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Cardinal Numbers

 

illustration of IQ Scores

Participants in Lewis Terman's Genetic Study of Genius:

1,528

Publications based on the study:

86

Minimum IQ score for Mensa admission:

132

Members of San Francisco Mensa chapter:

2,151


Beer purchased for the weekly SAE fraternity party, in gallons:

15

Percentage of Stanford students who engage in binge drinking:

33.1

Percentage of college students nationally:

42.7

Cost of a pitcher of Budweiser at the Oasis:

$5.75


illustration of motorcycle

Pulitzer Prizes won by Los Angeles Times, 1917-1960:

3

Los Angeles Times Pulitzers, 1961-2000:

21

Newsprint required for weekday edition, in metric tons:

953

Models of motorcycles in Otis Chandler's collection:

135

Generations of Chandlers who attended Stanford:

4

Sources: 1. Terman Archives; Mensa; 2. Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Cowell Student Health Center; Harvard School of Public Health; the Oasis; 3. The Pulitzer Prizes; Los Angeles Times; Otis Chandler.