Alex Trebek announces that you’re the daily winner, with $28,000.” Not bad for 30 minutes of work, all because you knew how StraighterLine credits transfer.
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College Trivia
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How to Win at StraighterLine Jeopardy
Posted on October 23, 2012 by Barry Lenson
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Happy September 13th
Posted on September 12, 2012 by Barry Lenson
Okay, why are we wishing you Happy September 13th today? What happened on September 13th? Glad you asked. You see, the famous Battle of Baltimore took place on September 13th and 14th, 1814. In that battle, heroic American patriots defended Fort McHenry in Baltimore against an attack by the British.
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What's the Difference between Mean, Median, and Mode?
Posted on June 22, 2012 by Barry Lenson
What is the difference between the mean, the median and the mode? StraighterLine has created a terrific video that explains it all. It’s one of a growing number of instructional math videos that StraighterLine has posted on YouTube.
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Quiz: Who Said What about Education?
Posted on April 16, 2012 by Barry Lenson
Brilliant people have always had a lot to say about education. But who said what? Here’s a fun quiz that lets you test your intuition and knowledge.Under each quote are the names of four people who might have said it. Your job is to pick the one who really did.
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Nifty New StraighterLine Video Lets You Have Your Pi and Eat It Too on Pi Day
Posted on March 13, 2012 by Barry Lenson
What’s the best way to celebrate Pi Day? Go get a pie and eat it while you calculate its area and circumference as you watch the new StraighterLine Pi video, that’s how.
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Bedbugs, Hazing, and More Weird College News of the Week
Posted on February 17, 2012 by Barry Lenson
Dixie State College tried selling naming rights to bathroom stalls, but failed. If you want to leave a permanent mark on your alma mater, what could be better than having a plaque engraved with your name and screwed onto the door of a bathroom stall? Nothing we can think of. And in fact, Dixie State College in Utah did try to sell naming rights to toilet stalls on campus for a while, then pulled back when the plan didn’t work. You can read all about it in USA Today.
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Weird College News of the Week
Posted on January 30, 2012 by Barry Lenson
Vassar College made a mistake on its website and informed 76 students that they had been admitted via the college’s early acceptance program. Then it had to backtrack and tell them that they hadn’t.
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Answers to the StraighterLine Mixed Bag Trivia Quiz
Posted on September 16, 2011 by Barry Lenson
A few weeks ago we ran our Mixed Bag trivia quiz. So it is now time to give you the answers! Ready! Here are the answers . . .
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The StraighterLine Snooty Culture Trivia Quiz
Posted on September 14, 2011 by Barry Lenson
How cultured are you? You’re going to find out this week, because we decided to quiz you on trivia from the snooty world of art and culture. Put on your thinking cap (and maybe fire up Google), because some of these questions are tricky.
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The StraighterLine Mixed Bag College Trivia Quiz
Posted on August 23, 2011 by Barry Lenson
A few weeks ago we ran the first-ever StraighterLine science trivia quiz. This week, we decided to throw you a curve ball by quizzing you on a mixed bag of trivia from art, music, history, just plain stupidity, and several other areas. Are you up to it? Get ready to rock and roll but be warned, some of these questions are tricky.
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Answers to the StraighterLine Science Trivia Quiz
Posted on August 12, 2011 by Barry Lenson
It’s now been a few weeks since we ran our first-ever science trivia quiz. Here are the correct answers - and the winners!
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Ace the First-Ever StraighterLine Science Trivia Quiz and Win a PRIZE
Posted on July 19, 2011 by Barry Lenson
Today, we are publishing another quiz, plus taking the whole college trivia quiz concept to the next level, by offering a reward to the first person who answers all the questions correctly. Here’s the scoop . . .
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The First Ever StraighterLine College Trivia Contest
Posted on July 14, 2011 by Barry Lenson
With this post, we begin a series of short quizzes to test your grasp of the trivial knowledge that is taught in high school and college. Today’s trivia quiz is about . . . American History
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