September Issue- Playground

PLAY GROUND

09/11

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GET YOUR GEEK ON! <THE TRIVIA ISSUE>

Greetings!

Second edition down and we are officially geeked out in the office.

A ‘jiffy’ is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

This month is all about trivia + beer, so make sure you get your German on and bring out those random facts you thought would never pay off.

Remember to check out Playground every month at www.utsunion.uts.edu.au

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HI ALL, I trust you are having an enjoyable and successful semester so far. It was great to meet many of you at the O’day event and the O’fest party which followed on 11 August. Thanks to all the club executives and Union staff for all your hard work in making the day such a success.

This week, I want to challenge you to get outside of your comfort zone. Do something extraordinary and challenge your own status quo. Find a new activity or event that you would not usually take part in, and go along anyway. Take part in one of the surfing trips organized by the UTS Union, try a new sport you have not played before, or put your hand up for a position of leadership within a club or society. It seems that the same rules apply for growth of character as growth of muscles at the gym: if you don’t push yourself and get outside of your usual boundaries, you don’t grow.

One such exciting opportunity is to lend your voice to the Board of the UTS Union by voting for one of the potential candidates. Voting is now open, and I strongly urge you to consider who you believe would be a great representative of the student body.

LW //////////////////////////////////////// / EDITOR keryn regan / CO-ORDINATOR kathryn hanna / DESIGNER danielle bluff

Have a fantastic week, get outside of your comfort zone, and see you around soon.

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LAURENCE WAINWRIGHT

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There is much to look forward to this semester, so get on the bandwagon before it is too late and assignments take over. Australian University Games is just around the corner, so to the athletes who are competing, get excited!

{PRESIDENT, UTS UNION}

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<< A TRIVIAL PURSUIT? >> TRIVIA NIGHTS ARE INFORMAL & FUN COMPETITIONS WHERE >>

TRIVIA TEASER QUESTIONS: 1.

How many gold medals did Australia win at the 2002 Winter Olympics?

2. What was Sir Donald Bradman’s batting average?

3. How many countries are larger than Australia?

4. Who is the Author behind the vampire book series, TWILIGHT? 5. What colour is Fleet Street in the game MONOPLY? 6. How many ships were in the first fleet?

7. Who invented the bionic ear?

8. What is the longest side of a triangle called?

9. The Idiot Fruit & Darling Peas are poisonous... true or false?

10. Where in the body is the macula?

DID YOU KNOW? Pub quizzes & trivia nights are thought to have begun in the UK around the 1960s. Nostalgic college students and others began to informally trade questions and answers about the popular culture of their youth. The first known documented labeling of this casual parlor game as “Trivia” was in a Columbia Daily Spectator column published on February 5, 1965.

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In 2005, a trivia master sued a contestant for defamation after he was accused of cheating & was awarded over $25000 in damages and court costs!

I THINK NOT! TEAMS BATTLE TO SEE WHO HAS THE GREATEST KNOWLEDGE OF >> ALL MATTERS TRIVIAL.

WIN WIN WIN

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ED GOODGOLD started the first organized trivia contests in 1965. Can you beat him at his own game? Head to UTS Union Facebook page and the first person to answer all trivia questions correctly will win a double pass to Octoberfest!Proust!

HAS THIS TASTE OF TRIVIA TICKLED YOUR FANCY? TO GET MORE OF THIS ACTION AND TEST OUT WHAT USELESS

HEAD TO THE CLUBS TRIVIA NIGHT IN THE GLASSHOUSE BAR ON FRI 9 SEPT--------- DONT FORGET REGULAR KNOWLEDGE YOU HAVE,

TRIVIA NIGHTS ARE HELD EVERY THURSDAY FROM 5 - 6PM IN THE GLASSHOUSE BAR!

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2. 99.94 3. five [Australia is the 6th largest]: Russia, Canada, China, USA, Brazil 4. Stephanie Meyer 5. Red [the money trail] 6. eleven 7. Professor Graeme Clark 8. hypotenuse 9. true 10. the eye 1.

