Results: Tolerance For Zero
1.
1.
0 (zero) is both a number and the numerical digit used to represent that number in numerals. The number 0 fulfills a central role in mathematics as the additive identity of the integers, real numbers, and many other algebraic structures. As a digit, 0 is used as a placeholder in place value systems. When you were in school, was it difficult to comprehend zero?
Yes
14%
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199 votes
No
86%
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1264 votes
2.
2.
Which of these words have you ever said in lieu of saying, "Zero"?
Nada
55%
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804 votes
Nothing
67%
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987 votes
Nil
44%
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638 votes
Zip
52%
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758 votes
Nought or naught
22%
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325 votes
Zilch
48%
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697 votes
Scratch
12%
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171 votes
Nix
10%
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146 votes
N/A
16%
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232 votes
3.
3.
When you are broke, really broke, which of these phrases have you ever used to describe your situation?
I have zero change or zero dollars
13%
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196 votes
I have no money
56%
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821 votes
I'm busted
25%
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363 votes
I dont' have a pot to pee in or a window to throw it out off
17%
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251 votes
I have nada
19%
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272 votes
I am flat out of cash or something similar
17%
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256 votes
I'm ready to file Chapter 7 (Bankruptcy)
4%
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58 votes
I'm low on dough
12%
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170 votes
N/A
22%
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316 votes
4.
4.
Here are some interesting facts about, "Zero" check off the ones that you know:
Although mathematicians have used zero since at least the 8th century, the word 'zero' was first recorded in English only in 1604.
4%
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63 votes
The real name of actor Zero Mostel (1915-1977) was Samuel Joel Mostel. His nickname 'Zero' came from his parents telling him he would never amount to anything.
6%
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81 votes
When Anders Celsius introduced the scale of temperatures named after him in 1742, zero was the boiling point of water and 100 its freezing point.
10%
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142 votes
Bell peppers are rated zero on the Scoville scale of chilli pepper hotness.
11%
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164 votes
Ostriches are zero-rated for VAT but feathers and other inedible parts are taxed as normal.
3%
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39 votes
The earliest record of the phrase 'zero tolerance' was in the New York Times in 1972.
5%
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69 votes
In 1985, French astronaut Patrick Baudry announced his discovery that: 'In zero gravity you can put your trousers on two legs at a time.'
3%
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49 votes
In 1963 it was confirmed by a spider called Arabella that spiders can spin webs in zero gravity.
3%
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49 votes
"The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale," (Arthur C Clarke).
4%
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56 votes
N/A
71%
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1039 votes
5.
5.
Which of these "Zero" idioms have you ever used?
....[ insert car name] goes from 0 to 60 in 15 seconds
25%
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368 votes
Zero in on something
32%
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471 votes
The center of the event is ground zero
21%
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306 votes
He went from zero to hero
20%
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296 votes
Zero hour [when something will happen]
17%
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254 votes
I have zero tolerance for ...
40%
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592 votes
I've played a zero-sum game
4%
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65 votes
Pay off a loan - zero it out
7%
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100 votes
I got zero
21%
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300 votes
N/A
32%
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461 votes
6.
6.
Which of these "Zero" movies have you seen?
Zero for Conduct (1933)
2%
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28 votes
Zero Hour! (1957)
3%
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43 votes
Less Than Zero (1987)
7%
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103 votes
Zero Tolerance (1994)
5%
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68 votes
Zero Kelvin (1995)
3%
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39 votes
Zero Effect (1998)
4%
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63 votes
Zero Day (2003)
2%
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26 votes
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
11%
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164 votes
Zero Charisma (2013)
1%
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17 votes
0.5 mm (2014)
1%
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11 votes
N/A
73%
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1061 votes
7.
7.
Finally, here is the Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort (see photo) opening in 2013 in China. What say you?
I've been there
1%
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19 votes
I'd like to stay there
16%
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232 votes
It's very attractive
29%
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424 votes
Right off the shape causes some concern for safety
10%
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151 votes
I'd rather stay on the 27th floor of this structure
6%
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84 votes
I'd rather stay somewhere in the middle
4%
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59 votes
I'd rather stay towards the 1st floor
11%
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158 votes
N/A
43%
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628 votes
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