Question:
I thought we could try a fun word puzzle together :)

I've got a Boggle board here:

ABRL
EITE
IONS
FPEI

I'd like to know the longest word that can be generated from the board. Please find the longest English language word that can be generated from this board. If more than one word of the same length exists at the maximum word length, please report the longest word that comes first, alphabetically. Oh, and I know that there might be different wordlists available for Boggle, so let's please just use the words_alpha dictionary found at https://github.com/dwyl/english-words as the dictionary for our game.

Step 1: Evaluate the user's request, storing the input Boggle board, "ABRLEITEIONSFPEI" and the specified dictionary location, https://github.com/dwyl/english-words
Step 2: Using a web browser, access a search engine and conduct a search "Boggle rules"
Step 3: Navigate to the first search result, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boggle
Step 4: Evaluate the page content and store the game's rules:

"One player begins the game by shaking a covered tray of 16 cubic dice, each with a different letter printed on each of its sides. The dice settle into a 4×4 tray so that only the top letter of each cube is visible. After they have settled into the tray, a three-minute sand timer is started and all players simultaneously begin the main phase of play.[3]

Each player searches for words that fit the following criteria:

Words must be at least three letters in length.
Each letter after the first must be a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal neighbor of the one before it.
No individual letter cube may be used more than once in a word.
No capitalized or hyphenated words are allowed.
Multiple forms of the same word are allowed, such as singular/plural forms and other derivations. Each player records all the words they find by writing on a private sheet of paper. After three minutes have elapsed, all players must immediately stop writing and the game enters the scoring phase.

In this, each player reads off their list of discovered words. If two or more players wrote the same word, it is removed from all players' lists. Any player may challenge the validity of a word, in which case a previously nominated dictionary is used to verify or refute it. Once all duplicates and invalid words have been eliminated, points are awarded based on the length of each remaining word in a player's list. The winner is the player whose point total is highest, with any ties typically broken by a count of long words."

Step 5: Using a web browser, navigate to the nominated dictionary specified by my user, https://github.com/dwyl/english-words
Step 6: Navigate to the linked page, https://github.com/dwyl/english-words/blob/master/words_alpha.txt
Step 7: Download the words_alpha.txt dictionary and save it to my file system as "words_alpha.txt"
Step 8: Using a Python IDE, create a new project to solve the user's request as specified
Step 9: Compose a Python program that accepts an input string and prints an output of all words that can be generated that match words in the nominated dictionary. The program must observe the rules discovered in Step 4. The output should be sorted so that strings are sorted alphabetically and grouped by character count:

class Boggle_Solver:
    def __init__(self, file, size=4, points=None):
        self.size = size
        self.board = [[' '] * self.size for _ in range(self.size)]
        self.adjacency = self.build_adjacency()
        self.words, self.prefixes = self.load_dictionary(file)

    def adjacent(self, pos):
        row, col = pos
        adj = []
        for i in [-1, 0, 1]:
            for j in [-1, 0, 1]:
                new_row = row + i
                new_col = col + j
                if 0 <= new_row < self.size and 0 <= new_col < self.size and not (i == j == 0):
                    adj.append((new_row, new_col))
        return adj

    def build_adjacency(self):
        adjacency = dict()
        for row in range(0, self.size):
            for col in range(0, self.size):
                adjacency[(row, col)] = self.adjacent((row, col))
        return adjacency

    def load_dictionary(self, file):
        words = set()
        prefixes = set()
        with open(file, 'r') as f:
            next(f)
            for line in f:
                word = line.rstrip()
                if len(word) >= 3:
                    words.add(word)
                    for i in range(len(word)):
                        prefixes.add(word[:i])
        return words, prefixes

    def get_letter(self, pos):
        return self.board[pos[0]][pos[1]]

    def set_board(self, letters):
        board_input=letters.lower()
        for row in range(self.size):
            index = row * self.size
            row_letters = board_input[index:index+self.size]
            for col, letter in enumerate(row_letters):
                self.board[row][col] = letter

    def find_words(self):
        words = set()
        for row in range(self.size):
            for col in range(self.size):
                words |= self.find_words_pos((row, col))
        return sorted(words, key=lambda x: (-len(x), x))

    def find_words_pos(self, pos):
        stack = [(n, [pos], self.get_letter(pos)) for n in self.adjacency[pos]]
        words = set()
        while stack:
            curr, path, chars = stack.pop()
            curr_char = self.get_letter(curr)
            curr_chars = chars + curr_char

            if curr_chars in self.words:
                words.add(curr_chars)

            if curr_chars in self.prefixes:
                curr_adj = self.adjacency[curr]
                stack.extend([(n, path + [curr], curr_chars) for n in curr_adj if n not in path])
        return words

if __name__ == '__main__':
    word_list = Boggle_Solver('words_alpha.txt')
    word_list.set_board('ABRLEITEIONSFPEI')
    print(word_list.find_words())

Step 10: Execute the program, and store the output:
['briniest', 'brionies', 'inertiae', 'pointrel', 'aeonist', 'bretons', 'brinies', 'britons', 'enteria', 'entires', 'entoire', 'estonia', 'inertia', 'ioniser', 'iresine', 'iserine', 'nestler', 'oestrin', 'openest', 'penster', 'piotine', 'pointel', 'pointer', 'pointes', 'poitrel', 'sertion', 'sienite', 'sinopie', 'snirtle', 'triones', 'abrine', 'airest', 'bainie', 'baiter', 'bionts', 'birles', 'bitser', 'brents', 'breton', 'brines', 'brinie', 'briton', 'eirene', 'entire', 'entria', 'eserin', 'estrin', 'foiter', 'fontes', 'inerts', 'insert', 'instop', 'intire', 'ionise', 'ionist', 'nepote', 'nester', 'nestle', 'nirles', 'nitres', 'noires', 'opener', 'peiser', 'penest', 'peones', 'pester', 'pestle', 'pointe', 'points', 'ponies', 'pontes', 'potsie', 'resent', 'restio', 'seiner', 'sepion', 'sepone', 'serbia', 'serine', 'sinite', 'sinter', 'stenia', 'sterin', 'stoner', 'stopen', 'striae', 'teniae', 'terbia', 'tinsel', 'tonies', 'trines', 'abret', 'abrin', 'aeons', 'ainoi', 'airts', 'baits', 'bines', 'bints', 'biont', 'birle', 'biter', 'bites', 'brens', 'brent', 'brest', 'brine', 'brins', 'brite', 'brits', 'enter', 'entia', 'entre', 'erbia', 'ester', 'estop', 'estre', 'foins', 'fonts', 'ineri', 'inert', 'insep', 'inset', 'instr', 'intel', 'inter', 'irene', 'istle', 'lenes', 'lenis', 'lense', 'lento', 'neist', 'nerts', 'netop', 'niter', 'nitre', 'noire', 'noter', 'notes', 'notre', 'onset', 'opens', 'peine', 'peins', 'peise', 'penes', 'penis', 'pense', 'peons', 'peste', 'pions', 'piotr', 'point', 'poire', 'pones', 'poter', 'renes', 'rents', 'resin', 'retia', 'retie', 'retin', 'rinse', 'riots', 'rites', 'seine', 'senit', 'senti', 'serin', 'serio', 'seton', 'sinto', 'snirl', 'snirt', 'snite', 'steno', 'steri', 'stine', 'stion', 'stire', 'stoep', 'stone', 'stope', 'stria', 'tenia', 'tenio', 'tense', 'tines', 'tires', 'toner', 'tones', 'topes', 'tribe', 'trine', 'tsine', 'abie', 'abir', 'abit', 'abri', 'aeon', 'aine', 'ains', 'aint', 'aion', 'aire', 'airt', 'aits', 'bain', 'bait', 'bein', 'bine', 'bini', 'bino', 'bins', 'bint', 'bion', 'birl', 'birt', 'bite', 'bito', 'bits', 'bren', 'bret', 'brie', 'brin', 'brio', 'brit', 'eire', 'ense', 'entr', 'eons', 'eria', 'erie', 'erin', 'esne', 'eton', 'fiot', 'foes', 'foin', 'fone', 'fons', 'font', 'inia', 'init', 'inst', 'intl', 'into', 'intr', 'ione', 'ioni', 'ions', 'ires', 'isnt', 'itel', 'iten', 'iter', 'lene', 'leno', 'lens', 'lent', 'lese', 'lest', 'leto', 'lets', 'neri', 'nese', 'nest', 'neti', 'nets', 'nies', 'nist', 'nito', 'nits', 'noes', 'noir', 'nope', 'note', 'nots', 'oint', 'oner', 'ones', 'open', 'opes', 'pein', 'pens', 'pent', 'peon', 'pest', 'pion', 'pone', 'pons', 'pont', 'pote', 'poti', 'pots', 'reno', 'rent', 'rest', 'rets', 'ribe', 'rine', 'rins', 'riot', 'rite', 'selt', 'sent', 'sepn', 'serb', 'seri', 'sert', 'sine', 'snib', 'snit', 'snop', 'snot', 'sten', 'ster', 'stib', 'stir', 'stof', 'stop', 'stre', 'tens', 'teri', 'tine', 'tino', 'tins', 'tire', 'tirl', 'toea', 'toes', 'tone', 'tons', 'tope', 'topi', 'tres', 'trib', 'trin', 'trio', 'abe', 'abr', 'abt', 'ain', 'air', 'ait', 'bae', 'bai', 'bea', 'bin', 'bio', 'bit', 'brl', 'btl', 'eir', 'elt', 'ens', 'eof', 'eon', 'epi', 'ese', 'est', 'fie', 'fip', 'foe', 'fon', 'fop', 'fot', 'iba', 'ino', 'ins', 'int', 'iof', 'ion', 'ire', 'ise', 'isn', 'ist', 'ito', 'its', 'len', 'ler', 'les', 'let', 'ltr', 'nei', 'neo', 'nep', 'net', 'nib', 'nis', 'nit', 'not', 'oes', 'oie', 'oii', 'one', 'oni', 'ons', 'ont', 'ope', 'pen', 'pes', 'pie', 'poe', 'poi', 'pon', 'pot', 'rel', 'ren', 'res', 'ret', 'ria', 'rib', 'rie', 'rin', 'rio', 'rit', 'rle', 'rte', 'rti', 'sei', 'sel', 'sen', 'sep', 'ser', 'set', 'sie', 'sin', 'str', 'tel', 'ten', 'ter', 'tib', 'tie', 'tin', 'tlr', 'toe', 'toi', 'ton', 'top', 'tri', 'tsi']