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Check out our website for current event & clubs info! www.utsunion.uts.edu.au 4.

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UTS Outdoor Adventure Club Climbing Night 7pm - The Ledge, Arena Sports Centre, Sydney Uni

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UTS Union Board Nominations – make your vote count now!

Voting Station - UTS Union

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Information Desk

2–16 September 11.

Festival of the Winds

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You and four friends can sail Sydney Harbour on ‘Impulse’ 1–4pm (see Sport & Rec Guide for details)

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Blackmores Sydney Running Festival Watch out for the traffic!

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Ultimo Comedy Festival

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RocknBowl @Manly Enjoy the return of Spring with a friendly game of bowls.

Games every Sunday 1pm–4pm

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Australian Uni Games

Bondi Beach

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UTS Staff and Student Wellbeing Expo Broadway Campus

11.30am–2pm

The Loft

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XXXX Summer Kombie Dj & giveaways

6pm

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Children’s Festival – Let out that inner child and run free with over 50 workshops, 6 theatre productions and 60 free events.

10am–4pm CarriageWorks

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Red Bull X Fighters Uni Series 11am registration 12–2pm competition

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EGG Weekly Gaming Meeting 6pm

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UTS Union Board Nominations – make your vote count now!

Voting Station - UTS Union

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Information Desk

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Club Trivia Night Useless information stuck in your brain?

Perfect way to win extra club grants.

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Redlands Spring Fair 9am–3pm FREE entry

Glasshouse Bar

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El Circo @Slide Catch dinner and this amazing circus performance at Slide.

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Hunter Valley Day Trip 7.30am–6.30pm (see Sport & Rec Guide for details)

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EngSoc presents OKTOBERFEST $10 EngSoc & AP members | $15 others $5 stein refills and live OOMPAH Band 7pm Glasshouse Bar

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ArtandAbout Sydney Festival Check out innovative public spaces and laneway transformations.

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No Vacancy Uni Night Live music and great bar deals from 6pm The Loft Bar

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SEP TEM BER

HEINEKEN

“Where’s the party?” is probably an oft-asked question by Corona and Corona Light drinkers.

They are busy and energetic people who are also extremely extroverted. They’re peoplepersons who seek out the company of others whether in a group or just one-on-one. Corona drinkers do more and see more people in one day than most people see in a week. But the life-of-the-party Corona drinkers also have an altruistic side; they care deeply about other people and see themselves as giving and warm.

There’s a slang term that could sum up Heineken drinkers: posers. These self-assured people believe they are exceptional, get low scores on modesty and high scores on self-esteem. They love their brand badges – a role the distinctive green glass bottle may play – and in fact, this group is attracted to luxury products in general.

They are also energetic and dynamic and enjoy being both the center of attention and in the middle of the action.

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These drinkers are all about the burgeoning American craft beer scene; they care a lot about taste, brew-style and unique qualities.

Which is great because hey, it’s important to be passionate about something and it might as well get you drunk. Granted they may spend a little too much time concerned with beer but it’s not like they have a problem. Seriously, they have it under control. Trust us.

Cheapest thing ever. You typically don’t find these drinkers in bars, as they are your typical singlet wearing, traditional beer drinking hard working Aussies that want a bang for their buck when it comes to their beer!

CROWN LAGER Ah yes, you’re the pretentious beer drinker who is trying to impress those around you with your sophistication. So what if you know the difference between an IPA and a lager? Sure, the beer is a conversation starter, but don’t brag about spending eight dollars per bottle.

Bragging is not cool.

EXTRA DRY

With Oktoberfest fast approaching why not work out what your beer says about you?

Football loving wallflower? Yup. TED drinkers teeter on the edge of conformity. TED is always a good go to beer for those people who haven’t explored anything else. Therefore, it’s a safe bet. Learn to take some chances!

It’s ok, nobody will hurt you for trying something different!

ABSTAINERS It probably doesn’t take a psychographic profile to discover that those people who refuse to drink beer at all don’t like to loosen up very much. They are socially conservative and see many issues as black and white. Teetotalers honor tradition and authority and prefer a lesshectic social life.

