Actuarial Science
Actuaries work primarily with this broad type of uncertainty about future events.
What is risk?
This country, located in two continents, is the largest in the world by land area.
What is Russia?
This animated TV series takes place in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom.
What is Spongebob Squarepants?
Your phone switches to “night mode” to reduce this type of high-energy visible radiation.
What is blue light?
For her work in radiation, this Polish-born physicist became the first female Nobel laureate in 1903.
Who is Marie Curie?
The two major practice areas in the U.S. actuarial profession are life/health and this.
What is property & casualty?
This country is the only one that is also a continent.
What is Australia?
This 2019 film became the highest-grossing movie of all time.
What is Avengers: Endgame?
Lithium-ion batteries store energy chemically. Charging moves lithium ions between the anode and this component.
What is a cathode?
In 1966, she became the first woman to complete the Boston marathon.
Who is Bobbi Gibb?
In insurance, the amount the policyholder must pay before the insurer begins paying is called this.
What is a deductible?
This river flows South to North, and flows through Cairo.
What is the Nile?
This 2013 video game became the fastest-selling entertainment product ever, earning $1 billion in its first three days.
What is Grand Theft Auto V?
GPS satellites must account for this physics effect predicted by Einstein to keep accurate time.
What is time dilation? (Also acceptable: relativity)
The first televised presidential debate in the U.S. featured Richard Nixon and this Massachusetts native.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
This dollar amount can be calculated by multiplying the average claim size by the number of expected claims.
What is expected loss?
This West African country has the largest population on the continent.
What is Nigeria?
This video game franchise includes the regions Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh.
What is Pokémon?
This law in electrical engineering gives the relationship between current, potential, and resistance.
What is Ohm's law?
In 1961, this cosmonaut became the first human being to orbit the Earth.
Who is Yuri Gargarin?
This probability distribution is often used for the number of insurance claims occurring in a fixed time period.
What is the Poisson distribution?
This Asian capital is the highest-altitude capital city in the world.
What is Kathmandu?
This artist holds the record for the most-streamed song in Spotify history.
Who is The Weeknd?
A quark is a subatomic particle that comes in six flavors: up, down, top, bottom, strange, and this.
What is charm?
The first video uploaded to YouTube, titled "Me at the zoo", featured this land animal.
What is an elephant?