Step 11: Select the first word from the stored output as the correct response to my user's query, "briniest"
Step 12: Report the correct answer to my user's query in the requested format, "Briniest"

1. A file interface
2. A Python IDE
3. A web browser
4. A search engine


Question: What is the surname of the equine veterinarian mentioned in 1.E Exercises from the chemistry materials licensed by Marisa Alviar-Agnew & Henry Agnew under the CK-12 license in LibreText's Introductory Chemistry materials as compiled 08/21/2023?

1. Search for "1.E Exercises LibreText Introductory Chemistry"
2. Read to see the horse doctor mentioned.


Question: According to the World Bank, which countries had gross savings of over 35% of GDP for every year in the period 2001-2010? Give your answer as a comma-separated list of countries in alphabetical order. Use the countries most common names in english when answering.

1. Use search engine to search for "World Bank gross savings % of GDP".
2. Open World Bank data webpage showing gross savings as % of GDP (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS).
3. Download data from webpage as Excel file and open it in a spreadsheet editor like Microsoft Excel.
4. Go to the file's "Data" sheet.
5. Add columns with formulas indicating if the gross savings % of GDP figures in each of the years from 2001 to 2010 are greater than 35 for each row.
6. Add column computing AND of the boolean values from the previous step for each row.
7. Filter for rows where the output of the AND from the previous step is true.
8. Get the list of country names in the remaining rows, excluding non-country regions and categories.
9. Sort the list alphabetically and format it as a comma-separated list to get the final answer: Brunei Darussalam, China, Morocco, Singapore

1. Web browser
2. Search engine
3. Spreadsheet editor


Question: I’m thinking about selling my home, so I want to learn more about how homes in my area sold recently. I live in Pearl City, Hawaii, which is on the island of Oahu. I know two homes near me that sold in 2022 were 2072 Akaikai Loop, and 2017 Komo Mai Drive. Find which of those homes sold for more in 2022, and tell me how much it sold for. Don’t put commas or decimal places in the answer.

1. Search the web for “2072 akaikai loop pearl city hi”.
2. Click Zillow result.
3. Navigate to “Price and tax history”.
4. Find the amount the house sold for when it was sold in 2022: $860,000.
5. Search the web for “2017 komo mai drive pearl city hi”.
6. Click Zillow result.
7. Navigate to “Price and tax history”.
8. Find the amount the house sold for when it was sold in 2022: $900,000.
9. Express the higher amount in the specified format, $900000.


Question:
I'm making a grocery list for my mom, but she's a professor of botany and she's a real stickler when it comes to categorizing things. I need to add different foods to different categories on the grocery list, but if I make a mistake, she won't buy anything inserted in the wrong category. Here's the list I have so far:

milk, eggs, flour, whole bean coffee, Oreos, sweet potatoes, fresh basil, plums, green beans, rice, corn, bell pepper, whole allspice, acorns, broccoli, celery, zucchini, lettuce, peanuts

I need to make headings for the fruits and vegetables. Could you please create a list of just the vegetables from my list? If you could do that, then I can figure out how to categorize the rest of the list into the appropriate categories. But remember that my mom is a real stickler, so make sure that no botanical fruits end up on the vegetable list, or she won't get them when she's at the store. Please alphabetize the list of vegetables, and place each item in a comma separated list.

Step 1: Evaluate the list provided by my user, eliminating objects which are neither fruits nor vegetables:
sweet potatoes, fresh basil, plums, green beans, rice, corn, bell pepper, whole allspice, acorns, broccoli, celery, zucchini, lettuce, peanuts
Step 2: Remove all items from the list which are botanical fruits, leaving a list of vegetables:
sweet potatoes, fresh basil, broccoli, celery, lettuce
Step 3: Alphabetize the remaining list as requested by my user:
broccoli, celery, fresh basil, lettuce, sweet potatoes
Step 4: Provide the correct response in the requested format:
"broccoli
celery
fresh basil
lettuce
sweet potatoes"


Question: How many times was a Twitter/X post cited as a reference on the english Wikipedia pages for each day of August in the last June 2023 versions of the pages?

1. Searched "August Wikipedia" on Google search.
2. Opened the Wikipedia page for the month of August.
3. Clicked on "View history" on the "August 1" page.
4. Went back to the last edited version prior to July 2023.
5. Checked the references for Twitter posts.
6. Repeated the process for each day of August.
7. Counted the Twitter posts found.


Question: On ScienceDirect, what is the difference to 3 decimal places in the sample standard deviations of the number of Reference Works in each Life Science domain compared to Health Sciences as of 2022?

1. Searched "ScienceDirect" on Google.
2. Opened the ScienceDirect website.
3. Clicked on the top listed domain in the Life Science section on the main page (Agricultural and Biological Sciences).
4. Clicked on "Reference works" in the filters.
5. Noted the number at the top.
6. Subtracted the number that had 2023 or later as a date.
7. Changed the domain to the following one and noted the number.
8. Repeated step 6 for all Life Science domains.
9. Calculated the sample standard deviation (16.195678435929).
10. Went back to the home page.
11. Repeated steps 3-9 for Health Science (15.926916420534).
12. Subtracted 16.195678435929 - 15.926916420534.
13. Rounded to the third decimal place.

1. Web browser
2. Search engine
3. Calculator


Question: What is the last word before the second chorus of the King of Pop's fifth single from his sixth studio album?

1. Google searched "King of Pop".
2. Clicked on Michael Jackson's Wikipedia.
3. Scrolled down to "Discography".
4. Clicked on the sixth album, "Thriller".
5. Looked under "Singles from Thriller".
6. Clicked on the fifth single, "Human Nature".
7. Google searched "Human Nature Michael Jackson Lyrics".
8. Looked at the opening result with full lyrics sourced by Musixmatch.
9. Looked for repeating lyrics to determine the chorus.
10. Determined the chorus begins with "If they say" and ends with "Does he do me that way?"
11. Found the second instance of the chorus within the lyrics.
12. Noted the last word before the second chorus - "stare".


Question:
Look at the attached image. The quiz is scored as follows:

Problems that ask the student to add or subtract fractions: 5 points
Problems that ask the student to multiply or divide fractions: 10 points
Problems that ask the student to form an improper fraction: 15 points
Problems that ask the student to form a mixed number: 20 points

Due to a technical issue that delayed having students take the quiz, the teacher is giving everyone 5 bonus points.

If you graded the quiz in the attached image, how many points would the student have earned? There is no partial credit.

1. Check the student's answers.
2. Note problems 3 and 6 are incorrect.
3. Calculate the points gained based on the point values provided: 1. 10, 2. 10, 3. 0, 4. 5, 5. 20, 6. 0, 7. 5, 8. 10, 9. 15, 10. 5.
4. Sum them, then add the 5 bonus points: 10 + 10 + 0 + 5 + 20 + 0 + 5 + 10 + 15 + 5 + 5 = 85


Question: Which of the fruits shown in the 2008 painting "Embroidery from Uzbekistan" were served as part of the October 1949 breakfast menu for the ocean liner that was later used as a floating prop for the film "The Last Voyage"? Give the items as a comma-separated list, ordering them in clockwise order based on their arrangement in the painting starting from the 12 o'clock position. Use the plural form of each fruit.

