Engineering History
The first practical telephone was patented by this person.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
This is SFU's (unofficial) mascot, commonly seen around campus.
What is a racoon?
ESSS is the abbreviation for this.
What is the Engineering Science Student Society?
This popular programming language shares its name with a type of snake.
What is Python
These are the three main SkyTrain lines in Metro Vancouver
What are the Expo, Millennium, and Canada Lines
This second iteration of this invention is featured on the Canadian five-dollar bill.
What is the Canadarm2?
Simon Fraser University (burnaby) is built on the top of this.
What is Burnaby Mountain?
This (very fun!) headline event (food and games!!) starts on the Friday of the Engineering Frosh week (and everyone should go!!!).
What is Midnight Madness?
This statement lets a program make a decision based on whether a condition is true or false.
What is an if statement?
This is the bus that goes from Production Way-University Station to Simon Fraser University
what is 145 (SFU / Production Way Station)
This colour of LED was a breakthrough allowing for white LEDs.
What is blue?
SFU has three main campuses located in these three cities.
What are Burnaby, Surrey, and Vancouver?
This is the surname of the Mike who teaches ENSC 100W
who is Hegedus
This common programming statement repeats code while a condition remains true
What is a while loop?
This passenger ferry connects downtown Vancouver with the North Shore
What is the SeaBus
This person is known as one of the first computer programmers; a mathematician that worked on Charles Babbage's analytical engine.
Who is Ada Lovelace?
What does the sfu building named "AQ" stand for
Academic Quadrangle
This person is the current president of the ESSS.
Who is Noah?
In C and C++, these two symbols are used to start a single-line comment.
What is //
The new replacement for the Pattullo Bridge is named what
What is
stal̕əw̓asəm Bridge (pronounced stah-loh-AH-səm)
or
Riverview
First defined by Renaissance scientists, these are the 6 classical simple machines.
What are the wedge, wheel and axle, lever, pulley, screw, and inclined plane?
Simon Fraser University was established in this year.
What is 1965?
These are the 5 possible specialties in Engineering Science.
What are Biomedical, Engineering Physics, Computer, Systems, and Electronics?
This type of loop checks its condition after executing its code block.
What is a do-while loop?
This singer was born in Burnaby and is known for their christmas music
Who is Michael Bublé