WWTBAM Bored

Posted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:31 am**

Please read the rules, blah blah blah.

After today's questions, this coming Monday's FJ category will be revealed. You can put your wager in the Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday threads. If you bet more than you end up having, I'll round down to what you have.

Single Jeopardy: "Born to Run"
$200 - Winner of four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, much to the consternation of the host Head of State

$400 - In addition to winning the Olympic 100 Meters, he also won 4 consecutive gold medals in the long jump

$600 - He won the Olympic marathon in 1960 while running barefoot and in 1964 six weeks after his appendix was removed

$800 - In 1964, as a high school student, he ran the mile in under 4 minutes. Later he ran for, and won, a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives

$1000 - Her collision with Mary Decker in the 1984 Olympics might well not have been her fault

Double Jeopardy - "Math Tricks"
$400 - To multiply single-digit numbers by this number, hold up both hands, and fold down the finger corresponding to the number you're multiplying by.

$800 - To see if a number is a multiple of one of these two single-digit numbers, add the digits and see if the sum is a multiple.

$1200 - Depending on which school you attended, you may have learned "SOH-CAH-TOA" or "Oliver Has a Heap of Apples" as mnemonics for computing these three functions of an angle in a right triangle.

$1600 - Six and twenty-eight are examples of this type of number whose factors (except for the number itself) add up to the number.

$2000 - Legend has it this mathematician's teacher tried to kill some time by having him add the numbers 1 to 100. He derived the triangular number formula and frustrated the teacher by finishing in mere instants.

This week's FJ category (please put your wager in a SEPARATE spoiler):
January 2006 Obituaries

Posted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:48 am**

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ToLiveIsToFly wrote:Please read the rules, blah blah blah.

After today's questions, this coming Monday's FJ category will be revealed. You can put your wager in the Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday threads. If you bet more than you end up having, I'll round down to what you have.

Single Jeopardy: "Born to Run"
$200 - Winner of four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, much to the consternation of the host Head of State
JESSE OWENS

$400 - In addition to winning the Olympic 100 Meters, he also won 4 consecutive gold medals in the long jump
CARL LEWIS

$600 - He won the Olympic marathon in 1960 while running barefoot and in 1964 six weeks after his appendix was removed
ABEBE BIKILA

$800 - In 1964, as a high school student, he ran the mile in under 4 minutes. Later he ran for, and won, a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives
JIM RYUN

$1000 - Her collision with Mary Decker in the 1984 Olympics might well not have been her fault
ZOLA BUDD

Double Jeopardy - "Math Tricks"
$400 - To multiply single-digit numbers by this number, hold up both hands, and fold down the finger corresponding to the number you're multiplying by.
NINE

$800 - To see if a number is a multiple of one of these two single-digit numbers, add the digits and see if the sum is a multiple.
CLAM

$1200 - Depending on which school you attended, you may have learned "SOH-CAH-TOA" or "Oliver Has a Heap of Apples" as mnemonics for computing these three functions of an angle in a right triangle.
SINE, COSINE, TANGENT

$1600 - Six and twenty-eight are examples of this type of number whose factors (except for the number itself) add up to the number.
CLAM

$2000 - Legend has it this mathematician's teacher tried to kill some time by having him add the numbers 1 to 100. He derived the triangular number formula and frustrated the teacher by finishing in mere instants.
CLAM

This week's FJ category (please put your wager in a SEPARATE spoiler):
January 2006 Obituaries

FINAL JEOPARDY WAGER:

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4000

Posted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:52 am**

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Single Jeopardy: "Born to Run"
$200 - Jesse Owens
$400 - Carl Lewis

Double Jeopardy - "Math Tricks"
$400 - Nine
$800 - Three and Nine.
$1200 - Sine, Cosine, Tangent. (I learned them as Some Old Hen Caught Another Hen Taking Oats Away)

This week's FJ category (please put your wager in a SEPARATE spoiler):
January 2006 Obituaries

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I'll wager 2000 if I've got that much available.