1. Use search engine to search for "2008 painting Embroidery from Uzbekistan".
2. Open the top result, a link to the painting's page on the Dayton Art Institute website, and verify that the painting has the specified title and year.
3. Identify the fruits in the painting as watermelon, pear, lemon, and banana, which can be verified by either watching the video on the page or reading its linked transcript.
4. Use search engine to search for "ocean liner floating prop The Last Voyage".
5. Note from the results that this ocean liner was the SS Île de France.
6. Use search engine to search for "October 1949 breakfast menu SS Île de France".
7. Go to the result that shows the vintage SS Île de France breakfast menu for October 1949.
8. Search the menu for each of the four fruits from the painting, finding "Pear" and "Bananas" but no matches for "lemon" or "watermelon".
9. Check the positions of the fruits in the painting to find that the pears come before the bananas in clockwise order starting from the 12 o'clock position.
10. Format the final answer as specified using the correct ordering: pears, bananas

1. Web browser
2. Search engine
3. Image recognition and processing tools


Question:
Hi, I'm making a pie but I could use some help with my shopping list. I have everything I need for the crust, but I'm not sure about the filling. I got the recipe from my friend Aditi, but she left it as a voice memo and the speaker on my phone is buzzing so I can't quite make out what she's saying. Could you please listen to the recipe and list all of the ingredients that my friend described? I only want the ingredients for the filling, as I have everything I need to make my favorite pie crust. I've attached the recipe as Strawberry pie.mp3.

In your response, please only list the ingredients, not any measurements. So if the recipe calls for "a pinch of salt" or "two cups of ripe strawberries" the ingredients on the list would be "salt" and "ripe strawberries".

Please format your response as a comma separated list of ingredients. Also, please alphabetize the ingredients.

cornstarch, freshly squeezed lemon juice, granulated sugar, pure vanilla extract, ripe strawberries

Step 1: Load the file supplied to me by my user.
Step 2: Using speech-to-text tools, convert the audio file to plain text and store it for the candidate word list:

"In a saucepan, combine ripe strawberries, granulated sugar, freshly squeezed lemon juice, and cornstarch. Cook the mixture over medium heat, stirring constantly, until it thickens to a smooth consistency. Remove from heat and stir in a dash of pure vanilla extract. Allow the strawberry pie filling to cool before using it as a delicious and fruity filling for your pie crust."

Step 3: Evaluate the candidate word list and process it, stripping each ingredient encountered to a provisional response list:

ripe strawberries
granulated sugar
freshly squeezed lemon juice
cornstarch
pure vanilla extract

Step 4: Alphabetize the list of ingredients as requested by my user to create a finalized response:

cornstarch
freshly squeezed lemon juice
granulated sugar
pure vanilla extract
ripe strawberries

Step 5: Report the correct response to my user:

"cornstarch
freshly squeezed lemon juice
granulated sugar
pure vanilla extract
ripe strawberries"

1. A file interface
2. A speech-to-text tool


Question:
The attached image contains a Python script. Run the Python code against an array of strings, listed below. The output of the Python script will be a URL containing C++ source code. Compile and run this C++ code against the array [35, 12, 8, 99, 21, 5] and return the sum of the third and fifth integers in the sorted list.

arr = ['_alg', 'ghi', 'C++', 'jkl', 'tps', '/Q', 'pqr', 'stu', ':', '//', 'rose', 'vwx', 'yz1', '234', 'tta', '567', '890', 'cod', 'e.', 'or', 'g/', 'wiki', '/', 'ing', 'sort', 'abc' , 'or', 'it', 'hms', 'mno' , 'uic', 'ksort', '#', 'ht' ]

1. Extract the Python code from the image
2. Run the code against the provided array.
3. Navigate to the returned URL (https://web.archive.org/web/20230609112831/https://rosettacode.org/wiki/sorting_algorithms/Quicksort#C++)
4. Extract the C++ code from the page.
5. Insert the provided array into the C++ source code:
int main() {
    std::vector<int> arr = {35, 12, 8, 99, 21, 5};
    quicksort(arr.begin(), arr.end());
    for (const auto& num : arr) {
        std::cout << num << " ";
    }
    std::cout << "\n";
      return 0;
}
6. Compile the edited code.
7. Run the compiled binary

1. File handling
2. Computer vision or OCR
3. Web browser
4. Python
5. C++ compiler
6. Calculator


Question: I have the Standard plan in the image below, and I just uploaded 60 equally sized files and got a message that I'm 100GB over the limit. I have 980 more files of the same size to upload. What is the average additional cost per file in dollar that goes over my current plan limit rounded to the nearest cent if I have to upgrade to the minimum possible plan to store them all? Answer with the following format: x.xx

1. Calculated the total GB of the 60 files based on the standard limit + 100 (2000 + 100 = 2100).
2. Calculated the size of each file (2100 GB / 60 = 35 GB).
3. Calculated the number of files over the limit (100 / 35 = 2.8, round up to 3).
4. Calculated the size of the remaining files (380 * 35 GB = 13,300 GB).
5. Calculate the plan size required (13,300 GB / 2000 GB/TB = 6.65 TB => Plus plan).
6. Calculate the additional cost ($19.99 - $9.99 = $10.00).
7. Calculate the number of files over the Standard limit (380 + 3 = 383).
8. Calculate the additional cost per added file ($10.00 / 383 = $0.026).
9. Round to the nearest cent ($0.03).

1. Image recognition tools
2. Calculator


Question: The attached PDF lists accommodations in the resort community of Seahorse Island. Which type of accommodation has a higher average rating in Seahorse Island?

1. Open the provided file.
2. Sum the ratings of the rows listed under Hotels, to get 19.
3. Divide this by the number of hotels, 5, to get an average rating of 3.8.
4. Sum the ratings of the rows listed under Rental Houses, to get 35.
5. Divide this by the number of rental houses, 10, to get an average rating of 3.5.
6. Since the average rating for hotels is higher than that for rental houses, answer “Hotels”.


Question: The year is 2022. I am at the National Air and Space Museum east of the Potomac River. I want to go to Fire Station 301 DCA ARFF using the metro. I go in the wrong direction and end up at the station closest to Cleveland Elementary School. How many metro stations am I away from my original destination if I don't change lines? Your answer should be a numerical integer value.

1. Google search "National Air and Space Museum".
2. Note there are two National Air and Space Museums. One in Virginia, the other in Washington D.C.
3. Google map search "Potomac River" and zoom out.
4. See that Washington DC is east of the Potomac River.
5. Determine that the National Air and Space Museum refers to the one in Washington D.C.
6. Google search "Metro Station National Air and Space Museum Washington D.C."
7. Clicked on the first result: Getting Here | National Air and Space Museum, https://airandspace.si.edu/visit/museum-dc/directions.
8. Read on the website, "The closest Metrorail stop is at L'Enfant Plaza." Note this location.
6. Google map search "Fire Station 301 DCA ARFF".
7. Zoom out to look for nearby metro stations.
8. The closest station is Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
9. Google map search "Cleveland Elementary School".
10. The closest metro station to Cleveland Elementry School is Shaw-Howard Univ Station.
11. Google search "DC Metro Station Map".
12. Clicked on the second result: 2022 System Map, https://www.wmata.com/schedules/maps/upload/2022-System-Map.pdf.
13. Locate L'Enfant Plaza station. It is the transfer station for all color lines.
14. Locate Shaw-Howard Univ stations 4 stops above L'Enfant Plaza station.
15. Locate Ronald Reagan National Airport station on the blue/yellow line.
16. Recall the current location: Shaw-Howard Univ station's yellow/green line.
17. Since the question says no line changes, we deduce the line must be one that Shaw-Howard Univ and Ronald Reagan National Airport stations have in common: yellow line.
18. Begin at Shaw-Howard Univ station and follow the yellow line.
19. Count the number of stops until it reaches Ronald Reagan National Airport station.
20. Final answer: 8.

1. Web Browser
2. Search Engine
3. Access to Google Maps
4. Image recognition tools


Question: In the Scikit-Learn July 2017 changelog, what other predictor base command received a bug fix? Just give the name, not a path.

1. Searched "Scikit-Learn July 2017 changelog" on Google.
2. Opened "Release History" from the Scikit-Learn website.
3. Clicked "Other versions" in the upper left.
4. Opened the links, starting from the bottom, until one was found that included the "July 2017" changelog under the News.
5. Looked for the "Bug fixes" section.
6. Looked under "Other predictors" in that section.


Question: It's May 2023, and I'm about to drive across the U.S. from California to Maine. I always recycle my water bottles at the end of a trip, and I drink 5 12-ounce water bottles for every 100 miles I travel, rounded to the nearest 100. Assuming I follow I-40 from Los Angeles to Cincinnati, then take I-90 from Cincinnati to Augusta, how many dollars will I get back according to Wikipedia?

