Royal Statistical Society Christmas quiz: 25th anniversary edition

Q4. FLIP THE QUESTION [7 points]

(a) In the event the following all played together, which will really do the odd one out C and why?
KC & Light Band
Mot?rhead
Tom Odell
Styx
Dave Edmunds

(b) Loosely speaking, what might result from a collaboration regarding the following acts, in sequence? Emery; Earth, Wind & Fire; Fleetwood Mac; Positively Black; Snow Patrol; Lethal Bizzle; Elvis Presley; Bob Marley & The Wailers; The Beatles; The Sutherland Brothers; Simon Webbe; Foo Fighters; Martina McBride; The All-American Rejects; Drake

Q5. LOUD AND CLEAR [5 points]

Since 1975, what feat have been accomplished only via the following, plus an added person?

JE, GJ, GG, JE, DR, DC, VD, JT, AK, AK, MC, AK, NB, DG, AD

Who’s missing, as well as what festive message is explained (twice) if they’re included in the listing?

Q6. FREEZE-FRAMES [10 points]

Each from the images here’s a stylised snippet at a historical artwork. Every time, get the surname in the original artist. Whose name is revealed by way of the nine answers?

Q7. LOTS On their own PLATE [5 points]

(a) As to what context would juxtaposing a horse, a new, a language and a chihuahua make a festive name? (Hint: 80% of Q2.)

(b) Chantal joins One place to another, and adds C. Isala joins A to itself (throughout the outside), and adds D. Chantal joins B to C, and adds E. Isala joins B to E (with this report), adds F, and smiles. The proceedings C and where?

Q8. THREE POINT FIVE POINT … [3 points]

During 2018, three very short phrases C produced by math comic strips published in January 1973, March 1972 and January 1960 C are considered regularly by 1000s of statisticians around the globe.

What will be the phrases, and where has the doctor appeared?

Q9. SPSS: A SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY [5 points]

If the nine numbers about the are 50, 35, 27, 19, 24, 42, 37, 33 and 29, which 12 numbers appear in the lining? (Quite a appropriate rentals are shared via the largest interior number and three of the company’s neighbours.)

Q10. BICHHOO (YO!) [8 points]

Which five English words should displayed on the right-hand side within the equations below?

What festive message (echoing a tender question) is encoded in the above image?

Finally, why might the question title strike a chord with somebody mentioned earlier inside the quiz, in accordance with their recent work C plus in which other question would he or she think particularly at your home?

Q11. P.I.G. [5 points]

The first 25 factors of the specific sequence comprise seven ‘d’s, five ‘e’s, one ‘f’, five ‘n’s, six ‘s’s, and one ‘z’ (in most order). It is possible to composition within the next 25 elements?

(The fifth element C the shortest during the sequence C might produce a little help.)

Q12. IT’S A LAP [6 points]

Prof Sandra Klaus, head within the Lapland School of Mathematics, rode into work with a moonlit Christmas Eve to locate that someone had pinned 28 strands of tinsel to her blackboard inside a curious configuration (see diagram below).

She observed that tinsel strands of identical colour always had a similar length, while strands of several colours always had different lengths. Moreover, each colour appeared a unique variety of times: there was one purple strand, two blue strands, three orange strands, and so on.

Prof Klaus wondered whether this level of detail was sufficient to calculate merely the ratio on the longest strand length towards shortest strand length. Is it possible to help her out?

Q13. FUSION [8 points]

(a) Fill out the question marks below:

The first member of the ultimate pair is related (by two alternative ways) for the theme of an earlier question – can you let you know that?

(b) Inside a related vein, add the blank below:

Q14. HEX 19 [6 points]

Nathaniel eats a tiny island. One weekend, following a barbecue, he decides to get a random stroll, starting from his home hex (shown in red). On each ‘step’ in the stroll, Nathaniel randomly selects another hex to travel to from those close to his current hex, with each and every option being equally likely. (Any adjacent hex might be chosen – even one bigger previously visited.) If Nathaniel’s stroll lasts for as many as 19 steps, what on earth is his possibly final location?

Q15. THE BROMPTONS [5 points]

Devising unusual advent calendars for best freinds and family is really a long-standing November tradition while in the Brompton household, with a prize being awarded for intriguing design. The 2011 winner, announced at breakfast on 1 December, was youngest son Philip, who developed the calendar pictured below. Exactly what is stand out regarding it?