The Post Quiz: Group Activities - Answers

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How many people are enough? (Ask a statistician.)

Group Activities: Answers

How many people do you need to do each of these things? Here are the names for the descriptions.

  1. Enough angels to dance on the head of a pin
  2. Enough Jewish men for a prayer meeting
  3. Enough board members for a vote
  4. Enough citizens for a trial
  5. Enough voters to elect
  6. Enough singers for four-part harmony
  7. Enough Romans to merit a senior centurion
  8. Enough sailors to man a ship
  9. Enough fans to fill the venue
  10. Enough cardinals to elect a pope
  1. choir
  2. minyan
  3. quorum
  4. jury
  5. majority
  6. quartet
  7. cohort
  8. crew
  9. crowd
  10. college
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