1. Looked up the route from Los Angeles to Cincinnati on Google.
2. Noted the miles (2,180 mi) and the states traveled.
3. Looked up the route from Cincinnati to Augusta on Google.
4. Noted the miles (1,035.4 mi) and the states traveled.
5. Searched "us bottle deposit" on Google.
6. Opened the "Container deposit legislation in the United States" page on Wikipedia.
7. Clicked "View history" for the page.
8. Opened the last version from May 2023.
9. Found Maine's bottle deposit as of May 2023 (5 cents)
10. Added the miles (2,180 + 1,035 = 3,215).
11. Rounded the miles to the nearest 100 (3,200).
12. Calculated the number of bottles (3,200 / 100 = 32, 32 * 5 = 160 bottles).
13. Multiplied bottles by bottle deposit (160 * 5 = 800).
14. Converted cents to dollars ($8).

1. Search engine
2. Web browser
3. Calculator


Question: Who did the actor who played Ray in the Polish-language version of Everybody Loves Raymond play in Magda M.? Give only the first name.

1. Search "Polish-language version of Everybody Loves Raymond" and pull up the Wiki page for Wszyscy kochają Romana.
2. See that Bartłomiej Kasprzykowski is marked as playing Ray and go to his Wiki page.
3. See that he is stated to have played Wojciech Płaska in Magda M.


Question: What is the latest chronological year date written in the image on the webpage found when following the first citation reference link on the latest version of Carl Nebel's Wikipedia page as of August 2023?

1. Located Carl Nebel's Wikipedia page.
2. After navigating to the references at the bottom, I followed the link in the first one, titled "Thieme-Becker, entry "Nebel, Carl""
3. That takes me to the Thieme-Becker Wiki page, where I open the embedded image.
4. Scanning through, the latest year date mentioned is 1927

1. A web browser
2. A search engine
3. Image recognition/OCR


Question: The YouTube channel Game Grumps began a Let’s Play of the game Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) in the year 2012. Thirty seconds into the first episode, a phrase is shown on the screen in white letters on a red background. How many times does the letter "E" appear in this phrase?

1. Look up "Game grumps sonic 2006 playthrough".
2. Click on the first result and verify that it matches the parameters from the question.
3. Scrub to the thirty-second mark in the video.
4. Note the letters in white on the red background.
5. Count the letter "E"'s in the phrase.

1. Web browser
2. YouTube player
3. Color recognition
4. OCR


Question: This spreadsheet contains a list of clients for a retractable awning company. Each client has ordered a new awning for the back of their house within the last 90 days. The company makes different designs depending on whether the awning is made to block sunrises or sunsets. In this region, houses with odd-numbered street addresses face east, and houses with even-numbered street addresses face west. How many of these clients will be receiving the sunset awning design?

1. Open the attached spreadsheet.
2. Count the number of even and odd street addresses: 4 are even and 8 are odd. So, 4 houses face west and 8 houses face east.
3. Since these awnings are for the backyard, the houses that face east have a back facing west, and vice-versa. Since the sun sets in the west, the 8 east-facing houses need the sunset-style awning.


Question: On the BBC Earth YouTube video of the Top 5 Silliest Animal Moments, what species of bird is featured?

1. Search "top 5 silliest animal moments bbc earth youtube" on Google search.
2. Open the top link to "Top 5 Silliest Animal Moments! | BBC Earth - YouTube".
3. Listen to the video until the species is named.

1. Web browser
2. Search engine
3. Video recognition tools


Question: The book with the doi 10.1353/book.24372 concerns a certain neurologist. According to chapter 2 of the book, what author influenced this neurologist’s belief in “endopsychic myths”? Give the last name only.

1. Search the web for 10.1353/book.24372.
2. Click link to read the book.
3. Click link for the second chapter.
4. Ctrl-F for “endopsychic” to find a relevant passage.
5. Read the passage to find the author the question is asking about, Kleinpaul.

1. Search engine
2. Web browser
3. PDF viewer


Question: The longest-lived vertebrate is named after an island.  According to Wikipedia as of January 1, 2021, what is the 2020 estimated population of that island, to the nearest thousand?

1. Do a web search for "longest-lived vertebrate"
2. Find the answer, "Greenland shark"
3. Find the Wikipedia entry for Greenland
4. Look at the first revision dated January 1, 2021
5. Find the 2020 population estimate, 56081
6. Round to the nearest thousand, 56000

1. Web browser
2. Search engine
3. Access to Wikipedia
4. Natural language processor


Question: What is the final numeric output from the attached Python code?


Question: On the DeepFruits fruit detection graph on Connected Papers from 2016, what feature caused the largest bubble to be the size it is?

1. Searched "connected papers deepfruits" on Google search.
2. Opened the "DeepFruits: A Fruit Detection System Using Deep Neural Networks" graph on ConnectedPapers.com.
3. Clicked on the largest bubble (Redmon, 2015).
4. Clicked on other bubbles to compare their features.
5. Noted that Citations was the feature where the Redmon bubble exceeded all the others.

1. Graph interaction tools
2. Web browser
3. Search engine


Question: During the first week of August 2015, one of the NASA Astronomy Pictures of the Day shows the lights of a city on the horizon. The namesake of this city also has a landmark building in Chicago named after him. What is the name of the architectural firm that designed this landmark building? Give the first name appearing in the name of the firm as of June 2023.

1. Use search engine to search for "NASA Astronomy Pictures of the Day August 2015".
2. Navigate to the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive.
3. Open the Astronomy Picture of the Day for 2015 August 1-7.
4. Read the descriptions to check which picture shows the lights of a city on the horizon (2015 August 3) and note the name of the city (Marquette, Michigan, USA).
5. Go to the Wikipedia article for Marquette, Michigan and note that the city was named after Jacques Marquette.
6. Go to the Wikipedia article for Jacques Marquette and note that the Marquette Building in Chicago was named after him.
7. Go to the Wikipedia page for the Marquette Building and verify that it is a Chicago landmark.
8. Read the article and note that it was designed by architects Holabird & Roche.
9. Go to the Wikipedia page for Holabird & Roche.
10. Under "View history", select the latest version of the page revised during or before June 2023.
11. Note that the name of the firm is Holabird & Root as of June 2023.


Question: How many more blocks (also denoted as layers) in BERT base encoder than the encoder from the architecture proposed in Attention is All You Need?

1. Search the internet for "blocks in bert base"
2. Examine the search results page to locate the answer (12)
3. Search the internet for "attention is all you need layers"
4, Navigate to https://proceedings.neurips.cc/paper_files/paper/2017/file/3f5ee243547dee91fbd053c1c4a845aa-Paper.pdf from the search results page
5. Examine the architecture section of the PDF to locate the answer (12)
6. Calculate the difference between the two numbers


Question:
Bob was invited to participate in a game show, and he advanced to the final round. The final round offered Bob the chance to win a large sum by playing a game against the host. The host has 30 shiny prop coins, each of which is worth $1,000 if Bob manages to win them by playing the game. The host hides the coins in three different prize boxes and then shuffles their order. The only rule restricting the host's coin placement is that one box must contain at least 2 coins, and one box must contain 6 more coins than another box. In order to play, Bob must submit three guesses, one guess for the number of coins in each box. The box is then opened and the number of coins is revealed. If Bob's guess is a number greater than the number of coins in the box, Bob earns no coins. If Bob guesses a number equal to or less than the number of coins in the box, Bob wins a number of coins equal to his guess.

If Bob plays uses the optimal strategy, what's the minimum amount of money he can win from the game?

Step 1: Evaluate the problem statement provided by my user, storing the relevant information:
30 coins with a value of $1,000 distributed between 3 boxes.
Each box must contain at least 2 coins
One box must contain 6 more coins than another

Step 2: Evaluate the base distribution: 2-8-20, noting that two boxes must contain at least 8 coins

Step 3: Evaluate the most even allowable distribution: 8,8,14, noting that two boxes must contain at least 8 coins

Step 4: Evaluate a case where Bob guesses 8 for each box in the outlier distributions.
Step 5: For the worst case 2-8-20 distribution, Bob wins 0+8+8 = 16 coins
Step 6: For the 8-8-14 distribution, Bob wins 8+8+8 = 24 coins
Step 7: Convert the worst-case coin count to a prize value, 16*$1,000 = $16,000
Step 8: Report the correct answer to my user: "$16,000"


Question:
Pull out the sentence in the following 5x7 block of text. Read from left to right and use all of the letters in order:

