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#### Notes
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## Appendix: Additional Calibration Tests And Answers
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### Calibration Test for Ranges: A
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1. How many feet tall is the Hoover Dam?
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2. How many inches long is a \$20 bill?
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3. What percentage of aluminum is recycled in the United States?
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4. When was Elvis Presley born?
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5. What percentage of the atmosphere is oxygen by weight?
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6. What is the latitude of New Orleans? \[_Hint_: Latitude is 0 degrees at the equator and 90 degrees at the North Pole.\]
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7. In 1913, the United States military owned how many airplanes?
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8. The first European printing press was invented in what year?
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9. What percentage of all electricity consumed in US households was used by kitchen appliances in 2001?
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10. How many miles tall is Mount Everest?
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11. How long is Iraq\'s border with Iran in kilometers?
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12. How many miles long is the Nile?
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13. In what year was Harvard founded?
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14. What is the wingspan (in feet) of a Boeing 747 jumbo jet?
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15. How many soldiers were in a Roman legion?
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16. What is the average temperature of the abyssal zone (where the oceans are more than 6,500 feet deep) in degrees F?
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17. How many feet long is the Space Shuttle _Orbiter_ (excluding the external tank)?
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18. In what year did Jules Verne publish _20,000 Leagues Under the Sea_?
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19. How wide is the goal in field hockey (in feet)?
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20. The Roman Coliseum held how many spectators?
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### Answers to Calibration Test for Ranges: A
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1. 726 feet
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2. 63/16ths (6.1417) inches
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3. 45 percent
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4. 1935
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5. 21 percent
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6. 29.95
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7. 23
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8. 1450
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9. 26.7 percent
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10. 5.5 miles
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11. 1,458 kilometers
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12. 4,160 miles
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13. 1636
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14. 196 feet
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15. 6,000
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16. 39 F
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17. 122 feet
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18. 1870
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19. 12 feet
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20. 50,000
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### Calibration Test for Ranges: B
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1. The first probe to land on Mars, _Viking 1,_ landed there in what year?
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2. How old was the youngest person to fly into space?
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3. How many meters tall is the Sears Tower?
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4. What was the maximum altitude of the _Breitling Orbiter 3,_ the first balloon to circumnavigate the globe, in miles?
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5. On average, what percentage of the total software development project effort is spent in design?
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6. How many people were permanently evacuated after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident?
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7. How many feet long were the largest airships?
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8. How many miles is the flying distance from San Francisco to Honolulu?
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9. The fastest bird, the falcon, can fly at a speed of how many miles per hour in a dive?
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10. In what year was the double helix structure of DNA discovered?
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11. How many yards wide is a football field?
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12. What was the percentage growth in internet hosts from 1996 to 1997?
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13. How many calories are in 8 ounces of orange juice?
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14. How fast would you have to travel at sea level to break the sound barrier (in mph)?
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15. How many years was Nelson Mandela in prison?
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16. What is the average daily calorie intake in developed countries?
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17. In 1994, how many nations were members of the United Nations?
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18. The Audubon Society was formed in the United States in what year?
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19. How many feet high is the world\'s highest waterfall (Angel Falls, Venezuela)?
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20. How deep beneath the sea was the Titanic found (in miles)?
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### Answers to Calibration Test for Ranges: B
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1. 1976
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2. 26
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3. 443 meters
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4. 6.9 miles
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5. 20 percent
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6. 350,000
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7. 803 feet
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8. 2,394 miles
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9. 200 mph
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10. 1953
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11. 53.3 yards
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12. 70 percent
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13. 120
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14. 760 mph
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15. 27
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16. 3,300 calories
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17. 184
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18. 1905
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19. 3,212 feet
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20. 3.36 miles
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### Calibration Test for Binary: A
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1. The Lincoln Highway was the first paved road in the United States, and it ran from Chicago to San Francisco.
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2. The Silk Road joined the two ancient kingdoms of China and Afghanistan.
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3. More American homes have microwaves than telephones.
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4. _Doric_ is an architectural term for a shape of roof.
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5. The World Tourism Organization predicts that Europe will still be the most popular tourist destination in 2020.
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6. Germany was the second country to develop atomic weapons.
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7. A hockey puck will fit in a golf hole.
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8. The Sioux were one of the Plains Indian tribes.
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9. To a physicist, _plasma_ is a type of rock.
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10. The Hundred Years\' War was actually more than a century long.
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11. Most of the fresh water on Earth is in the polar ice caps.
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12. The Academy Awards ("Oscars") began over a century ago.
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13. There are fewer than two hundred billionaires in the world.
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14. In Excel, \^ means "take to the power of."
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15. The average annual salary of airline captains is over \$150,000.
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16. By 1997, Bill Gates was worth more than \$10 billion.
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17. Cannons were used in European warfare by the eleventh century.
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18. Anchorage is the capital of Alaska.
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19. Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Grant are the four presidents whose heads are sculpted into Mount Rushmore.
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20. John Wiley & Sons is not the largest book publisher.
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### Answers for Calibration Test Binary: A
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1. FALSE
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2. FALSE
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3. FALSE
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4. FALSE
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5. TRUE
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6. FALSE
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7. TRUE
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8. TRUE
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9. FALSE
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10. TRUE
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11. TRUE
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12. FALSE
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13. FALSE
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14. TRUE
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15. FALSE
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16. TRUE
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17. FALSE
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18. FALSE
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19. FALSE
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20. TRUE
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### Calibration Test for Binary: B
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1. Jupiter\'s "Great Red Spot" is larger than Earth.
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2. The Brooklyn Dodgers\' name was short for "trolley car dodgers."
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3. _Hypersonic_ is faster than _subsonic_.
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4. A _polygon_ is three-dimensional and a _polyhedron_ is two-dimensional.
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5. A 1-watt electric motor produces 1 horsepower.
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6. Chicago is more populous than Boston.
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7. In 2005, WalMart sales dropped below \$100 billion. > 80% 90% 100%
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8. Post-it Notes were invented by 3M.
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9. Alfred Nobel, whose fortune endows the Nobel Peace Prize, made his fortune in oil and explosives.
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10. A BTU is a measure of heat.
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11. The winner of the first Indianapolis 500 clocked an average speed of under 100 mph.
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12. Microsoft has more employees than IBM.
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13. Romania borders Hungary.
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14. Idaho is larger (in area) than Iraq.
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15. Casablanca is on the African continent.
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16. The first manmade plastic was invented in the nineteenth century.
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17. A chamois is an alpine animal.
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18. The base of a pyramid is in the shape of a square.
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19. Stonehenge is located on the main British island.
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20. Computer processors double in power every three months or less.
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### Answers for Calibration Test Binary: B
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1. TRUE
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2. TRUE
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3. TRUE
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4. FALSE
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5. FALSE
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6. TRUE
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7. FALSE
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8. TRUE
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9. TRUE
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10. TRUE
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11. TRUE
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12. FALSE
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13. TRUE
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14. FALSE
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15. TRUE
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16. TRUE
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17. TRUE
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18. TRUE
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19. TRUE
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20. FALSE
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