MAKE SURE YOU GRAB YOUR OKTOBERFEST TICKET FROM THE UTS UNION INFORMATION DESK AND HEAD TO THE GLASSHOUSE BAR ON 23 SEPTEMBER!

APPTASTIC! XCUBE: A rubick’s cube for your phone. If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to solve the cube then here’s your answer. Note: again, here’s an app that was free for a while, but is now $1.99 – still cheaper than a new Rubik’s cube, but more expensive than one at a garage sale. You make the call...

FALLING BALLS: Just tilt your phone to run left or right to avoid falling balls. It looks very plain with cheapest and simplest graphics, but it’s so addictive. When the guy is crushed to death by the ball, the bloody picture and piercing scream will make your heart broken and want to play it again.

DRUM TAB: Created by one of our very own UTS entrepreneurNERDs! For all you drummers out there, now you can record, edit, playback and export drums just the way you like it… in tab format. This clever little APP lets you record and play drums by touching the animated drum kit on screen or by plugging in a V-Drums or General Midi drum kit into a Midi Mobilizer. www.rollerchimp.com

TOTALLY TUBULAR STAR WARS ACCORDING TO A 3 YEAR OLD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBM854BTGL0&feature=player_embedded

CHARLIE BIT MY FINGER - AGAIN! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_OBlgSz8sSM

EVOLUTION OF DANCE - BY JUDSON LAIPPLY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMH0bHeiRNg

a-z worst movies of all time If making a movie is as easy ABC, then why are there SO MANY bad movies in the world? We are calling all budding movie critics out there (or those of you who are just plain opinionated) to go to our facebook page UTSUNIONFACEBOOKPAGE and make some truly aweful suggestions for our A-Z WORST MOVIES OF ALL TIME LIST. Send through your own suggestions for G,H and I and go into the draw to win a FREE DOUBLE MOVIE PASS for your efforts.

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Dinner for Schmucks [2010] Steve Carell, Paul Rudd DIRECTED BY JAY ROACH

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Epic Movie [2007] Kal Penn, Jennifer Coolidge DIRECTED BY JASON FRIEDBERG

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Freddy got Fingered [2001] Tom Green, Rip Torn DIRECTED BY TOM GREEN

quiz MASTER Can you find the nine planets and forty space exploration words from the list opposite?

They may be horizontal, vertical or diagonal, forwards or backwards!

AEROBEE, APOLLO, CASSINI, CLEMENTINE, EARTH, EXPLORER, GENESIS, GIOTTO, HELIOS, HUBBLE, HUYGENS, IMAGE, JUPITER, KOSMOS, LUNA, MAGELLAN, MARINER, MARS, MERCURY, MIR, MUSES, NEAP, NEAR, NEPTUNE, NOZOMI, ORBITER, PHOBOS, PIONEER, PLUTO, RANGER, ROSETTA, SAKIGAKE, SATURN, SELENE, SKYLAB, SMART, SOHO, SPUTNIK, STARDUST, SUISEI, SURVEYOR, ULYSSES, URANUS, VEGA, VENERA, VENUS, VIKING, YOHKOH, ZOND

space exploration

Weird uts facts you probably didn’t know...

1. When the UTS Tower was

being built, the excavation site filled with water after heavy rain so a Sydney journalist took out to the lake in a boat.

2. On Melbourne Cup day

each year, students from the Engineering Faculty would race each other from the Glasshouse Bar to the Engineering Department on level 24 – one level for every horse in the race.

3. The UTS emblem was

designed by Harry Williamson, a noted graphic designer who also designed the original $100 note.

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What is your geekiest moment?

Knowing everything about Formula 1 Most random thing you know?

Everyone drinks milk for calcium without knowing that you need vitamin D to absorb it!

What is your geekiest moment?

Reading comic books Most random thing you know?

Copper binds to organic material which decreases its bio availability to plants.

Pops DARRYL, 19

What is your geekiest moment?

Contemplating playing yu-gi-oh cards.

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Don Vito is in prison (from Viva La Bam TV series).

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