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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The RAND Corporation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. John von Neumann helped a company move its _____ computers to digital, stored binary computers.
(a) Transistor.
(b) Analog.
(c) Graphics systems.
(d) Relay-based.

2. Which one of von Neumann's colleagues' family had been a member of the House of Lords?
(a) Nash.
(b) Alchian.
(c) Russell.
(d) Flood.

3. John von Neumann developed game theory partly as an alternative foundation to what?
(a) Probability.
(b) Economics.
(c) Human behavior.
(d) Physics.

4. What is it called when both rational opposing parties choose an equal division in a game?
(a) The Nash equilibrium.
(b) The minimax theorem.
(c) The mixed strategy.
(d) The saddle point.

5. Before ever making his memorable contribution for the development of game theory von Neumann was already known as the "best ______ in the world."
(a) Brain.
(b) Mathematician.
(c) Thinker.
(d) Scientist.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the prisoner's dilemma, what do both criminals have to do in order to be set free by the police?

2. The RAND institute at one time had every great U.S. and free world mathematician, physicist and ____ working there.

3. Who helped develop a strategy of how to use the bomb to end the war in Japan?

4. Besides Russell, who else advocated for preventative war during the Cold War?

5. Who originally suggested the RAND Corporation as a research and development institute?

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