Chiefs Threepeat 23 2425

Question 1

“Inspired by her work with terminally ill patients, what Swiss American psychiatrist introduced the five stages of grief in her 1969 book on death and dying?

And for a bonus, what was Allison’s mnemonic for the five stages? Because if you remember, we had this in ours.”

Answer 1

“Kubler-Ross.

Dabda.

D-A-B-D-A. Oh, good.”

“So yes, it is Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, and denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance equals Dabda. All right.

Question 2

Question three.

Odds, as in gambling, are expressed as ratios. Here’s a story problem for you. Oh boy.

No blows.

Andy and Deva walk into a casino in downtown Las Vegas and find a roulette table. One of them bets on black and the other bets on red. What are the true odds that both of them will lose?”

Answer 2

2/38
1/19

“So there are 18 red spaces, 18 black spaces, and two green spaces, which makes the odds of the true odds being two to 38, or simplified to one in 19.”

Question 3

“variation of the percentage sign that indicates a number is divided by 1000 instead of 100.”

Answer 3

“There is a symbol. It’s like a percent sign, but the bottom part of the percent has an extra zero.”