universe in a large spaceship. 

What is Star Trek V: The Final Frontier?

600

This countdown to _______ is often declared over a radio in Merritt Island, Florida.

What is liftoff?

800

These two statisticians developed this nonparametric "H" test for determining if two or more groups have the same median.

Who are William Kruskal and W. Allen Wallis?

800

Dinosaurs lived through the Triassic, Jurassic, and this next period of history. 

What is Cretaceous?

800

A brand of diesel engines made by General Motors for SUVs and trucks.

What is Duramax?

800

This 2000 horror film follows a teen who has a vision, causing him to not board a plane that later explodes.

What is Final Destination?

800

This countdown sequence is printed on the head leader, and is used to synchronize _____ reel changeovers. 

What is film?

1000

This statistician developed the signed rank test.

Who is Frank Wilcoxon?

1000

High levels of this element, with the atomic number 77, led to the asteroid theory of the dinosaurs' ultimate demise. 

What is iridium?

1000

A new steroid medication that can decrease inflammation, and influence a percent increase of protein in the body. 

What is Duraplex?! It can decrease the percent neutrophils, and does not interact with those who have an allergy to monoclonal antibodies. 

1000

This 2007 sports film follows an underdog baseball team on their journey to defend their state title. 

What is The Final Season?

1000

In this country, a countdown starts at 11:59:50 pm on August 30, and culminates in the singing of their national anthem. 

What is Malaysia?