Hot Coffee
by Dan Meyer
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Act One
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January 17, 2012
Will that cup be big enough to break the World Record? How many gallons do you think it will hold?
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What's a guess you know is too high?
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What's a guess you know is too low?
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How long do you think it'll take them to fill up the cup?
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How many regular-size cups of coffee would fit inside that super-size cup of coffee?
Act Two
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What information would be useful here?
- ImageThe cup dimensions
- VideoThe old record
- ImageThe flow rate of each hose
- ImageUnit conversion
- FileThe Guinness World Record guidelines
Act Three
- VideoAnswer
Sequel
- FileThe press release
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Find a fact that interests you in the press release and share it.
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If you were going to try to triple the Gourmet Gift Basket record, what kind of coffee cup would you have to build?
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How should they go break the record for the largest ice coffee? What difficulties will they encounter and how should they solve them?
- VideoThe iced coffee world record
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How much flipping coffee can you get in the cup? How much would a cup that big cost at Starbucks?
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Why would anyone waste that much coffee? How much coffee was wasted? How long did it take to fill the giant cup?
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How long will it take to fill the cup with coffee? (And... how much coffee, cost of coffee, weight of cup)
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How much coffee does the cup hold? Cost to manufacture cup? Volume of fiberglass used to build cup? Cost to build cup?
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If you filled that with giant cup with beer, how long would it take to drink? Would it evaporate at a rate faster than you can drink it?
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How much would you weigh if that cup were to be "normal" size for you?
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How long is it going to take to fill that thing up? (This isn't a q, but it would be better w/o the first 30 sec IMO).
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If you enjoyed Baileys in your coffee, how much would you need to add to this mug?
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How long to fill up? How big would a proportional donut be (Randy's Donuts)?
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How long will it take them to fill up the coffee cup? (And will it even be hot by the time it's full?)
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How long would it take for someone to drink a full cup of coffee? How much caffeine would fill this cup?
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How much coffee is in that giant mug? How many Starbucks sized cups (tall, grande, venti) would that be?
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How many normal cups of coffee equal that huge one? How big is the coffee maker?
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How much coffee would fit in that cup? How many days would I be awake if I drank it all?
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How many regular sized tea bags would I have to use to make a good cup of tea in this monstrous cup?
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How big would the pot of coffee have to be to make enough coffee to fill that mug?
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