--- title: Olympiad: fair votes, close counts and who decides ★★★ — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Politics description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 41 «Olympiad: fair votes, close counts and who decides ★★★» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Politics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/) / Olympiad: fair votes, close counts and… # Olympiad: fair votes, close counts and who decides ★★★ The 16 questions of lesson 41 «Olympiad: fair votes, close counts and who decides ★★★» of the politics course of Mova's primary school with their options, 104 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/politics/41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides/t1/) — Your mate brags, "Literally the whole school voted for me, bruv!" The board says 40 of 200. What really happened? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides/t2/) — Cousin Kai texts, "lost class rep by a teeny bit lol, like 3 to 27." How close was it really? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides/t3/) — Jake from Texas: "y'all, how'd the president win with fewer votes across the whole country??" What is the best answer? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides/t4/) — Grandad in Boston: "Wicked close count. Ava 11, Ben 9, ten to go. Ava's got it in the bag!" ("wicked" means very.) Is he right? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides/t5/) — Little sis, a bit mardy: "The Prime Minister broke our swing and he won't fix it!" ("mardy" means grumpy.) Who should the family write to? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides/t6/) — In Brisbane, Mia says, "Heaps easy, I numbered the boxes 1 to 3." Her number 1 came last and was knocked out. Was her vote wasted? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides/t7/) — "My uncle says the King can block any law he hates, no cap." What is true? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides/t8/) — Delulu Dan: "I got 9 of the 20 votes, so that's more than half!" ("delulu" means hoping for what won't happen.) What's wrong? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides/t9/) — A kid in Georgia: "Fixin' to party, the House passed our bill, it's law now!" ("fixin' to" means about to.) What did he forget? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides/t10/) — Dad at the telly: "Poll's got us 2 points ahead, it's in the bag, the other lot are toast!" The wobble is 3. Best reply? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides/t11/) — Gran: "Your council's got a bit of a budget problem, love." The council is shutting two libraries and a pool. What does Gran really mean? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides/t12/) — The head vetoes the 9-member council's plan; 5 vote to overrule her under the two-out-of-three rule. Rory: "5 is more than half, we win!" Is he right? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides/e1/) — It is given that thirty electors cast votes for three candidates, who receive twelve, ten and eight votes respectively. Determine the minimum number of votes requisite for more than half. — right ✓ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides/e2/) — Whereas a candidate leads by fourteen votes to ten with eight ballots yet to be counted, identify the least number of the remaining ballots the leader must receive to be assured of victory. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides/e3/) — Select the sequence consistent with the passage of a bill originating in the House of Commons. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides/e4/) — Identify the circumstance in which a candidate may win the greater number of groups while obtaining fewer votes in aggregate. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [40. 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