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Freakonomics Movie:

Directions: Answer the following questions based on the film. The questions are listed in the order they appear in the movie. Your answers do not need to be complete sentences.

1. When real estate agents sell their own homes do they make more or less than when they sell clients homes? Why is that?

2. What is "causality"?

3. Why were the teachers in Chicago cheating for their students?

4. What did the instances of cheating among Sumo wrestlers and the teachers in Chicago have in common?

5. In Sumo wrestling, why is a Sumo wrestler with a 7/7 record more apt to cheat? How often do 7/7 Sumo wrestlers win?

6. What happened to the two whistle-blowers* who exposed the cheating in Professional Sumo wrestling? (*Person who tells the public/authority figure of dishonesty/illegal activities in government, organizations, or companies.)

7. Why are the Japanese people really not that interested in exposing the Sumo scandal?

8. Why does the NYT refuse to use the word "torture" when Americans are torturing people but have no problems using this word to describe the actions of the Chinese?

9. What did early Polio researchers think might have caused Polio and why? What was the matter with this?

10. As the 1980s came to a close, what did most people think would happen to the crime rate in the United States? Why?