Probability
Game Shows
Ball Sports
Purple
1% Club
100
What is Pr(green) for this spinner?
1/5 or 20%
100
What punishment, which is also an annoying favourite of members of this class, is handed out to someone who gets a question wrong on the Chunkz & Filly Show Quiz episodes?
Neck slap
100
Which type of rugby do the Cronulla Sharks play: Rugby League, or Rugby Union?
Rugby League
100
What is the name of this purple vegetable?
Radish
200
What is the probability of drawing a "face card" from a deck of 52 playing cards?
Jacks, Queens and Kings are "face cards"
12/52 or 23%
200
YouTube interview show "Hot Ones" features interviews with celebrities while they try and eat what?
Chicken wings coated in hot sauce
200
This specific soccer ball, called the Adidas Jabulani, was created for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Which country hosted this World Cup?
South Africa
200
What was the name of the original Purple Wiggle?
Jeff
300
What is the complement of rolling an even number on a standard 6-sided dice?
Note: Not the probability of the complement
rolling an odd number (or rolling 1, 3 or 5)
300
This was a $500,000 question on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. See if you can answer it:
Frodo--is the main character of the Lord of the Rings series
300
Which tall forward has been the Coleman Medal winner in the AFL for the last 2 years in a row?
(Most goals kicked in a season)
Charlie Curnow
300
Is purple the top or the bottom colour of the pride flag?
Bottom!
400
What is Pr(GREEN') for this spinner?
Note: Remember that ' denotes the complement of an event.
Pr (GREEN) = 3/8
So Pr(GREEN') = 5/8
400
The 1% Club is a gameshow where contestants try and solve increasingly difficult brain teasers. Can you solve this 60% question from the show? (60% of people got it right)
Richard is older than Clare. Jojo is older than Hennie. Hennie is older than Richard. Who is the oldest?
Jojo
400
Which of the following father-son NBA duos have scored the most combined points in the NBA?
A) Kobe Bryant and Joe Bryant
B) Steph Curry and Dell Curry
C) Lebron James and Bronny James
D) Klay Thompson and Mychal Thompson
A) Kobe Bryant and Joe Bryant - 38,895
B) Steph Curry and Dell Curry - 34,857
C) Lebron James and Bronny James - 40,474
D) Klay Thompson and Mychal Thompson - 27,226
Note: Bronny has scored 0 of those points...
400
Which of the following is NOT a shade of purple?
A) Mauve
B) Violet
C) Azure
D) Lilac
C) Azure
400
10% Question:
SSM
500
What is Pr(<3) for this spinner?
Pr (<3) has three outcomes - 1,1,2
Nine total outcomes
So Pr(<3) = 3/9 or 1/3
500
In the actual TV show Jeopardy!, what is the special rule about how contestants must give their answers?
They must answer in the form of a question
500
What is the name given to the smallest and most valuable ball in the game of Quidditch, which flies around the field and effectively wins the game for whichever team catches it?
The Golden Snitch (often known as just the Snitch)
500
What does each letter in the acronym LGBTQIA+ typically stand for?
100 points for each one correctly identified
Usually:
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual/Aromantic/Agender
+ indicates inclusion of people who belong to the community but don't necessarily identify with any of the above labels (i.e. pan, non-binary, etc)
500
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