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Christmas Quiz

Enter the In the Know Christmas quiz for the opportunity to be one of three lucky winners who will receive free entry to the SAS User Forum 2004 and a bottle of champagne! The SAS User Forum provides the perfect opportunity to hear about the latest SAS technology developments, exchange best practices with other users and learn how they are using SAS software. Twenty runners up will receive a SAS goodie bag. The questions are based on past issues of the newsletter so all of the answers are out there!

The closing date for entries is the 15th January. All correct entries will go into a prize draw and the winners be notified by email and announced in the February/March issue of In the Know.

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1. In Issue 1, which UK organisation partnered with SAS to target fraud?

The BBC
Metropolitan Police
National Health Service
Network Rail

2. Which of the following is not part of the SAS certification program?

Data Cleaning Techniques
Warehouse Architect
Advanced Programmer
Base Programmer

3. Which event in 2003 was SAS proud to support?

Rugby World Cup
Special Olympics World Summer Games
Superbowl
The North Carolina Hog Wrestling Championship

4. What is the next (r)evolutionary step in the SAS System called?

Next Generation
2004, Professional Edition
Appalachian 1.0
SAS 9

5. SAS UK has announced the creation of a new practice, which?

Onsite Dental Practice for SAS UK Employees
Supply Chain Practice
Performance Management Practice
Risk Management Practice

6. In Issue 3, what percentage of European organisations admit to having dirty data?

66%
100%
51%
0%

7. Which creature is SAS software helping to save from permanent extinction?

Rhino
Dodo
Panda
Triceratop

8. What is the first step in getting Greek characters into your tabular output?

Set the mymac1 variable to equal Dave
Use SAS views to build a macro
Determine the hex values
Highlight the column

9. Which European city hosted seugi 21 in 2003?

Venice
Vienna
Valencia
Vladivostok

10. Issue 4 lists a number of "weird and wonderful" uses of SAS. Which one of the following is not included on the list?

Ensure the quality of cranberry sauce
Optimise the training regime of an Olympic swimmer
Determine the effects of dieting on middle aged ladies
Optimise electron efficiency in wide screen televisions

11. Which word or words completes this sentence, SAS Professional Sevices: …….. the Pursuit of Excellence

Excellence
Leading
Driving
Ears like a cat, eyes like an eagle, calling forth the strength of ten tigers in ...

12. How did NASA recently use SAS analytics?

To calculate their coffee bill
To locate shuttle debris
To identify life on Mars
To analyse fuel usage before attaining orbit

13. Where was the second 2003 User Forum held?

Glasgow
Manchester
Penrith
Birmingham

14. Complete this sentence; Morgan Stanley identifies its best customers using…

Hello! Magazine
SAS Data Warehouse and Data Mining
Aerial photography
The Financial Times Rich List

15. What is the name of the SAS President and CEO

Jim Davis
Clive Woodward
Leigh Bates
Dr. Jim Goodnight

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