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| Try the Royal Statistical Society Christmas quiz | Try the Royal Statistical Society Christmas quiz |
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| For the past 21 years, the newsletter of Royal Statistical Society has published a fiendish Christmas quiz for its members. | |
| To successfully tackle the quiz you’ll need a mixture of general knowledge, logic and lateral thinking. No specialist mathematical knowledge is required. Are you up to the task? | |
| The 2014 version of this annual challenge appears below for data blog readers. A year’s subscription to Significance magazine is on offer to the reader submitting the highest scoring entry before the competition closes. | |
| Answers should be sent by email to rssquiz@rss.org.uk by 18.00 GMT, Wednesday 7 January. | |
| An explanation of your answer is required for some questions to receive full marks. The quiz editor’s decision is final and in the case of a tie an additional tie-breaker question may be used. | |
| So here goes - and best of luck to all those brave enough to tackle it! We will publish the answers on the Datablog in January. | |
| More information about the Royal Statistical Society can be found here. | |
| 1. Setting the scene (12 points) | 1. Setting the scene (12 points) |
| In whole or in part, which works are set on, in or at: | In whole or in part, which works are set on, in or at: |
| 2. Groups (6 points) | 2. Groups (6 points) |
| As of December 2014, which groups comprise: | As of December 2014, which groups comprise: |
| 3. Coordinates (5 points) | 3. Coordinates (5 points) |
| What appear, in sequence, at | What appear, in sequence, at |
| (2,1), (1,5), (1,3), (2,3), (3,3), (2,4), ..., (1,2), (3,6), (1,1)? | (2,1), (1,5), (1,3), (2,3), (3,3), (2,4), ..., (1,2), (3,6), (1,1)? |
| 4. Calendar (12 points) | 4. Calendar (12 points) |
| In 2014, what was won: | In 2014, what was won: |
| 5. British Studio (10 points) | 5. British Studio (10 points) |
| Each of the nine names in the list below contains one mistake. Correct them, and with the help of the title, explain what they represent. Which one of the nine is represented by the corrections, read in order? | Each of the nine names in the list below contains one mistake. Correct them, and with the help of the title, explain what they represent. Which one of the nine is represented by the corrections, read in order? |
| 6. ALW (6 points) | 6. ALW (6 points) |
| Identify the following. | Identify the following. |
| 7. Meetings (6 points) | 7. Meetings (6 points) |
| Explain the diagram. | Explain the diagram. |
| 8. Lambrinis (9 points) | 8. Lambrinis (9 points) |
| What do the following have in common? | What do the following have in common? |
| 9. Capital Name Poser (4 points) | 9. Capital Name Poser (4 points) |
| Mali, Comoros, Togo and Senegal, and their capitals, share a particular property that is unique amongst the countries of Africa. What is it, and which two South American countries share the same property? | Mali, Comoros, Togo and Senegal, and their capitals, share a particular property that is unique amongst the countries of Africa. What is it, and which two South American countries share the same property? |
| 10. Farewell (10 points) | 10. Farewell (10 points) |
| Identify the following, who all bade farewell in 2014. | Identify the following, who all bade farewell in 2014. |
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