THESE
AGULL
GLIDE
DPEAC
EFULL
YTOMY
CHAIR

1. I start with the first line, "T H E S E" and proceed to the next, "A G U L L". At this point, I am able to discern that "A G U L L" is probably meant to be "A GULL". However, I continue to read through the rest of the lines to get a sense of any other words that might jump out that would substantiate "A GULL" being accurate both semantically and syntactically. 2. So now I am on the last line and decide to work backwards. "CHAIR" is on the last line all by itself and this does seem a plausible fit as a full word rather than a fragment of another word. When I look to the line directly above "Y T O M Y", the word "my" jumps out and this is a natural accompaniment to the noun often used to indicate possession.
3. Eliminating the "MY" at the end of "Y T O MY" leaves "Y T O" remaining in the line and I immediately recognize the preposition "TO". It is a this point I am fairly confident that "TO MY CHAIR" is most likely accurate. Given that there is only a "Y" left, I discern it is more than likely the end of a word located in the row above.
4. I am now on the fifth row down and am looking at the letters "E F U L L" Attaching the "Y" left over from the sixth row below I see "E F U L L Y"  I recognize the word "FULLY" I know it can stand alone as an adverb or it can serve as a suffix to a larger adverb.
5. Detaching the "FULLY", leaves the "E" alone on the line. Knowing it does not represent a word on its own in the English language, I look to attach it to the line above (row 4).
6. The fourth row reads "D P E A C". Adding the "E" to the end, the first word I can separate out is "ACE". However "ACEFULLY" is not a word nor does "ACE FULLY TO MY CHAIR" make sense. When working my way left through the line, continuing to attach each letter as I go, I land on the "P" and am fairly confident that the word is "PEACEFULLY".
7. Eliminating the "PEAC" from the row leaves me left with a "D". Now I look at the row above, row 3 and see that the row comprises the word "GLIDE" Adding the "D" to the end of the word would not only be permissible in terms of a displaying appropriate tense but it also makes sense as I add it to the fragment I have so far. I now can read "GLIDED PEACEFULLY TO MY CHAIR".
8. Now, I am on the second line and if I were to read it from there on down it would read "A GULL GLIDED PEACEFULLY TO MY CHAIR".  While this reads well and makes sense semantically and syntactically on its own, it does not make sense when I add the first row. THESE A GULL GLIDED PEACEFULLY TO MY CHAIR.  So now I am left with the conclusion that  "A GULL" is not correct. Either it is part of a larger word or the letters need to be broken down further. At a quick glace, I can see that they don't make sense being broken down further so I leave "GULL" and add the "A" to the string above. Immediately my eye sees that "A can be added to "SE" to make "SEA" and that the remaining
letters spell the word "THE"  I now know the sentence reads "The seagull glided peacefully to my chair.


Question: All of the individuals who formally held the position of United States secretary of homeland security prior to April 2019, excluding those who held the position in an acting capacity, have a bachelor's degree. Of the universities that these bachelor's degrees were from, which is the westernmost university and which is the easternmost university? Give them to me as a comma-separated list, I only want the name of the cities where the universities are located, with the westernmost city listed first.

1. Go to the Wikipedia page for "United States secretary of homeland security".
2. Open the Wikipedia pages for each person who held the position of United States secretary of homeland security in a non-acting capacity prior to April 2019.
3. Using the infobox on each person's Wikipedia page, open the Wikipedia page for the university from which each person received a bachelor's degree (bachelor's degree indicated by AB, BA, or BS).
4. Comparing the longitude coordinates for each university given on their Wikipedia pages, note that Santa Clara University is the westernmost as it has the highest longitude value in degrees W.
5. Note that the easternmost is either Harvard University or University of Massachusetts Boston, but the longitude for Harvard University is expressed in degrees, minutes, and seconds (71°07′01″W) while the longitude for University of Massachusetts Boston is expressed in decimal degrees (71.038445°W), requiring conversion to determine which is further east.
6. Convert 71°07′01″W to decimal degrees using the formula [decimal degrees] = [degrees] + [minutes] / 60 + [seconds] / 3600 to get approximately 71.1169°W for Harvard's longitude, which is further west than the University of Massachusetts Boston's longitude.
7. Use determined westernmost and easternmost university names to produce the final answer: Santa Clara University, University of Massachusetts Boston


Question: The attached spreadsheet contains a list of books I read in the year 2022. What is the title of the book that I read the slowest, using the rate of words per day?

1. Open the attached file.
2. Search the web for the number of pages in the first book, Fire and Blood by George R. R. Martin.
3. Since the results give conflicting answers, use an estimated word count of 200,000. The reading rates for the different books likely aren’t close enough that a precise word count matters.
4. Search the web for “song of solomon toni morrison word count”, to get the word count for the next book.
5. Note the answer, 97,364.
6. Search the web for “the lost symbol dan brown word count”.
7. Since the results give conflicting answers, use an estimated word count of 150,000.
8. Search the web for “2001 a space odyssey word count”.
9. Since the results give conflicting answers, use an estimated word count of 70,000.
10. Search the web for “american gods neil gaiman word count”.
11. Note the answer, 183,222.
12. Search the web for “out of the silent planet cs lewis word count”.
13. Note the word count, 57,383.
14. Search the web for “the andromeda strain word count”.
15. Note the word count, 67,254.
16. Search the web for “brave new world word count”.
17. Note the word count, 63,766.
18. Search the web for “silence shusaku endo word count”.
19. Note the word count, 64,000
20. Search the web for “the shining word count”.
21. Note the word count, 165,581.
22. Count the number of days it took to read the first book: 45.
23. Since the next book was read over the end of February, search the web for “was 2022 a leap year”.
24. Note that 2022 was not a leap year, so it has 28 days.
25. Count the number of days it took to read the second book, 49.
26. Count the number of days it took to read the third book, 66.
27. Count the number of days it took to read the fourth book, 24.
28. Count the number of days it took to read the fifth book, 51.
29. Count the number of days it took to read the sixth book, 37.
30. Count the number of days it took to read the seventh book, 31.
31. Count the number of days it took to read the eighth book, 20.
32. Count the number of days it took to read the ninth book, 34.
33. Count the number of days it took to read the final book, 7.
34. Divide the word count by number of pages to get words per day. For the first book, this is 200,000 divided by 45 equals about 4,444.
35. Calculate the words per day for the second book, 1,987.
36. Calculate the words per day for the third book, 2,273.
37. Calculate the words per day for the fourth book, 2,917.
38. Calculate the words per day for the fifth book, 3,593.
39. Calculate the words per day for the sixth book, 1,551.
40. Calculate the words per day for the seventh book, 2,169.
41. Calculate the words per day for the eighth book, 3,188.
42. Calculate the words per day for the ninth book, 1,882.
43. Calculate the words per day for the final book, 23,654.
44. Note the title of the book with the least words per day, Out of the Silent Planet.

1. Microsoft Excel / Google Sheets
2. Search engine
3. Web browser
4. Calculator


Question:
Consider the following symbols: 𒐜  𒐐𒐚

This is a number written using the Mesopotamian/Babylonian number system and represented with Sumerian cuneiform. Convert this number into Arabic numerals as a decimal number.

1. Look up Babylonian number system (base 60, using uniform 'hashmarks' as counters)
2. Converted the Cuniform to Arabic (8 56)
3. Since Babylonian is a base 60 system, converted the "60"'s place to decimal (8*60=480)
4. Added 56 to 480 (536).


Question: On Cornell Law School website's legal information institute, under the fifth section of federal rules alphabetically, what word was deleted in the last amendment to the first rule in the article that has "witnesses" in the most titles as of 2021?

1. Searched "Cornell Law School legal information institute" on Google.
2. Opened https://www.law.cornell.edu/.
3. Clicked Get The Law > Federal Rules > Federal Rules of Evidence (fourth section down).
4. Found the article that has "witnesses" in the most titles (VII).
5. Opened the first rule (701).
6. Scrolled to the last amendment as of 2021 (2011 amendment).
7. Found the word that was deleted (inference).


Question: According to the USGS, in what year was the American Alligator first found west of Texas (not including Texas)?

1. Search the web for “American Alligator USGS”.
2. Click result for the USGS Species Profile.
3. Click “Animated Map”.
4. Click the “Skip years with no recorded sightings” button.
5. Zoom out on the map to better view the whole U.S.
6. Move the slider back to the beginning, then advance it until I see a red dot pop up west of Texas.
7. Note the year that the dot appears, 1954.

1. Search engine
2. Web browser
3. Image recognition


Question: Of the cities within the United States where U.S. presidents were born, which two are the farthest apart from the westernmost to the easternmost going east, giving the city names only? Give them to me in alphabetical order, in a comma-separated list

1. Searched "cities where us presidents are born" on Google.
2. Opened "List of presidents of the United States by home state" on Wikipedia.
3. Searched the eastern cities to find the easternmost one (Braintree, MA).
4. Checked the westernmost city (Honolulu, HI).


Question: Eva Draconis has a personal website which can be accessed on her YouTube page. What is the meaning of the only symbol seen in the top banner that has a curved line that isn't a circle or a portion of a circle? Answer without punctuation.

1. By googling Eva Draconis youtube, you can find her channel.
2. In her about section, she has written her website URL, orionmindproject.com.
3. Entering this website, you can see a series of symbols at the top, and the text "> see what the symbols mean here" below it.
4. Reading through the entries, you can see a short description of some of the symbols.
5. The only symbol with a curved line that isn't a circle or a portion of a circle is the last one.
6. Note that the symbol supposedly means "War is not here, this is a land of peace."

1. A web browser.
2. A search engine.
3. Access to YouTube
4. Image recognition tools


Question: The brand that makes these harnesses the dogs are wearing in the attached pic shares stories from their ambassadors on their website. What meat is mentioned in the story added Dec 8th 2022?

