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Name that Physical Constant
100

This American filed a whopping 1093 patents before he died in 1931, and is credited for the invention of the first talking dolls, among other things.

Who is Thomas Edison? 

100

This type of radiation was the reason for Bruce Banner becoming the Hulk. In real life, they interact with matter through ionization, which can cause the disruption of atoms and molecules. 

What are Gamma Rays?

100

This is the name for the vertical stretching and horizontal compression of an object due to a black hole.

What is spaghettification? 

100

What Country is Dr. E From 

Italy

100

This constant explains the weakest of the fundamental fores 

Gravitational Constant

200

As the "warden of the royal mint", this famous physicist brought about the prosecution of multiple counterfeiters, leading them to be hanged, drawn and quartered.

Who is Issac Newton? 

200

This famous actor won his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Lewis Strauss in Oppenheimer (2023)

Robert Downey Jr.

200

Name any one of the parts of the light spectrum that are not visible to the human naked eye. 

What is (infared, uv, x-ray, gamma, microwave, radio)?

200

What force is exerted by a surface on an object in contact with it, acting perpendicular to the surface

The Normal Force


200

In the study of electromagnetism, k is used to calculate the electric force between two charged points. What is the common name for this constant?

Coulomb's Constant

300

Throughout the 1920s, multiple girls' bodies were reported to be "glowing in their coffins" due to their continued exposure to this element.

What is radium?

300

In Star Trek, the "Heisenberg Compensators" are a fictional component of the transporter. Which real-world principle of quantum mechanics are they designed to bypass so a person’s atoms can be mapped?

The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle

300
What is the 3rd plant from Mercury 

Mars

300

What is the most used electronic component? (excluding wires)

The resistor

300
This fundamental constant has units of Joule Seconds

Planck's Constant 

400

This was the year when Einstein had his Annus Mirabilis or Miracle Year and published 4 groundbreaking papers 

1905

400

What Physics Sci-Fi Concept is the main plot device in the Movie Everywhere Everything All at Once 

The Multiverse 

400

The outermost layer of the sun, which is only visible during total solar eclipses, when the moon blocks the sun's bright disk, revealing a pearly white halo. 

What is the Corona?

400

What is the unit of sound intensity 

decibels

400

What is the constant which explains heat radiated by objects.

The Stefan-Boltzmann constant

500

The Large Hadron Collider is located in these two countries. 

What are France and Switzerland? 

500

In Star Wars, we famously hear TIE Fighters screaming and X-Wings exploding. Why is this physically impossible in real space?

Because space is a vacuum 

500

What is the Milky Way's nearest Neighbor.

What is Andromeda? 

500

What is the 400th derivative of Sin(x)

Sin(x)

500

In the world of particle physics, what is the name of the constant (G) that gives the coupling strength for the "weak" nuclear force, responsible for radioactive decay?

The Fermi Constant.

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