Re: Trivia #8 -- Busy-Bodies -- Glenn Stein

"Glenn Stein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

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> > Question 1: What was the greatest number of events
> > played by any Top 150 player?
> 
> 33

That's not right, although I believe that's the maximum
shown on this week's rankings list.

> > Question 2: What was the greatest number of events
> > played by any Top 30 player?
> 
> I was going to say 27, but based on the formula above (order of answers in
> decreasing order), the answer here is between 27 and 33, so 30.

You've both gotten the answer to this one and spotted the pattern.

> > Question 3: What was the greatest number of events
> > played by any Top 20 player?
> 30 (same as #2)

Yes.

> > Question 4: What was the greatest number of events
> > played by any Top 10 player?
> 27 (Dementieva played a lot)

Didn't she though? Correct again.

> > Question 5: What was the SMALLEST number of events
> > played by any Top 100 player?
> 6

Yes.

> > Question 6: For the Top 150, what was the MOST
> > POPULAR number of events to schedule? (That is,
> > look at the number of events each player played --
> > 17, 20, 23, whatever. What number was played by
> > the most players)?
> I had 28, but this must be lower. Maybe 24.

It is indeed 24.

> > Question 7: A reasonable schedule is between 17
> > events (minimum for a full load) and 27. What
> > was the LEAST popular number of events in this
> > range?
> 18

No.

> > Question 8: The top 150 played a combined 3568 events
> > in 2003 (or, rather, in the 52 weeks prior to November 11,
> > 2003). Consider the number they played in 2002 also.
> > To the nearest four, how much did the total increase
> > or decrease from 2002 to 2003 (that is, if the figure
> > in 2002 had been 3560, you would say "increased by
> > eight"; had the 2002 figure been 3570, you would
> > say "decreased by two")?
> This is either 25 or 26. I only have to be within four, so the question is
> whether there is an increase or decrease.  I'm going to go with decrease by
> 25.

Hm. I see I left myself a problem here, scoring-wise.
The figure is within the range, but the direction is wrong.
So I guess that's one point. Total of 7, out of 11 possible.