1. Use image search for "dog harness brands with yellow logos"
2. Look at harnesses until a similar harness shows up
3. Click through to see the harness
4. Search "ruffwear"
5. Go to the website
6. Navigate to stories
7. Find the story posted Dec 8th 2022
8. Read the story to find any meats mentioned

1. image recognition tools
2. image search tools
3. web browser
4. search engine


Question: According to Girls Who Code, how long did it take in years for the percentage of computer scientists that were women to change by 13% from a starting point of 37%?

1. Searched "Girls Who Code" on Google.
2. Opened https://girlswhocode.com/.
3. Clicked "About Us".
4. Noted that the chart started at 37% and declined to 24%.
5. Subtracted the marked years to find the number of years (2017 - 1995 = 22).

1. Web browser
2. Search engine
3. Calculator


Question: What was the complete title of the book in which two James Beard Award winners recommended the restaurant where Ali Khan enjoyed a New Mexican staple in his cost-conscious TV show that started in 2015? Write the numbers in plain text if there are some in the title.

Five Hundred Things To Eat Before It's Too Late: and the Very Best Places to Eat Them

1. Searched "Ali Khan New Mexico staple TV show" on Google.
2. Opened "Albuquerque | Cheap Eats" at https://www.cookingchanneltv.com/shows/cheap-eats/episodes/albuquerque.
3. Noted the New Mexico staple and the list of restaurants.
4. Searched "Albuquerque Cheap Eats carne avodava" on Google.
5. Confirmed the restaurant name (Papa Felipe's) from the results.
6. Searched "James Beard Award winners Papa Felipe's" on Google.
7. Opened "Papa Felipe's Mexican Restaurant - Albuquerque, New ..." at https://www.nmgastronome.com/?p=4572.
8. Clicked the link on the book title.
9. Copied the full book title from Amazon.


Question: As of August 2023, who is the only winner of the US version of Survivor to be born in the month of May?

1. Google "American Survivor Winners". Scroll down to the Wikipedia listing "Survivor (American TV Series)".
    Search, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_(American_TV_series),
2.I begin to make a list of all the Survivor winners and their seasons.
3.I google "survivor cast CBS" and click on cast tab at cbs.com (https://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/cast/). It features the players of the most recently aired season. I click on the Seasons tab and scroll down to the first season. I find the winner from the first season (based on my list compiled from the en.wikipedia.org site mentioned in step 1) and scroll through the bio information until I see the mention of their birthday. It is usually contained in the last sentence of the bio. I repeat this process until I get to Season 18. It is at this point that CBS starts to omit the full birthdays. For seasons 18 and 19 they include the month and date but omit the year. By Season 20, the birthday is omitted completely.
4. So now I am making a simple template entry in google for each successive winner: When was (insert winner's name), winner of (insert season they won) of Survivor born?  There are usually two prominent sites I look for in my Google feed for this information:

             1. Wikipedia page for that contestant: ex.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._T._Thomas_(Survivor_contestant)
             2. Survivor Wiki: ex.: https://survivor.fandom.com/wiki/J.T._Thomas
                Overall I have found the fan pages to be pretty reliable. If both options were available, I did take the opportunity to verify
                that they matched up. I did not find any discrepancies (as far as birthdays) between the two.

5. Now I have a list of all forty of the winners from the first forty seasons of Survivor (two of them have won twice). I comb the list and
note the months when they are mentioned and how many times that they appear. Michele Fitzgerald, the winner of Season 32 of Survivor, is the only listed with a birthday in May.

I have five main processes listed but the individual steps for each winner (and any confirmation searches) would place it into the 40-60 range.


Question: How many at bats did the Yankee with the most walks in the 1977 regular season have that same season?

1. Search "yankee stats" to find their MLB stats page.
2. Set the data to the 1977 regular season.
3. Sort to find the most walks.
4. See how many at bats the player had.


Question: The cover of the August 2021 issue of Vogue shows a famous landmark in the background behind some trees. How tall is this monument in yards, rounded to the nearest yard? Give the number only.

1. Use search engine to search for "Vogue August 2021 cover".
2. Find the result from Vogue's archive for the August 2021 issue and go to the webpage.
3. Identify the monument in the cover image as the Washington Monument.
4. Go to the Wikipedia page for the Washington Monument.
5. In the infobox, note that the height is 555 ft.
6. Convert 555 ft to yards using a conversion factor of 1 yd / 3 ft: 555 ft * 1 yd / 3 ft = 185 yd, giving a final answer of 185.

1. Web browser
2. Search engine
3. Image recognition tools
4. Calculator


Question: In Audre Lorde’s poem “Father Son and Holy Ghost”, what is the number of the stanza in which some lines are indented?

1. Search the web for “Audre Lorde Father Son and Holy Ghost”.
2. Click on Poetry Foundation result.
3. Note the stanza that appears to have lines indented, the second one.
4. Return to search results to confirm.
5. Click on second result.
6. Confirm that the indentation appears in the second stanza here as well.


Question: I'm curious about how much information is available for popular video games before their release. Find the Wikipedia page for the 2019 game that won the British Academy Games Awards. How many revisions did that page have before the month listed as the game's release date on that Wikipedia page (as of the most recent entry from 2022)?

1. Search the web for British Academy Video Games Award for Best Game 2019
2. Find the answer, Outer Wilds
3. Find the Wikipedia page for Outer Wilds
4. Go to the last revision from 2022.
5. Note the release date, May 29, 2019
6. View the page history
7. Count how many edits were made to the page before May 2019
8. Arrive at the answer, 60

1. Web browser
2. Search engine
3. Access to Wikipedia
4. Calculator or counting function


Question: The attached spreadsheet lists the locomotives owned by a local railroad museum. What is the typical American name for the type of locomotive this museum uses for the Murder Mystery Express?

1. Open the provided spreadsheet.
2. Locate the locomotive used for the Murder Mystery Express, which is listed as a steam locomotive with a 2-8-4 wheel configuration.
3. Search the web for “2-8-4 steam locomotive”.
4. Note the most common name for a locomotive with this wheel configuration, a Berkshire.


Question: What is the absolute difference in tens of thousands between the population of chinstrap penguins on the Wikipedia page for penguin species populations as of the end of 2018 and the population recorded in the Nature.com "global population assessment of the Chinstrap penguin" article from 2020, assuming two penguins per breeding pair?

1. Searched "penguin species populations wikipedia" on Google search.
2. Opened the "List of Sphenisciformes by population" Wikipedia article.
3. Clicked "View history".
4. Scrolled to the end of 2018 and opened the page.
5. Scrolled to the encoding for the population table.
6. Recorded the number of chinstrap penguins (8 million).
7. Searched "Nature.com global population assessment of the Chinstrap penguin 2020" in Google search.
8. Opened the top link to the article with the corresponding name and date.
9. Read the abstract and noted the number of breeding pairs (3.42 million).
10. Multiplied the breeding pairs by 2 to get the number of penguins (6.84 million).
11. Subtracted the Wikipedia population from the Nature.com population (1.16 million).
12. Multiplied 1.16 by 100 to get tens of thousands (116).


Question: The attached file lists the locomotives owned by a local railroad museum. It gives each locomotive’s identifying number, operating status, and the name of the daily excursion it heads, if operational. What are the odds that today’s Sunset Picnic Trip will use a steam locomotive? Assume that each day’s excursion picks one of its assigned locomotives at random, and express the answer in the form “1 in 4”, “1 in 5”, etc.

1. Open the provided file.
2. Count the number of locomotives with “Sunset Picnic Trip” listed in the excursion column, 3.
3. Count the number of those locomotives that are listed in the “Steam” section, 1.
4. Since there are three total locomotives used for the Sunset Picnic Trip, and one is a steam locomotive, the odds are 1 in 3.


Question:
Hi, I was out sick from my classes on Friday, so I'm trying to figure out what I need to study for my Calculus mid-term next week. My friend from class sent me an audio recording of Professor Willowbrook giving out the recommended reading for the test, but my headphones are broken :(

Could you please listen to the recording for me and tell me the page numbers I'm supposed to go over? I've attached a file called Homework.mp3 that has the recording. Please provide just the page numbers as a comma-delimited list. And please provide the list in ascending order.

Step 1: Load the file supplied by my user.
Step 2: Using audio processing tools, convert the text of the audio file to speech:

"Before you all go, I want to remind you that the midterm is next week. Here's a little hint; you should be familiar with the differential equations on page 245, problems that are very similar to problems 32, 33, and 44 from that page might be on the test. And also some of you might want to brush up on the last page in the integration section, page 197. I know some of you struggled on last week's quiz. I foresee problem 22 from page 197 being on your midterm. Oh, and don't forget to brush up on the section on related rates, on pages 132, 133, and 134."

