OT: The "Pix was entrusted to teach, give me Extra Credit questions" Thread

[pixburgher66]

So, eloco gave me a fantastic idea. I teach a class, mostly freshman, at the college level. There are a surprising amount of things these students are woefully unaware of. I'd like to exploit this fact by giving them tough extra credit questions. We can start a solid contest, can even be weekly since I give weekly quizzes, to earn the right to stump my students. I will gladly forward on the results of your question. This week is fall break, but next Friday I'm giving a midterm and will have three questions up for grabs. Let's do this thing. So far I have had them draw a cow, name the 7 dwarves, name TMNT, name the starting lineup from Who's on First, listen and identify the Last of the Mohicans soundtrack, and answer a few different riddles, just as an idea of where I tend to go with these. Have at it.

 

[elocomotive]

Yes!!! By popular demand!! Haha.

Clarifying question - any time (era) or subject matter limits or preferences?

 

[BGDave]

Ask them to name the 8 planets, and then reduce their grade if they say Pluto as one of their 8.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

So, eloco gave me a fantastic idea. I teach a class, mostly freshman, at the college level. There are a surprising amount of things these students are woefully unaware of. I'd like to exploit this fact by giving them tough extra credit questions. We can start a solid contest, can even be weekly since I give weekly quizzes, to earn the right to stump my students. I will gladly forward on the results of your question. This week is fall break, but next Friday I'm giving a midterm and will have three questions up for grabs. Let's do this thing. So far I have had them draw a cow, name the 7 dwarves, name TMNT, name the starting lineup from Who's on First, listen and identify the Last of the Mohicans soundtrack, and answer a few different riddles, just as an idea of where I tend to go with these. Have at it.

Have them name at least 3 Bond girls.

 

[forty_three]

Ask them what planet Alf was from.

Bonus - and Mork

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

What was Newman's first name?

 

[dash]

Ask them to name the 8 planets, and then reduce their grade if they say Pluto as one of their 8.

Follow-up to BGDave's question - Which is closer to the Earth, the moon or the sun?

 

[forty_three]

Follow-up to BGDave's question - Which is closer to the Earth, the moon or the sun?

 

[elocomotive]

Do you have any time or subj

Follow-up to BGDave's question - Which is closer to the Earth, the moon or the sun?

Automatic fail if they get that wrong?

 

[dash]

Do you have any time or subj


Automatic fail if they get that wrong?

I don't know, light gets from the sun to the Earth in 8 minutes, NASA rockets take days to get to the moon, think about it eloco

 

[Puck082]

 

[esls79]

Other than the Mona Lisa name another piece of artwork at the Lourve

If a US penny has the letter "S" on it where did it come from?

When Mt. Saint Helens erupted in 1980, what song were the Grateful Dead playing in concert at that time?

Who composed the 1812 Overture?

What is a PMP 5030 SC?

 

[elocomotive]

I don't know, light gets from the sun to the Earth in 8 minutes, NASA rockets take days to get to the moon, think about it eloco

Well I never thought about it like that.... mind blown!

 

[pixburgher66]

Yes!!! By popular demand!! Haha.

Clarifying question - any time (era) or subject matter limits or preferences?

Nah, all up to you. Mostly I've been sticking with stuff that's most familiar to me, so 90s/00s pop-culture. But hey, I did an Abbott and Costello question. I'd like stuff that's not impossible, and maybe that someone simply using critical thinking can get too. So pop-culture references that aren't *TOO* hard, questions that simply challenge critical thought, that stuff.

 

[Puck082]

Hawkeye, Honeycutt, Klinger and Radar were all characters on what sitcom?

What are the 3 scales of temperature? What temperature is Absolute Zero?

What word in the English language is always spelled incorrectly?

 

[elocomotive]

Town A and Town B are 120 miles apart connected in a straight line by railroad tracks. Train 1 leaves Town A at 2:00 pm traveling at a speed of 40 miles an hour. At 2:40pm, this train must stop for 40 minutes due to maintenance, and then resumes its path at the same rate of speed. Train 1's conductor falls asleep at 3:00pm. Train 2 leaves from Town B at 3:00pm traveling 20 miles per hour. After 30 minutes, it has to stop for one hour due to maintenance as well. Train 2's conductor spends at least 15 minutes of the trip in the dining car havnig a snack and coffee. If neither of these trains has any brakes and they are on a direct collision course for each other, what jersey number did Wayne Gretzky wear that was retired by all NHL teams?

 

[Puck082]

What was Newman's first name?

Trick question.

 

[DragonfromTO]

Dare I ask what the subject of this class is?

 

[pixburgher66]

Dare I ask what the subject of this class is?

Medical Terminology

 

[pixburgher66]

Town A and Town B are 120 miles apart connected in a straight line by railroad tracks. Train 1 leaves Town A at 2:00 pm traveling at a speed of 40 miles an hour. At 2:40pm, this train must stop for 40 minutes due to maintenance, and then resumes its path at the same rate of speed. Train 1's conductor falls asleep at 3:00pm. Train 2 leaves from Town B at 3:00pm traveling 20 miles per hour. After 30 minutes, it has to stop for one hour due to maintenance as well. Train 2's conductor spends at least 15 minutes of the trip in the dining car havnig a snack and coffee. If neither of these trains has any brakes and they are on a direct collision course for each other, what jersey number did Wayne Gretzky wear that was retired by all NHL teams?

And the early leader in the clubhouse...