Posted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:55 am**

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Single Jeopardy: "Born to Run"

$200 - Jesse Owens

$400 - Carl Lewis

$600 - Abebe Bikela

$800 - I think I know but PASS

$1000 - Zola Budd

Double Jeopardy - "Math Tricks"

$400 - 9

$800 - 3 and 9

$1200 - PASS

$1600 - Perfect Number

$2000 - PASS

Posted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:57 am**

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Single Jeopardy: "Born to Run"
$200 - Winner of four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, much to the consternation of the host Head of State
Jesse Owens

Double Jeopardy - "Math Tricks"
$400 - To multiply single-digit numbers by this number, hold up both hands, and fold down the finger corresponding to the number you're multiplying by.
Huh?

$1200 - Depending on which school you attended, you may have learned "SOH-CAH-TOA" or "Oliver Has a Heap of Apples" as mnemonics for computing these three functions of an angle in a right triangle.
What are sines, cosines and tangents.

$1600 - Six and twenty-eight are examples of this type of number whose factors (except for the number itself) add up to the number.
What are perfect numbers. (Thank you, AYSTA5G.)

This week's FJ category (please put your wager in a SEPARATE spoiler):
January 2006 Obituaries

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I'll wager everything I have.

Posted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:12 pm**

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Single Jeopardy: "Born to Run"
$200 - Jesse Owens
$1000 - Zola Budd

Double Jeopardy - "Math Tricks"
$400 - Nine
$800 - Three and Nine
$1200 - Sines, Cosines and Tangents
$1600 - Perfect Numbers

Final Wager

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Wager: $5,000

Posted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:13 pm**

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Single Jeopardy: "Born to Run"
$200 - Winner of four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, much to the consternation of the host Head of State JESSE OWENS

$400 - In addition to winning the Olympic 100 Meters, he also won 4 consecutive gold medals in the long jump CARL LEWIS

$600 - He won the Olympic marathon in 1960 while running barefoot and in 1964 six weeks after his appendix was removed NOPE

$800 - In 1964, as a high school student, he ran the mile in under 4 minutes. Later he ran for, and won, a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives NOPE

$1000 - Her collision with Mary Decker in the 1984 Olympics might well not have been her fault ZOLA BUDD

Double Jeopardy - "Math Tricks"
$400 - To multiply single-digit numbers by this number, hold up both hands, and fold down the finger corresponding to the number you're multiplying by. I FEEL SO STOOPID AND I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE HECK YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT

$800 - To see if a number is a multiple of one of these two single-digit numbers, add the digits and see if the sum is a multiple. MY HEAD IS SPINNING

$1200 - Depending on which school you attended, you may have learned "SOH-CAH-TOA" or "Oliver Has a Heap of Apples" as mnemonics for computing these three functions of an angle in a right triangle. SINE CO-SINE AND TANGENT

$1600 - Six and twenty-eight are examples of this type of number whose factors (except for the number itself) add up to the number. NOPE

$2000 - Legend has it this mathematician's teacher tried to kill some time by having him add the numbers 1 to 100. He derived the triangular number formula and frustrated the teacher by finishing in mere instants. NOPE

This week's FJ category (please put your wager in a SEPARATE spoiler):
January 2006 Obituaries[/quote]

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all I have

Posted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:21 pm**

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200 - Jesse Owens
400 - Carl Lewis
600 - nope
800 - nope
1000 - Zola Budd

DJ

400 - 9
800 - 3&9
1200 - sines, cosines and tangents
1600 - perfect numbers

FJ wager

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all but 50

t.

Posted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:22 pm**

ToLiveIsToFly wrote:Please read the rules, blah blah blah.

After today's questions, this coming Monday's FJ category will be revealed. You can put your wager in the Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday threads. If you bet more than you end up having, I'll round down to what you have.

Single Jeopardy: "Born to Run"
$200 - Winner of four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, much to the consternation of the host Head of State

$400 - In addition to winning the Olympic 100 Meters, he also won 4 consecutive gold medals in the long jump

$600 - He won the Olympic marathon in 1960 while running barefoot and in 1964 six weeks after his appendix was removed

$800 - In 1964, as a high school student, he ran the mile in under 4 minutes. Later he ran for, and won, a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives

$1000 - Her collision with Mary Decker in the 1984 Olympics might well not have been her fault

Double Jeopardy - "Math Tricks"
$400 - To multiply single-digit numbers by this number, hold up both hands, and fold down the finger corresponding to the number you're multiplying by.