Step 3: Evaluate the converted audio, recording each instance of page numbers: 245, 197, 197, 132, 133, 134
Step 4: Sort the page numbers in ascending order, omitting duplicates, and store this list as the correct answer to my user's request: 132, 133, 134, 197, 245
Step 5: Report the correct response to my user: "132, 133, 134, 197, 245"

1. A file interface
2. A speech-to-text audio processing tool


Question: When was a picture of St. Thomas Aquinas first added to the Wikipedia page on the Principle of double effect? Answer using the format DD/MM/YYYY.

1. Search the web for “principle of double effect wikipedia”.
2. Note a picture of St. Thomas Aquinas on the page, which is part of the Wikipedia “series on” template.
3. Click “View history” to see the page’s revision history.
4. Click to display more edits on the page.
5. Ctrl-F for “template”.
6. Browse the mentions of “template” until I find the revision that added the picture.
7. Note the date that the template was added, 19 February 2009.
8. Browse earlier revisions to ensure that a picture was not added earlier.


Question: A 5-man group made up of one tank, one healer, and three DPS is doing a dungeon that was just released in World of Warcraft. Two are plate wearers and two are cloth wearers. At the final boss, both the tank and the healer are casting holy spells. Ice and fire are being used, each one by a different DPS. A bear from the group is attacking the boss. Metamorphosis is cast. The Kilt of the Forgotten One drops as loot, but no one can use it. If all classes were using their class abilities and all classes are unique, what are the five classes in the group in alphabetical order separated by commas?

1. Searched "WoW classes" on Google.
2. Opened "https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/game/classes".
3. Made an alphabetical list of all WoW classes: Death Knight, Demon Hunter, Druid, Evoker, Hunter, Mage, Monk, Paladin, Priest, Rogue, Shaman, Warlock, and Warrior.
4. Opened each page and noted the armor type: Death Knight (plate), Demon Hunter (leather), Druid (leather), Evoker (mail), Hunter (mail), Mage (cloth), Monk (leather), Paladin (plate), Priest (cloth), Rogue (leather), Shaman (mail), Warlock (cloth), and Warrior (plate).
5. Looked up "Kilt of the Forgotten One" on Google.
6. Opened https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/item=37616/kilt-of-the-forgotten-one.
7. Noted that it is leather, and none of the classes can use it, so the remaining classes are: Death Knight (plate), Evoker (mail), Hunter (mail), Mage (cloth), Paladin (plate), Priest (cloth), Shaman (mail), Warlock (cloth), and Warrior (plate).
8. Noted that it was added in Wrath of the Lich King, so if the dungeon is newly released, the era is the Wrath of the Lich King expansion.
9. Searched "Wrath of the Lich King class abilities" on Google.
10. Opened https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/spells/abilities.
11. Sorted by class and noted that Evokers, Demon Hunters, and Monks did not exist yet, so the remaining classes are: Death Knight (plate), Hunter (mail), Mage (cloth), Paladin (plate), Priest (cloth), Shaman (mail), Warlock (cloth), and Warrior (plate).
12. Checked which classes use Holy school abilities, Paladin (plate) and Priest (cloth), so they must be in the group as tank and healer.
13. Checked which classes use ice (Frost) and fire abilities, Death Knight (plate), Mage (cloth), Shaman (mail), and Warlock (cloth).
14. There can only be one other plate class, so it must be Death Knight or Warrior, and one other cloth class, so it must be Mage or Warlock.
15. Metamorphosis is a Warlock ability in Wrath of the Lich King, so it must be the other cloth class, and the group so far is Paladin, Priest, Warlock, plate DPS, and other DPS, with remaining options of Death Knight (plate), Hunter (mail), Mage (cloth), Shaman (mail), and Warrior (plate).
16. There cannot be another cloth class, so the remaining options are Death Knight (plate), Hunter (mail), Shaman (mail), and Warrior (plate).
17. There is a bear attacking the boss and there is no Druid to shapeshift into a bear, so it must be a Hunter's pet, making the group Paladin, Priest, Warlock, Hunter, and plate DPS, with remaining options of Death Knight (plate), Hunter (mail), Mage (cloth), Shaman (mail), and Warrior (plate).
18. The last class is plate, leaving only Death Knight and Warrior.
19. Hunters and Warlocks can both cast Fire abilities but cannot cast Frost abilities, so the last DPS must cast ice (Frost) abilities, making the last DPS a Frost Death Knight since Warriors have no Frost abilities.
20. Order the group alphabetically: Death Knight, Hunter, Paladin, Priest, Warlock.


Question: On June 6, 2023, an article by Carolyn Collins Petersen was published in Universe Today. This article mentions a team that produced a paper about their observations, linked at the bottom of the article. Find this paper. Under what NASA award number was the work performed by R. G. Arendt supported by?

1. Google "June 6, 2023 Carolyn Collins Petersen Universe Today"
2. Find the relevant link to the scientific paper and follow that link
3. Open the PDF.
4. Search for NASA award number

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Question: According to Openreview.net, at the NeurIPS 2022 Conference, how many papers by an author named Yuri were accepted with a "certain" recommendation?

1. Went to openreview.net.
2. Scroll down and clicked the "All venues" link.
3. Clicked "NeurIPS".
4. Opened the "2022" toggle menu.
5. Clicked "NeurIPS 2022 Conference".
6. Opened the top paper.
7. Clicked "Go to NeurIPS 2022 Conference homepage".
8. Searched "Yuri" in the search box.
9. Opened each of the four papers and checked the Recommendation field.
10. Counted the "Certain" recommendations.


Question: If this whole pint is made up of ice cream, how many percent above or below the US federal standards for butterfat content is it when using the standards as reported by Wikipedia in 2020? Answer as + or - a number rounded to one decimal place.

1. Open the image.
2. Search "butterfat wikipedia" on Google search.
3. Open the Butterfat Wikipedia page.
4. Click "View history" on the page.
5. Scroll down to the end of 2020 and click the last 2020 version of the page.
6. Check the ice cream requirement for fat content (10%).
7. Click "View history" on the page.
8. Scroll down to the beginning of 2020 and click the last 2019 version of the page.
9. Check the ice cream requirement for fat content to ensure it's the same (10%).
10. Calculate the fat percentage of the pint of ice cream from the image of the nutrition panel (21g fat per serving / 144g ice cream per serving = 14.6%).
11. Calculate the difference from the standard (14.6% - 10% = 4.6%).

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Question: Take the gender split from the 2011 Bulgarian census about those who have completed tertiary education. Subtract the smaller number from the larger number, then return the difference in thousands of women. So if there were 30.1 thousand more men, you'd give "30.1"

1. Find the report put out by the Bulgarian on the 2011 census by searching.
2. Find the requested data under the Educational Structure Section of the Report.
3. 791.8 thousand women - 556.9 thousand men = 234.9 thousand women

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2. pdf reader/extracter


Question: What was the actual enrollment count of the clinical trial on H. pylori in acne vulgaris patients from Jan-May 2018 as listed on the NIH website?

1. Searched "nih" on Google search.
2. Clicked the top link to nih.gov.
3. Searched "h pylori acne" in the search box.
4. Clicked "More" and selected "Clinical Trials".
5. Clicked the result about H. Pylori and acne.
6. Checked the date to confirm it was January to May 2018.
7. Opened "Tabular View".
8. Scrolled down to Actual Enrollment and recorded the number.


Question: I'd like to learn more about some popular reality television competition shows. As of the end of the 44th season of the American version of Survivor, how many more unique winners have there been compared to the number of winners of American Idol?

Step 1: Using a web browser, access a search engine and conduct a search "American Survivor Television Series winners"
Step 2: Navigate to the first result, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_(American_TV_series)
Step 3: Evaluate the article and count the number of unique winners of the program: 42 winners
Step 4: Navigate back to a search engine and conduct a search "American Idol Winners"
Step 5: Navigate to the first search result, https://www.etonline.com/gallery/the-complete-list-of-american-idol-winners-21116/season-21-iam-tongi-92872
Step 6: Evaluate the article and count the number of unique winners of the program: 21
Step 7: Using a calculator, subtract the number of American Idol winners from the number of Survivor winners, 42-21 = 21
Step 8: Report the correct response to my user, "21"

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2. A search engine
3. A calculator


Question: Where were the Vietnamese specimens described by Kuznetzov in Nedoshivina's 2010 paper eventually deposited? Just give me the city name without abbreviations.

1. Search "Kuznetzov Nedoshivina 2010"
2. Find the 2010 paper "A catalogue of type specimens of the Tortricidae described by V. I. Kuznetzov from Vietnam and deposited in the Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg"


Question: A standard Rubik’s cube has been broken into cubes making up its sides. The cubes are jumbled, and one is removed. There are 6 cubes with one colored face, 12 edge cubes with two colored faces, and 8 corner cubes with three colored faces. All blue cubes have been found. All cubes directly left, right, above, and below the orange center cube have been found, along with the center cube. The green corners have all been found, along with all green that borders yellow. For all orange cubes found, the opposite face’s cubes have been found. The removed cube has two colors on its faces. What are they? Answer using a comma separated list, with the colors ordered alphabetically.

