IMO Team 2001: |
Reid Ricky Gabriel Oaz Po-Ru Tie: Tiankai, Ian |
Coolest Rookie: |
David Shin
Runner-up: Yan |
Weirdest: |
Josh |
Most Sarcastic: |
Tie: Anders, Paul |
GEB Equivocal Bequest: |
Tie: Yan, Kamaldeep |
Best Frisbee Player: |
Dan
Runners-up: Austin, Yan |
Best Roommates: |
Tie: Paul & Ricky, Josh & Dario
Runner-up: Howard & Po-Ru |
Funniest: |
Dan
Runners-up: George, Yan |
Best Hair: |
Tie: Austin, David Shin |
Most Modest: |
Tiankai
Runners-up: Jeremy, Alex X. |
Best Chess Variant: |
Bughouse
Runner-up: Ping |
Best Chess Player: |
Howard
Runner-up: Po-Ru |
Best Anagrams Player: |
Kiran
Runners-up: Reid, Mike H. |
Rowdiest Rookie: |
Josh
Runners-up: Yan, Anders |
Best Handwriting: |
Austin |
Worst Handwriting: |
Alison
Runners-up: Chris, Oaz, Dan |
Most Questioning: |
Anders
Runner-up: Paul |
Sleeps Through MOP Tests: |
Tie: Melanie, Dan
Runner-up: Yan |
Most Digits of Pi: |
David Stolp (370 as of 6/30/2000)
Runner-up: Pi |
Most Common Phrase Heard at MOP: |
“WHAZZUP?!”
Runners-up: “Cauchy!”, “Yo! I would like to make the following public announcement”, “Yay!” |
Most Evil: |
Ricky
Runners-up: Paul, Melanie |
Most Nice: |
George
Runners-up: Ian, Razvan |
Most Likely to Kill a Man: |
Shuang
Runner-up: Josh |
Best Orange: |
Oaz
Runner-up: Andrew-Shuang-Austin-Oaz |
Best Star Wars Personage: |
Luke
Runners-up: T2-D2, Zvezda, David Stolp |
Best Juggler: |
Paul (unanimous) |
Best Pokémon: |
Tiankai
Runner-up: Pikachu |
Early Bird: |
David Stolp
Runner-up: Ricky |
Late Bird: |
Kamaldeep |
Favorite Triangle: |
Elmo Triangle
Runner-up: Pascal’s Triangle |
Best Fortune: |
“Your energy is at a peak. Channel it into fun activities.”
Runner-up: “Simple pleasures are the best.” |
Best Lecture: |
Tie: Titu’s “Treeg”, Zvezda’s “Algebraic Numbers”
Runner-up: Zuming’s “Team Effort #87” |
Best Pagan God: |
Anders
Runner-up: Bowl of Cucumbers |
Best Primative Root: |
3 (mod 65537)
Runners-up: 3 (mod 7), 2 (mod 3k) |
Best Linear Combination: |
0 * Dan
Runner-up: Andrew + Josh + Dario + Jeremy + David Stolp + Oaz + Austin + George + Shuang + Tiankai - 10 * Gabe |
Best Accent: |
Paul
Runners-up: Titu, Zvezda |
Best Operation: |
Bunching
Runner-up: Murderplication |
Most Unpredictable: |
Yan
Runners-up: Josh, Dani |
Best Name Mixup: |
Yan / Yian / Ian |
Best Ordering: |
Alison Ordering
Runners-up: Well-Ordering, Zuming Ordering |
Best MOP Test: |
#1
Runners-up: #2, #8 |
Best End-of-Proof Symbol: |
George (collapsed face)
Runners-up: Mike, Reid, Josh, Paul |
Best Failed Proof Symbol: |
George (pouty face) |
Favorite Theorem: |
Big Point Theorem
Runners-up: Cauchy-Schwarz, Yan’s Theorem, Erdös-Mordell Theorem, Little Fermat’s Theorem |
Favirote Method: |
Dumb-ass
Runners-up: Coordinates, Complex Numbers |
Best Direct Sum: |
Spoon + Fork
Runner-up: Combat Juggling + Laughing |
Best Indirect Sum: |
The Egg Problem
Runner-up: Abel summation |
Best Elevator: |
Tie: Love Hall, Selleck
Runners-up: Capitol, your mom |
Best Mom: |
Your mom
Runner-up: Pam Barton |
Best Dressed: |
Alex Saltman (“Pforzheimer? I hardly even know her!”)
Runners-up: Zvezda, David Shin |
Best Classical Music: |
Beethovin
Runner-up: Chopin |
Best Real Music: |
American Pie
Runners-up: Heart and Soul, Mario Bros. Theme, Pascal’s Triangle |
Best Chicken: |
Tiankai
Runners-up: Curry, Vector, Chicken Run |
Best Movie: |
American Beauty
Runners-up: Chicken Run, Lola Rennt |
Best Card Game: |
Mao
Runners-up: Twitch, Gluck, Oh Hell, Eleusis |
Best Other Game: |
Mafia
Runner-up: Anagrams |
Best Mafioso: |
Oaz-Shuang
Runners-up: George, Oaz |
Best Innocent: |
Yan
Runners-up: George, Austin, Zuming |
Best Proof: |
Alison’s “Parallel Planes”
Runner-up: Tiankai’s “Fermat’s Last Theorem” |
Funniest RTC Proof: |
Yan’s “Eggs”
Runner-up: Josh’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” |
Best RTC Scorecard: |
“(# Buffalo wings / chicken) - (# chicken wings / bufallo)”
Runner-up: “Invert about P” |
Best Concurrent Camp: |
Tiawanese Girls
Runners-up: All Girls-All Math, Football, Thespians |
Most Dissimilar: |
Alison / Kamaldeep
Runners-up: Tiankai / Tiankai |
Most Similar: |
Austin / Lawrence |
Best Guitar Player: |
Andrew |
Loudest Guitar Player: |
Andrew |
Worst Guitar Player: |
Andrew |
Next Titu: |
T3
Runners-up: Melanie, Zuming |
Most Balls: |
Paul
Runners-up: Howard, Zvezda |
Best 24: |
Tie: 8 / (3 - 8 / 3), 7(3 + 3 / 7) |