$800 - To see if a number is a multiple of one of these two single-digit numbers, add the digits and see if the sum is a multiple.

$1200 - Depending on which school you attended, you may have learned "SOH-CAH-TOA" or "Oliver Has a Heap of Apples" as mnemonics for computing these three functions of an angle in a right triangle.

$1600 - Six and twenty-eight are examples of this type of number whose factors (except for the number itself) add up to the number.

$2000 - Legend has it this mathematician's teacher tried to kill some time by having him add the numbers 1 to 100. He derived the triangular number formula and frustrated the teacher by finishing in mere instants.

This week's FJ category (please put your wager in a SEPARATE spoiler):
January 2006 Obituaries

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Jesse Owens
Carl Lewis
Abebe Bikila
Jim Ryun
Zola Budd

Nine
Three, Nine
Sine, Cosine, Tangent (no mnemonics that I recall at my school)
Perfect number
[staying clam]

Posted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:34 pm**

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"Born to Run"
$200 - Jessie Owens

$400 - Carl Lewis

$600 - Abebe Bikila

$800 - Jim Ryun

$1000 - Zola Budd

"Math Tricks"
$400 - 9

$800 - 3 & 9

$1200 - sine, cosine & tangent

$1600 - Perfect number

$2000 - Pascal

Final Jeopardy

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Wager all of my points/cash

Posted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:54 pm**

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$200 - Who was Jesse Owens?
$400 - Who is Carl Lewis?
$600 - Who was Abebe Bikila?
$800 - Who is Jim Ryun?
$1000 - Who is Rudd?

$400 - What is 9?
$800 - What is 3?
$1200 - What are the sine, cosine, and tangent?
$1600 - What is a perfect number?
$2000 - Who was Pascal?

This week's FJ category (please put your wager in a SEPARATE spoiler):
January 2006 Obituaries

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Everything

Posted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 1:00 pm**

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Single Jeopardy: "Born to Run"
$200 - Winner of four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, much to the consternation of the host Head of State - Jesse Owens

$400 - In addition to winning the Olympic 100 Meters, he also won 4 consecutive gold medals in the long jump

$600 - He won the Olympic marathon in 1960 while running barefoot and in 1964 six weeks after his appendix was removed

$800 - In 1964, as a high school student, he ran the mile in under 4 minutes. Later he ran for, and won, a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives

$1000 - Her collision with Mary Decker in the 1984 Olympics might well not have been her fault

Double Jeopardy - "Math Tricks"
$400 - To multiply single-digit numbers by this number, hold up both hands, and fold down the finger corresponding to the number you're multiplying by. - 9

$800 - To see if a number is a multiple of one of these two single-digit numbers, add the digits and see if the sum is a multiple. - 3 & 9

$1200 - Depending on which school you attended, you may have learned "SOH-CAH-TOA" or "Oliver Has a Heap of Apples" as mnemonics for computing these three functions of an angle in a right triangle. - Sine, cosine, tangent

$1600 - Six and twenty-eight are examples of this type of number whose factors (except for the number itself) add up to the number. - Perfect number (The next one is 496... I got a Quiz Bowl question right one time naming the first 3 perfect numbers.... and I learned it on Square One TV!)

$2000 - Legend has it this mathematician's teacher tried to kill some time by having him add the numbers 1 to 100. He derived the triangular number formula and frustrated the teacher by finishing in mere instants.

This week's FJ category (please put your wager in a SEPARATE spoiler):
January 2006 Obituaries

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I don't really know what I got, but I'm going to go conservative anyway.... $1,000

Posted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 1:26 pm**

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Single Jeopardy: "Born to Run"
$200 - WHO WAS JESSE OWENS?

$400 - In addition to winning the Olympic 100 Meters, he also won 4 consecutive gold medals in the long jump

$600 - He won the Olympic marathon in 1960 while running barefoot and in 1964 six weeks after his appendix was removed

$800 - In 1964, as a high school student, he ran the mile in under 4 minutes. Later he ran for, and won, a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives

$1000 - Her collision with Mary Decker in the 1984 Olympics might well not have been her fault

Double Jeopardy - "Math Tricks"
$400 - WHAT IS NINE?

