UC Riverside Highlander Invitational 23-24
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If the aircraft supercarrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, the flagship of the British Royal Navy, were to have its fuel tanks be filled with chocolate milk, how many grams of protein would it contain?
8
Suppose every active member of the Luxembourg Armed Forces suddenly became allergic to every known food, except for chocolate milk. How many Suezmax oil tankers filled to capacity with chocolate milk would be needed to calorically sustain them for exactly one day?
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Using the United States of America’s yearly national defense budget for the 2024 fiscal year, how many 52 fl oz bottles of chocolate milk could I purchase from Walmart?
11
If I wanted to fill the gas tanks of every Leopard 2 Main Battle Tank owned by the Federal Republic of Germany as of 2022 with chocolate milk instead of diesel, how many 52 fl oz bottles of chocolate milk would I need to buy?
5
If I somehow magically converted the engines of a T-72 Soviet Main Battle Tank to run on chocolate milk (harnessing 100% of the calories within the heavenly liquid), then how far could it go on a full tank, in kilometers?
1
If I filled the internal tanks of every Dassault Rafale multirole fighter jet operated by the Indian Air Force with chocolate milk instead of fuel, how many calories would exist, just from the fat content?
7
How many grams of pure gold can I buy with the total amount of credit card debt that Californians currently hold?
9
If the Golden Gate Bridge in the San Francisco Bay Area suddenly turned into 24 karat gold, how much would it be worth, in the context of the January 2024 market?
14
If I laid Fort Knox standard gold bars length-wise throughout the entirety of the Interstate 5 highway that exists within California’s borders, then how many gold bars would I need?
7
To recoup some of our tuition money, some trusted associates and myself have stolen the Nobel Prize medals of every single laureate ever affiliated with the University of California system. How many metric tons of gold would we yield from this dastardly, devious, and diabolical caper?
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The Golden 1 Stadium in Sacramento, California, built at the epicenter of the California Gold Rush in the mid-19th century, is home to the Sacramento Kings (Light the Beam!!!). It has a capacity of about 18,000 people, and construction was started in How many Golden 1 Stadiums could be built in 2024 with the liquid value of all of the gold extracted in California during the California Gold Rush?
1
If I used America’s gold reserves to plate the entirety of California’s surface area in gold, how thick would the layer be, in meters?
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"I'm sorry, the old Taylor can't come to the phone right now" "Why? Oh, 'cause she's dead" How many phone calls have been placed globally ever since Taylor Swift sung this iconic lyric in 2017, to the date of this tournament?
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“Bad, bad boy, shiny toy with a price. You know that I bought it (oh yeah, you're right, I want it)” Let’s pretend that all of the streams for Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” on Spotify are unique (although we all know that’s not true. I make up like... at least 100 of them...). Suppose all of those people bought tickets for the Eras Tour at the resale price averaged from all venues. How many “It's a Cruel Summer with You” crewneck sweaters could be bought with the money instead?
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“Got a long list of ex-lovers. They'll tell you I'm insane” I typed out a list of my competition... I mean... every person that Taylor Swift has ever dated. Only first and last names are used, and popular nicknames are applied, where applicable. If I multiplied the character count, including spaces, of Swift’s popular song “Blank Space,” to the character count of my hit list, what would it be?
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"Saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts" If Taylor really did suffer a thousand cuts from every single one of her exes, how many stitches would she need? Assume that each cut is a mild 2-inch wound on a low-movement area of the body.
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“You know I love a London boy. I enjoy walking SoHo, drinking in the afternoon (yeah)” Despite the long distance, luckily Swift is an international pop star. Let’s say she solely took round trips to visit her theoretical English bae, from JFK Intl. Airport in New York City, USA to London-Heathrow Airport in London, England, funding them solely with the royalties she was paid by Spotify in All air travel was done in her private jet, a Dassault Falcon Once she runs out of money, she stops. How many round trips could she take?
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“But it's been two thousand one hundred and 90 days of our love blackout” Suppose that there actually were 2,190 days between every single relationship that Taylor Swift had. She decides to use those periods to work on herself, by learning how to do the Cha-Cha Slide. How many times would she have done the Cha-Cha Slide all throughout her life?
