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Ted Talk "How to Come Up with Good Ideas" (Mark ROber)

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 3hrs 0mins

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1.

Before becoming a uTube celebrity, what was Mark Rober's job?

a)

Astronaut

b)

Nasa Engineer

c)

Scientist

d)

Reality Star

2.

Mark's halloween costume several years before this Ted Talk had an iPad on the front and back of his sweatshirt. These were used to..........

a)

Take pictures from the front & back

b)

Look up multiple things quickly

c)

Make it look like he had a hole in his body

d)

Film his adventures

3.

How did he market his Halloween costume idea?

a)

copywrite his idea so people who use it have to pay royalties

b)

To sell iPads to be used for it

c)

Online orders

d)

Sell shirts with holes for cell phones to play videos with free app

4.

When you use some keypads, they leave a thermal signature of which buttons you pushed. In one of his utube videos, Mark Rober explained how to eliminate the risk of someone getting your pin from that? What was it?

a)

Cover up the keypad while using it so no one can see it

b)

Wipe your hand over all of the keys when you're done

c)

Ask the teller to wipe down the keyboard

d)

Wear gloves so there's no thermal heat

5.

Mark Rober says there are 3 steps to learn to be creative. Which are they? (You must choose all three to get the answer correct),

a)

Be curious

b)

Retain your childlike wonder

c)

Work hard

d)

Get lucky

e)

Brainstorm

6.

Mark quotes Apple as saying "the difficulty lies not as much coming up with new ideas, but escaping (a)   ones."

7.

Which group does the best with the "Marshmellow challenge"?

a)

Kindergarteners

b)

CEO's of companies

c)

Engineers

d)

Lawyers

e)

Teachers

8.

In the road experiment that Mark Rober performed, what were his results?

a)

People will swerve to avoid hitting snakes more than turtles

b)

People never swerved to hit snakes or turtles

c)

People swerved more to hit snakes than turtles

d)

People swerved more to hit turtles than snakes

9.

In the roadway experiment, where the guy steels the snake. Mark say he tries to appeal to the guys' sense of what?

a)

compassion

b)

humor

c)

decency

d)

science

10.

Mark says people are uncomfortable with _______.

a)

luck

b)

creativity

c)

snakes

d)

flipping quarters

11.

What is your biggest take-away from this Ted Talk? (Answer in full sentences)

4 lines
12.

What is the biggest single obstacle to your creativity?

4 lines