$800 - WHAT ARE THREE AND NINE?

$1200 - WHAT ARE SINE, COSINE, AND TANGENT?

$1600 - Six and twenty-eight are examples of this type of number whose factors (except for the number itself) add up to the number.

$2000 - Legend has it this mathematician's teacher tried to kill some time by having him add the numbers 1 to 100. He derived the triangular number formula and frustrated the teacher by finishing in mere instants.

Posted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 1:27 pm**

This week's FJ category (please put your wager in a SEPARATE spoiler):
January 2006 Obituaries

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$5000

Posted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 2:07 pm**

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Single Jeopardy: "Born to Run"
$200 - Winner of four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, much to the consternation of the host Head of State
Jesse Owens
$400 - In addition to winning the Olympic 100 Meters, he also won 4 consecutive gold medals in the long jump
Carl Lewis?
$600 - He won the Olympic marathon in 1960 while running barefoot and in 1964 six weeks after his appendix was removed
{{Keeping clam}}
$800 - In 1964, as a high school student, he ran the mile in under 4 minutes. Later he ran for, and won, a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives
Jim Ryun?
$1000 - Her collision with Mary Decker in the 1984 Olympics might well not have been her fault
Zola Budd
Double Jeopardy - "Math Tricks"
$400 - To multiply single-digit numbers by this number, hold up both hands, and fold down the finger corresponding to the number you're multiplying by.
9?
$800 - To see if a number is a multiple of one of these two single-digit numbers, add the digits and see if the sum is a multiple.
{{Keeping clam}}
$1200 - Depending on which school you attended, you may have learned "SOH-CAH-TOA" or "Oliver Has a Heap of Apples" as mnemonics for computing these three functions of an angle in a right triangle.
Sine, cosine, tangent?
$1600 - Six and twenty-eight are examples of this type of number whose factors (except for the number itself) add up to the number.
{{Keeping clam}}
$2000 - Legend has it this mathematician's teacher tried to kill some time by having him add the numbers 1 to 100. He derived the triangular number formula and frustrated the teacher by finishing in mere instants.
{{Keeping clam}}
This week's FJ category (please put your wager in a SEPARATE spoiler):
January 2006 Obituaries

Posted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 2:21 pm**

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Single Jeopardy: "Born to Run"
$200 - Winner of four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, much to the consternation of the host Head of State

JESSE OWENS

$400 - In addition to winning the Olympic 100 Meters, he also won 4 consecutive gold medals in the long jump

CARL LEWIS

$600 - He won the Olympic marathon in 1960 while running barefoot and in 1964 six weeks after his appendix was removed

N/A

$800 - In 1964, as a high school student, he ran the mile in under 4 minutes. Later he ran for, and won, a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives

ROGER BANNISTER

$1000 - Her collision with Mary Decker in the 1984 Olympics might well not have been her fault

ZOLA BUDD

Double Jeopardy - "Math Tricks"

I don't know enough about math to even understand most of these questions. Ha!

$400 - To multiply single-digit numbers by this number, hold up both hands, and fold down the finger corresponding to the number you're multiplying by.

9

$800 - To see if a number is a multiple of one of these two single-digit numbers, add the digits and see if the sum is a multiple.

2 and 3

$1200 - Depending on which school you attended, you may have learned "SOH-CAH-TOA" or "Oliver Has a Heap of Apples" as mnemonics for computing these three functions of an angle in a right triangle.

N/A

$1600 - Six and twenty-eight are examples of this type of number whose factors (except for the number itself) add up to the number.

N/A

$2000 - Legend has it this mathematician's teacher tried to kill some time by having him add the numbers 1 to 100. He derived the triangular number formula and frustrated the teacher by finishing in mere instants.

GAUSS

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10k, if I have that much. If not, then what I have minus 4k

Posted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 3:17 pm**

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$200 -
$400 - Who is Johnson?
$600 -
$800 -
$1000 -

$400 - What is 9?
$800 - What are 3 and 9?
$1200 - What are sine (opposite/hypotenuse), cosine (adjacent/hypotenuse), and tangent (opposite/adjacent)?
$1600 - What are perfect numbers?
$2000 - Who is Euler?

