College Trivia
The Elements
Famous Scientists
Chemistry in Pop Culture
Molecules Galore
100

The college was founded that year all those years ago.

What is 1832?

100

Name the four elements that appear in Avatar: The Last Airbender. 

What is water, earth, fire, and air?

100

This British scientist has a law and a constant named after him. 

Who is Michael Faraday?

100

A chemistry teacher turned meth kingpin. 

Who is Walter White?

100

State the chemical formula for glucose.

What is C6H12O6?

200

This is the name of the unofficial but should be official mascot of Gettysburg College.

Who is Billy the Bullet?

200

A diamond is a gem that is comprised of this element.

What is carbon?

200

This scientist helped lead the United States through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Who is Michael Fauci?

200

A popular videogame that involves crafting items using materials found in the real world.

What is Minecraft?

200

This molecule is responsible for the scent of vanilla.

What is vanillin?

300

The first president of the Eisenhower Institute and the granddaughter of a US president.

Who is Susan Eisenhower?

300

This metal is often used in Dr. Thompson's lab.

What is gold?

300

This scientist coined the term radioactivity.

Who is Marie Curie?

300

This scientist is THE science guy.

Who is Bill Nye?

300

The more widespread name for dihydrogen monoxide. 

What is water?

400

This building was designed to mimic the lines of a barn to pay homage to the local Adams County agricultural community.

What is Musselman library?

400

This element was discovered in space before being found on Earth.

What is helium?
400

This Gettysburg College alumnus won a Nobel Prize in cancer research in 1989.

Who is J. Michael Bishop?

400

In this movie, the main character produces water, generates oxygen, and grows food on the Red Planet.

What is The Martian?

400

This is the most commonly used drug in the world.

What is aspirin?

500

This hall was used to house the college’s scientific collections before it was demolished in 1942.

What is Linnaean Hall?

500

The original name for this element was menaccanite.

What is titanium?

500

This German scientist won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1979 for the discovery of a reaction that is named after him.

Who is Georg Wittig?

500

This TikTok famous chemist danced his way into America’s heart.

Who is Andre Isaacs?

500

This sugar alcohol is often used as a sweetener in sugar-free chewing gums.

What is xylitol?

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