Archive for category: Education/Trivia

Panther Press trivia #5

7 January, 2013 (13:26) | Education/Trivia | By: Mackinzie Price

If the product of 6 integers is negative, at most how many of the integers can be negative?
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Panther Press trivia #4

10 December, 2012 (13:21) | Education/Trivia | By: Mackinzie Price

12 liters of water are poured into an aquarium of dimensions: 50cm length, 30cm width, and 40 cm height. How high (in cm) will the water rise? (1 liter=1000cm^3)
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Panther press trivia #3

3 December, 2012 (13:31) | Education/Trivia | By: Mackinzie Price

A cubical block of metal weighs 6 pounds. How much will another cube of the same metal weigh if its sides are twice as long?
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Panther Press Trivia of the Week #2

4 November, 2012 (21:49) | Education/Trivia | By: Mackinzie Price

John is going to cover an attic floor with insulation. The floor measures 25 feet by 35 feet. If one roll of insulation will cover 64 square feet, how many rolls of insulation does John need?

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Panther Press Trivia #1

29 October, 2012 (21:01) | Education/Trivia | By: Mackinzie Price

There are 35 people in a room. Everyone in the room must shake hands with everyone else once. How many handshakes will occur?
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Leap Day traditions and trivia

29 February, 2012 (14:17) | Education/Trivia | By: Brendan Byham

The Sadie Hawkins dance may be cancelled, but it’s still Leap Day today, and one of the traditions of this day is that women can propose to men.
According to timeanddate.com, the first instance of a woman asking for a man’s hand in marriage occured in Irish legend when St. Bridget supposedly [...]

Anatomy students travel to Gannon

23 November, 2011 (14:37) | Education/Trivia, Local, News | By: Mackinzie Price

On Monday, Nov. 21, Mr. Greco’s Anatomy students traveled to the Gannon University Patient Simulation Lab. The classes had to be split into two groups because of the large number of students taking the course, with the first group making the trip on Oct. 27. At Gannon, they observed an Intravenous Therapy (IV) procedure and [...]

Competitors of the cerebral cortex: Hi-Q team answers all

19 October, 2011 (12:26) | Education/Trivia, Features | By: Seth Allen

“I feel the team members will perform to the fullest extent of their abilities. Mrs. Anderton and I have been watching the film; we have a couple of plays that we think will make an impact,” said Camden Barclay, senior and president of the Hi-Q team. The Hi-Q team competes in academic challenges around the [...]

The Panther Press trivia of the week #8

3 May, 2011 (12:30) | Education/Trivia | By: Stacey Anderton

Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that we use every day. HINT-the answer is in the question.
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The Panther Press trivia of the week #7

19 April, 2011 (12:21) | Education/Trivia | By: Stacey Anderton

Of the  courses offered by the music department at her college, Kay must choose exactly  of them. How many different combinations of  courses are possible for Kay if there are no restrictions on which  courses she can choose?
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