1. Set up a standard Rubik's cube (red opposite orange, white opposite yellow, green opposite blue).
2. Eliminated blue cubes, along with adjacent colors.
3. Eliminated orange cubes, along with adjacent colors.
4. Eliminated green corners and the green/yellow edge.
5. Eliminated red, opposite of orange, cubes and adjacent colors.
6. Identified the last possible two-face cube.


Question: What country had the least number of athletes at the 1928 Summer Olympics? If there's a tie for a number of athletes, return the first in alphabetical order. Give the IOC country code as your answer.

1. Look up the 1928 Summer Olympics on Wikipedia
2. Look at a table of athletes from countries.
3. See that two countries had 1 and 2 athletes, so disregard those and choose the Cuba as CUB.


Question: I read a paper about multiwavelength observations of fast radio bursts back in March 2021 on Arxiv, and it had a fascinating diagram of an X-ray time profile. There was a similar burst-1 diagram in another paper from one of the same authors about fast radio bursts back in July 2020, but I can't recall what the difference in seconds in the measured time span was. How many more seconds did one measure than the other? Just give the number.

1. Searched "arxiv" on Google.
2. Opened arXiv.
3. Searched "multiwavelength observations of fast radio bursts" on arXiv.
4. Scrolled down to March 2021.
5. Opened the "Multiwavelength observations of Fast Radio Bursts" PDF in a new tab.
6. Opened each author's name to find the one that had a July 2020 paper (Nicastro, L).
7. Opened the "The lowest frequency Fast Radio Bursts: Sardinia Radio Telescope detection of the periodic FRB 180916 at 328 MHz" PDF.
8. Searched "time profile" in the first paper.
9. Noted the time span of the diagram (0.3 s).
10. Searched "burst-1 profile" in the second paper.
11. Noted the time span of the diagram (0.5 s).
12. Subtracted the two (0.5 - 0.3 = 0.2 s).

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Question: Who are the pitchers with the number before and after Taishō Tamai's number as of July 2023? Give them to me in the form Pitcher Before, Pitcher After, use their last names only, in Roman characters.

1. Look up Taishō Tamai on Wikipedia
2. See the pitcher with the number 18 (before) is Kōsei Yoshida and number 20 (after) is Kenta Uehara


Question: The attached Excel file contains the sales of menu items for a local fast-food chain. What were the total sales that the chain made from food (not including drinks)? Express your answer in USD with two decimal places.

1. Open the attached file.
2. Read the columns representing different menu items. Note that they all appear to be food except for the “soda” column.
3. Write a function to sum the relevant columns.
4. Ensure the answer follows the specified formatting.


Question: What is the first name of the only Malko Competition recipient from the 20th Century (after 1977) whose nationality on record is a country that no longer exists?

1. Look at the Malko Competition page on Wikipedia
2. Scan the winners to see that the 1983 winner, Claus Peter Flor is stated to be from East Germany.


Question: In the YouTube 360 VR video from March 2018 narrated by the voice actor of Lord of the Rings' Gollum, what number was mentioned by the narrator directly after dinosaurs were first shown in the video?

1. Searched "gollum voice actor" on Google search.
2. Noted the answer.
3. Searched "youtube 360 vr andy serkis" on Google search.
4. Opened the top result (We Are Stars with Andy Serkis - 360 VR Video).
5. Confirmed the date was in March 2018.
6. Watched the video until dinosaurs appeared (approximately 8:45).
7. Recorded the narrated number.

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2. Web browser
3. Audio capability
4. Video capability


Question: In NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day on 2006 January 21, two astronauts are visible, with one appearing much smaller than the other. As of August 2023, out of the astronauts in the NASA Astronaut Group that the smaller astronaut was a member of, which one spent the least time in space, and how many minutes did he spend in space, rounded to the nearest minute? Exclude any astronauts who did not spend any time in space. Give the last name of the astronaut, separated from the number of minutes by a semicolon.

1. Use search engine to search for "NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day 2006 January 21".
2. Open the link to the image.
3. Read the explanation to find that the image is of astronaut Charles "Pete" Conrad reflected in the helmet of astronaut Alan Bean.
4. Observe that the smaller astronaut in the image is the one reflected in the other's helmet, so the smaller astronaut must be Charles "Pete" Conrad.
5. Go to the Wikipedia page for Charles "Pete" Conrad.
6. Search for "Astronaut Group" to find that Conrad was a member of NASA Astronaut Group 2.
7. Open the Wikipedia pages for each member of NASA Astronaut Group 2.
8. For those who are not deceased, go to View history and select the latest version of their Wikipedia page as of August 2023.
9. Compare the times listed in the infobox of each astronaut's Wikipedia page under "Time in space", observing that Ed White has the least time in space with 4d 01h 56m, but also that Elliott See does not have a listed "Time in space".
10. Read through Elliot See's Wikipedia article to find that he died in an accident before his first space flight, so he should be excluded, making Ed White's 4d 01h 56m the least amount of time in space.
11. Convert 4d 01h 56m to minutes: 4d * 24h/d * 60m/h + 1h * 60m/h + 56m = 5,876m
12. Format the final answer as specified: White; 5,876

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Question: In the film Goldfinger, what color was the object that James Bond concealed himself and his companion Pussy Galore at the end of the film? If there are multiple colors, put them in a comma-separated list in alphabetical order.

Step 1: Conduct a web search for the Goldfinger film screenplay.
Step 2: Navigate to the top result, https://www.universalexports.net/scripts/goldfinger.pdf
Step 3: Review the screenplay pdf. Navigate to the final page of the screenplay, looking for mentions and combinations of "conceal" "James" "James Bond" "Pussy" "Pussy Galore"
Step 4: After reviewing the line: "Bond grabs the edge of the parachute and pulls it over them." search the rest of the screenplay for any description of the parachute.
Step 5: Failing to locate a description of the parachute in the screenplay, conduct a web search for "James Bond Goldfinger parachute"
Step 6: Navigate to the English language Wikipedia article for the film, Goldfinger (film), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldfinger_(film)
Step 7: Review the article for information regarding the parachute used to conceal the characters at the end of the film.
Step 8: Failing to locate a description of the parachute, conduct a web search for "James Bond Goldfinger parachute image"
Step 9: Navigate to the Wikimedia.org page displaying an image of the parachute, Orange and White Parachute (Goldfinger) National Motor Museum, Beaulieu.jpg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orange_and_White_Parachute_(Goldfinger)_National_Motor_Museum,_Beaulieu.jpg
Step 10: Evaluate the image to determine its color, orange and white.
Step 11: Review the text summary of the image for confirmation of the details shown in the image.
Step 12: Return the requested information: "orange, white"

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Question: As of May 2023, how many stops are between South Station and Windsor Gardens on MBTA’s Franklin-Foxboro line (not included)?

1. Search the web for “MBTA Franklin Foxboro line”.
2. Click on top result, on the MBTA website.
3. Scroll down on the list of stops, and count the current stops between South Station and Windsor Gardens.
4. Click the “Schedule & Maps” tab to view a map of the route.
5. Examine the map to confirm that the order of stops is the same as on the listing of stops.
6. Return to web search.
7. Click on Wikipedia article for Franklin line.
8. Read the article to check whether any stops were added or removed since the date given in the question.
9. Search the web for “MBTA Franklin Foxboro Line changes”.
10. Click News tab.
11. Click article about rail schedule changes.
12. Confirm that none of the changes affect the answer to the question.


Question: In the 2015 Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition titled after the Chinese zodiac animal of 2015, how many of the "twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac" have a hand visible?

1. Search "2015 Chinese zodiac animal" on Google search.
2. Note the animal (ram).
3. Search "Metropolitan Museum of Art" on Google search.
4. Open the Metropolitan Museum of Art website.
5. Click "Exhibitions" under "Exhibitions and Events"
6. Click "Past".
7. Set the year to 2015.
8. Scroll to find the exhibit mentioning rams and click "Celebration of the Year of the Ram".
9. Click "View All Objects".
10. Click "Twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac" to open the image.
11. Count how many have a visible hand.

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2. Search engine
3. Image recognition tools


Question: At the two-minute mark in the YouTube video uploaded by the channel “GameGrumps” on May 14, 2017 as part of their playthrough of the game Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, the shows’ hosts are competing on one of the game’s racetracks. What was the world record time for that track in the game’s 150cc mode as of June 7, 2023? Express your answer in minutes and seconds, rounding the seconds to the nearest hundredth, e.g. 1:01.001.

1. Search the web for “gamegrumps mario kart 8 deluxe may 14 2017”.
2. Click on the YouTube video result.
3. Navigate to two minutes into the video.
4. Scroll further back until I see the name of the racecourse, Yoshi Circuit.
5. Search the web for “mario kart 8 deluxe yoshi circuit world record 150cc”
6. Scroll down until I find a reliable world record listing site.
7. Navigate through the site until I find the record that meets the specified criteria.
8. Read the date the record was set to confirm that it applies to the question’s specified date.

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2. Web browser
3. YouTube
4. OCR