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The book Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
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1
What company did Bill Joy find?
Sun Mircosystems
Adobe
HP
Orade
2
Chris Langan has a higher IQ than Einstein.
True
False
3
Where did most Jewish immigrants come from (Joe Flomm)?
Eastern Europe
The Middle East
Russia
Western Europe
4
What is “mitigated speech”?
speaking in a way that downplays the meaning
talking with a french accent
Yelling at someone
Being mean to people
5
Italian immigrants came to which popular American city?
New York
Pennsylvania
Milwaukee
Los Santos
6
Who found the termites?
Lewis Terman
William Shakespeare
Henry Cowell
Malcolm Gladwell
7
According to Gladwell, “Success is not _________________________.
a random act
easy
for the faint of heart
fair
8
What was the name of Joe Flom's first firm?
White and Case
Skaden Ares
Kirkland Elis
Janes Day
9
What are the termites?
A group of young geniuses brought together.
Children of Terman.
A bug that eat walls.
Successful business men.
10
Which of the following does Gladwell NOT use as an example to illustrate the 10,000 hours theory?
Bill Joy
The Beatles
Malcom X
Bill Gates
11
Which sport was used to see the correlation between birth month and success?
Hockey
Basketball
American Football
Soccer
12
According to Gladwell, which of the following seems to play the biggest influencein the careers of the gifted?
Ethnicity
Preparation
Money
Fame
13
For what act did Oppenheimer receive probation?
Kissing his Professor
Poisoning his tutor
Punching a Classmate
Drinking driving
14
The airline that had many crashes in a 10-year period was Korea Air.
True
False
15
What college did Lewis Terman attend?
University of North Texas
Harvard University
Yale University
Stanford University
16
Asian People are good at math because...
Their language
they all have calculators in their brains
they aren't good at math
Genetics
17
What is considerate an average IQ?
125
80
115
100
18
What state is Roseta located?
West Virginia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
19
The method to becoming a master of thing is spending 10,000...
Days
Hours
Months
Minutes
20
The smartest man in the world is...
Bryan Calvin
Benjamin Button
Sir Isaac Newton
Christopher Langan
21
In what urban area did Bill Gates grow up?
Oakland
Santa fe
Portland
Seattle
22
What university did Bill Joy attend?
Yale
MIT
University of Michigan
University NC
23
What percent of Hockey athletes was born between January and March?
35%
55%
60%
40%
24
What was Chris Langan IQ?
130
2000
124
190
25
What months tend to host the most hockey athletes?
Between October December
Between January and March
Between July and September
Between April and June
26
“America doesn’t have a school problem. It has a/an ________________________ problem.”
Sports
Teacher
Student
Summer vacation problem
27
KIP academy had a ton of success with short days, and short school years
False
True
28
What set apart Jewish Immigrants from other immigrants?
Most had some kind of occupational skill.
They were peasants.
They had no valued skills.
They were tenant farmers.
29
The airline that had many crashes in a 10 year period was Seoul Air.
False
True
30
What truly distinguishes successful people is not their extraordinary talent but their extraordinary______
Chicken
Rich Parents
Opportunities
Money
31
What was Terman’s misconception in his original theory concerning IQ?
if you weren't a termite, you will never be successful
that intelligence and achievement are correlated
If you work hard you can do anything
White people are better than Chinese people
32
What year did Korean Air act on there crashes?
1999
2002
2000
2001
33
When did attention to the phenomenon of relative age of Hockey players first come to?
Mid 1980s
1995
Early 2000s
Late 1900s
34
What was the best birth decade for American Idustrial tycoons?
1880s
1850s
1800s
1830s
35
Above what IQ is there no advantage in the real world?
90
105
120
80
36
Where did the Beatles get their start in the music game, and collect their 10,000 hours
Paris
Hamburg
Your mom's house... BOOM, ROASTED
New York City
37
Who did Korear Air brung into run their flight operations?
John Kennedy
David Greenberg
Kwachang
Sohn Kim
38
What were the average IQ of the Termites?
140
200
130
110
39
Who wrote the book Outliers?
Bill Gates
Malcolm X
Malcolm Gladwell
Oprah
40
Where was Korea Air located?
The United Kingdom
South Korea
North Korea
United States
41
On what TV show did Chris Langan appear?
Jeapondary
Greed
Who wants to be a millionaire?
1 vs 100
42
The book is broken into 2 parts, what is one of the parts called
Love
Hate
Legacy
Opportunity
43
Canadian Hockey Teams generally have a wide variety of Birthday months
False
True