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“All along there was some invisible string tying you to me?” Let’s say there really was an invisible string, tying Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift together (if they’re not together when you guys are taking this test I’m actually gonna be so mad bc I’m writing this in December rn 💀). Suppose they’re each at their hometowns currently, with Kelce being from Westlake, OH and Swift from West Reading, PA. How many times could this supposed “invisible string” from this situation wrap around a standard American football?
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Although this test writer is currently attending UC Berkeley in the San Francisco Bay Area (which is like... at least two football fields away), and cannot be there in person to see all of you amazing people, if I were to steal a Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+ and race down the I-5, continuously maintaining top speed and with complete disregard for all traffic laws, how many centuries would it take me to get to UC Riverside?
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The “one-percenter” claim refers to the idea that while 99% of motorcyclists are law-abiding, there is a 1% minority that are outlaws. If this is true, then should all “one-percenters” be convicted of federal crimes, then how much would it cost annually for the United States Bureau of Prisons to incarcerate them all?
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If every person arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in 2021 was actually intoxicated with alcohol, just barely over the legal limit, how many fluid ounces of alcohol would be in all of their collective bloodstreams?
7
What is the collective base horsepower of every Chevrolet Silverado (the most stolen vehicle in the United States) stolen in 2022?
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How many base-model Ford Explorers could the California Highway Patrol buy with all of the revenue that comes from speeding tickets issued in California every year?
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The Cannonball Run is an unofficial (and illegal, in theory) speed challenge where one attempts to cross the country as fast as possible in any automobile, going from New York City to Los Angeles. Suppose I was doing the Run starting in LA, and I had a California Highway Patrol officer in a standard police-issue Ford Explorer Interceptor pursuing me the entire time. We both magically have unlimited gas and do not have to stop. In US Dollars, how much would it cost the state of California to have this officer maintain his pursuit, from LA, until I finally finish the run and pull over to receive my speeding ticket in NYC?
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What is 2024^pi?
10
What is pi^2024?
1006
What is 2024!?
58115
What is 123456789 x 987654321?
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What is (e^pi)^(phi^lambda)^(A^K)?
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What is 11162005 x 2172024?
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If every human on Earth suddenly became the size of the Colossus of Rhodes, then how many pounds of carbon dioxide would we produce daily?
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Although this affliction upon humanity magically repaired itself, for some reason, I am now the only colossal human left standing. Time to cause some mayhem! If I tore down the Great Pyramid of Giza, how many Stonehenge’s could I build with the rubble?
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Seeing as China isn’t really under any more threat of invasion by ruthless Hun hordes, I suppose it’s fine to “repurpose” the Great Wall of China. If I tore it down, how many Lighthouses of Alexandria’s could I build with the rubble?
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Did you all know that destroying ancient monuments is a war crime? I didn’t. In a symbolic gesture, the Hague has set the venue of my trial to be one of the last Wonders of the World left standing after my rampage— the Colosseum. However.. It’s a ruin—hardly a setting worthy of the International Criminal Court. How many cubic meters of stone would be needed to restore it to its former glory?
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I escaped custody and am now hiding in one of the Wonders of the Industrial World: the London sewer system. On an average year, how many tons of sewage passes through the system?
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INTERPOL got a hot tip on my location and are now chasing me through Britain (I bet those sewer rats that I befriended... ratted me out). Somehow, they managed to reverse my colossal-ness, but I gained super speed (like... Usain Bolt-level speed) in the process. To make things interesting, I’m fleeing through the Channel Tunnel, one of the Wonders of the Modern World, hopefully to find refuge in France. How many years would it take for me to run from the British side of the tunnel, to the French side?
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Fun fact: The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France was considered for a contest naming the new Seven Wonders of the World, but it was not ultimately selected. The vengeful spirit of the Tower now seeks to team up with me to take revenge upon the world. If I managed to somehow abscond with the entire structure, and bring it with me into outer space, then how many Newtons of energy would be released upon the Earth from the kinetic force of me launching the Tower from the Moon?
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