FJ wager:

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$5000

Posted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 3:17 pm**

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$200 - Jesse Owens

$400 - Pass

$600 - Pass

$800 - Pass (I KNOW it, I remember when it happened, I just can't come up with it...)

$1000 - Zola Budd

Double Jeopardy - "Math Tricks"
$400 - Pass (I have no idea what this question is asking)

$800 - The single digit numbers would be 1 and 9: every number is a multiple of 1, and multiples of 9 are digitable to other multiples of 9.

$1200 - Never heard any of these, but from the pattern the answer must be sine-cosine-tangent (or rather, the relationships thereof)

$1600 - Perfect Numbers.

$2000 - Gauss; I remember this stunt from when I encountered, um, a similar situation when I was in school; fortunately, I had already read about Gauss...

And for my FJ Wager,

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I will wager 10,000

Posted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 4:07 pm**

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Single Jeopardy: "Born to Run"
$200 - Winner of four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, much to the consternation of the host Head of State

Who is Jesse Owens?

$400 - In addition to winning the Olympic 100 Meters, he also won 4 consecutive gold medals in the long jump

Who is Carl Lewis?

$600 - He won the Olympic marathon in 1960 while running barefoot and in 1964 six weeks after his appendix was removed

$800 - In 1964, as a high school student, he ran the mile in under 4 minutes. Later he ran for, and won, a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives

Who is Jim Ryun?

$1000 - Her collision with Mary Decker in the 1984 Olympics might well not have been her fault

Who is Zola Budd?

Double Jeopardy - "Math Tricks"
$400 - To multiply single-digit numbers by this number, hold up both hands, and fold down the finger corresponding to the number you're multiplying by.

Cool! What is Nine?

$800 - To see if a number is a multiple of one of these two single-digit numbers, add the digits and see if the sum is a multiple.

Double cool! What are Three and Nine?

$1200 - Depending on which school you attended, you may have learned "SOH-CAH-TOA" or "Oliver Has a Heap of Apples" as mnemonics for computing these three functions of an angle in a right triangle.

What are sine, cosine, and tangent?

$1600 - Six and twenty-eight are examples of this type of number whose factors (except for the number itself) add up to the number.

$2000 - Legend has it this mathematician's teacher tried to kill some time by having him add the numbers 1 to 100. He derived the triangular number formula and frustrated the teacher by finishing in mere instants.

This week's FJ category (please put your wager in a SEPARATE spoiler):
January 2006 Obituaries

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FJ wager: All I've got.

Posted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 4:20 pm**

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$200 - Winner of four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, much to the consternation of the host Head of State Who is Jess Owens

$400 - In addition to winning the Olympic 100 Meters, he also won 4 consecutive gold medals in the long jump

$600 - He won the Olympic marathon in 1960 while running barefoot and in 1964 six weeks after his appendix was removed

$800 - In 1964, as a high school student, he ran the mile in under 4 minutes. Later he ran for, and won, a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives

$1000 - Her collision with Mary Decker in the 1984 Olympics might well not have been her fault

Double Jeopardy - "Math Tricks"
$400 - To multiply single-digit numbers by this number, hold up both hands, and fold down the finger corresponding to the number you're multiplying by.

What is 9

$800 - To see if a number is a multiple of one of these two single-digit numbers, add the digits and see if the sum is a multiple.

What is 3

$1200 - Depending on which school you attended, you may have learned "SOH-CAH-TOA" or "Oliver Has a Heap of Apples" as mnemonics for computing these three functions of an angle in a right triangle.

$1600 - Six and twenty-eight are examples of this type of number whose factors (except for the number itself) add up to the number.

What is Perfect

$2000 - Legend has it this mathematician's teacher tried to kill some time by having him add the numbers 1 to 100. He derived the triangular number formula and frustrated the teacher by finishing in mere instants.

