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WATERFALL TRIVIA Unit 3 – Circles & Spheres

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WATERFALL TRIVIAUnit 3 – Circles & Spheres

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Rules

Questions come in rounds of 5. Turn in answers after a round. Each question will be shown for 2 min. Please use your notes!

Rounds 1 & 2: Questions worth 1-5 points Rounds 3 & 4: Questions worth 6-10 points Final round: Wager 1-15 points

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Round 1 Question 1

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Round 1 Question 2

A 30 year old man married a 25 year old woman. She died at age 50 and her husband was so devastated that he cried for years. Ten years after he stopped crying, he died. If he had lived to be 80, how many years was he a widower?

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Round 1 Question 3

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Round 1 Question 4

By the fall of 1621 only [what fraction?] of the pilgrims, who had sailed on the Mayflower, survived. The survivors, thankful to be alive, decided to give a thanksgiving feast.

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Round 1 Question 5

Your answer MUST

include why.

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End of Round 1 Q1 answer: 120 Q2 answer: 25 years Q3 answer: 4 Q4 answer: ½ Q5 answer: A, is tangent because the

Pythagorean Theorem holds

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Round 2 Question 1

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Round 2 Question 2

In what month is Thanksgiving celebrated in Canada?

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Round 2 Question 3

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Round 2 Question 4

What is at the beginning of eternity, the end of time, the  beginning of every end, and the end of every place?

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Round 2 Question 5

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End of Round 2 Q1 answer: ML = 40, JK = 41 Q2 answer: October Q3 answer: 5 Q4 answer: the letter “e” Q5 answer: 4.5

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Round 3 Question 1

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Round 3 Question 2 A man left a legacy of $10,000 to three relatives

and their wives. 

Together, the wives received $3960. June received $100 more than Camille, and Martha received $100 more than June. Jack Smith was given just as much as his wife, Horace Saunders got half as much again as his wife, and Terry Conners received twice as much as his wife.

Which wife belongs to which husband?

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Round 3 Question 3

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Round 3 Question 4

How many turkeys are raised annually in the United States?

(note: your answer must fall within 20% of the correct answer)

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Round 3 Question 5

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End of Round 3 Q1 answer: 35 Q2 answer: Jack /Camille; Horace

Saunders /June; and Terry Connors/Martha.

Q3 answer: 16 Q4 answer: 250 million (200-300

million are acceptable) Q5 answer: 3

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Round 4 Question 1

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Round 4 Question 2

Use the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 once only, in this multiplication sum to make it correct.   

? ? x ? ------- ? ? ? 

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Round 4 Question 3

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Round 4 Question 4

If today is Tuesday, what is the day after the day before the day  before tomorrow?

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Round 4 Question 5

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End of Round 4 Q1 answer: 13 Q2 answer: 54

x3 ----- 162

Q3 answer: 16.47 Q4 answer: Tuesday Q5 answer: 140

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Round 4 Question 5

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Final Round

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Final Round Solution

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