What are the Odds?

Las Vegas baby!!

In the city that never sleeps, everything is about the odds.

The weather person says "The odds of rain today are 50 to 1. The odds it will be hot today 30 to 1."

Everything is about the odds!

With that in mind I thought today we would look at some odds.


Ready? Odds are we start now.

Answer the question before checking out the answer. 90 to 1 you don't get them all right.

OK here we go.



Cheerleading:

Schools' female cheerleading squads are how much more likely to be seriously injured than female gymnasts?

a - half as likely
b - twice as likely
c - five times as likely







Answer: C

1982 through 2004, 55 female cheerleaders were sidelined by direct fatalities and catastrophic injuries, as compared to 11 female gymnasts.







Radio Waves:

If you stopped a car at random on almost any street in this country odds are the radio would be tuned to which of these

a - country music
b - oldies
c - news / talk







Answer: A

With 2030 stations nation wide, country music is ahead of the 1335 news/talk stations and 734 oldies.







Sleepwalking:

A typical sleepwalking episode is likely to last about how long

a - 6 seconds
b - 60 seconds
c - 6 minutes







Answer: C

The average sleepwalker wanders for about 6 minutes at a stretch.







Breadwinner:

Among U.S. married couples what are the chances the wife earns over $5,000 a year more than her husband?

A - 5 in 100
B - 17 in 100
C - 35 in 100







Answer: B

17% of wives are now the primary wage earners. In unmarried partner households the proportion of female breadwinners is higher than that at 26%







Spelling Bee:

Which state has the best odds of producing a winner in the national spelling bee?

a - Indiana
b - Pennsylvania
c - Texas







Answer: C

Texas with 9 wins, Pennsylvania has had 6 and Indiana has had 2.







Pregnancy:

In what country are you guaranteed to receive the greatest amount of paid maternity leave?

a - Russia
b - Australia
c - United States







Answer: A

Russian women receive 20 weeks of paid maternity leave compared to 12 weeks unpaid leave in the United States.

In Australia women aren't paid either but their jobs are guaranteed for one full year.







Road Rage:

What's the chance that road rage was a factor in someone's death in a motor vehicle accident?

A - 1 in 50
B - 1 in 1300
C - 1 in 2,700







Answer: B

There were 218 deaths attributed to road rage in this country from 1990 to 1996.

In that same period there were roughly 290,000 fatalities in motor vehicle accidents.







Beatles:

What were the chances of a Beatles Billboard top 40 hit charting at number one?

A - 24%
B - 38%
C - 74%







Answer: B

Only 20 of the Beatles' 52 top 40 hits made it to #1, partly because the Beatles became victims of their own success. Some Beatle hits stalled at # 2 or 3 because the path to the top was blocked by their other hits.




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