This week's FJ category (please put your wager in a SEPARATE spoiler):
January 2006 Obituaries

Posted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 4:24 pm**

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200-Jesse Owens
400-Carl Lewis
600-Abibe Bikile (sp?)..I remember Jim McKay's narration over the profile piece of this athlete..they ran it often.
800-Jim Ryun
1000-Zola Budd

400-
800-
1200-sine, cosine, tangent
1600-I'm sure I knew this at one time. I don't know it now.
2000-

FJ Wager:

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1000.
yes, I'm a coward.

Posted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 4:44 pm**

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Single:
$200 -- Jesse Owens
$400 -- Carl Lewis

$800 -- Jim Ryun
$1000 -- Zola Budd

Double:
$400 -- 9
$800 -- 3 and 9
$1200 -- sine, cosine, and tangent
$1600 -- perfect
$2000 -- Gauss

Final Jeopardy! wager --

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$5000

--Bob

Posted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 5:29 pm**

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1. Who is Jesse Owens
2. Who is Carl Lewis
3. pass
4. Who is Jim Ryun
5. Who is Zola Budd

DJ
1. pass
2. What is 3
3. pass
4. pass
5. pass

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FJ: I want to bet it all, whatever that is

Posted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 5:34 pm**

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Single Jeopardy: "Born to Run"
$200 - Winner of four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, much to the consternation of the host Head of State -- Jesse Owens

$400 - In addition to winning the Olympic 100 Meters, he also won 4 consecutive gold medals in the long jump -- Carl Lewis

$600 - He won the Olympic marathon in 1960 while running barefoot and in 1964 six weeks after his appendix was removed -- Abebe Bikila

$800 - In 1964, as a high school student, he ran the mile in under 4 minutes. Later he ran for, and won, a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives

$1000 - Her collision with Mary Decker in the 1984 Olympics might well not have been her fault -- Zola Budd

Double Jeopardy - "Math Tricks"
$400 - To multiply single-digit numbers by this number, hold up both hands, and fold down the finger corresponding to the number you're multiplying by. -- 9

$800 - To see if a number is a multiple of one of these two single-digit numbers, add the digits and see if the sum is a multiple. -- 3 and 9?

$1200 - Depending on which school you attended, you may have learned "SOH-CAH-TOA" or "Oliver Has a Heap of Apples" as mnemonics for computing these three functions of an angle in a right triangle. -- sine, cosine, and tangent

$1600 - Six and twenty-eight are examples of this type of number whose factors (except for the number itself) add up to the number.

$2000 - Legend has it this mathematician's teacher tried to kill some time by having him add the numbers 1 to 100. He derived the triangular number formula and frustrated the teacher by finishing in mere instants.

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This week's FJ category (please put your wager in a SEPARATE spoiler):
January 2006 Obituaries
$3000

Posted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 6:13 pm**

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Single Jeopardy: "Born to Run"
$200 - Winner of four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, much to the consternation of the host Head of State

Who is Jesse Owens

$400 - In addition to winning the Olympic 100 Meters, he also won 4 consecutive gold medals in the long jump

Who is Carl Lewis

$600 - He won the Olympic marathon in 1960 while running barefoot and in 1964 six weeks after his appendix was removed

$800 - In 1964, as a high school student, he ran the mile in under 4 minutes. Later he ran for, and won, a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives

$1000 - Her collision with Mary Decker in the 1984 Olympics might well not have been her fault

Double Jeopardy - "Math Tricks"
$400 - To multiply single-digit numbers by this number, hold up both hands, and fold down the finger corresponding to the number you're multiplying by.

$800 - To see if a number is a multiple of one of these two single-digit numbers, add the digits and see if the sum is a multiple.

What is 3 & 9

$1200 - Depending on which school you attended, you may have learned "SOH-CAH-TOA" or "Oliver Has a Heap of Apples" as mnemonics for computing these three functions of an angle in a right triangle.

What are Sine, Cosine, and Cosecant?

$1600 - Six and twenty-eight are examples of this type of number whose factors (except for the number itself) add up to the number.

What are Perfect Numbers?

$2000 - Legend has it this mathematician's teacher tried to kill some time by having him add the numbers 1 to 100. He derived the triangular number formula and frustrated the teacher by finishing in mere instants.

Who is Pythagoras?

This week's FJ category (please put your wager in a SEPARATE spoiler):
January 2006 Obituaries

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All of it

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