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This American athlete who excelled in track & field won four gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin — Adolf Hitler was not pleased
Who is Jesse Owens?
PG&E implements these types of temporary power cuts to protect the electricity grid when demand is extremely high
What are rolling blackouts?
This type of point often precedes each item in a list — it's not a weapon
What is a bullet point?
High and low tides are caused by gravitational pull exerted by the Sun and this other heavenly body
What is the Moon?
This actor used 'the Force' in a 1977 film
Who is Mark Hamill?
Stanford University has a license agreement with Microsoft to provide Office 2019 as well as this other cloud-based version of Office
What is Office 365?
In 1906 the smokestack of the Stanford Power House collapsed and killed staff member Otto Gerdes during this type of seismic event
What is an earthquake?
Like most colleges, the Stanford University grading system uses this metric to represent letter grades as a numerical equivalent
What is a grade point average?
Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station is 90 miles south of main campus on the coast of ___ Bay, also the name of the nearby aquarium
What is Monterey?
This Stanford staff member is the Associate Director of CMGM
Who is Mark Shepard?
This Japanese bullet train whose name in English means "new trunk line" can travel up to 200 mph
What is Shinkansen?
Oroville Dam is the largest source of this type of renewable energy in California
What is hydroelectric?
Violations of the California Vehicle Code can result in points recorded on this document maintained by the Department of Motor Vehicles
What is a driving record?
These shallow areas of seawater can be home to sea anemones, starfish, and mussels
What are tide pools?
This Roman politician was married to Cleopatra
Who was Mark Antony?
This Microsoft Excel calculation option enables looping formulas to converge on a number — again & again & again...
What is iterative calculation?
The Stanford Central Energy Facility reduces the need for electricity from the grid by storing thermal energy in this liquid substance
What is water?
In what has been called the 'Greatest Upset Ever', in 2007 the underdog Stanford Cardinal beat this southern California football team by one point, 24-23
Who are the USC Trojans?
The Stanford Rowing Center is located near this peninsula city, not far from Oracle Corporation's headquarters
What is Redwood City?
This Stanford faculty member is the Director of ITI
Who is Mark Davis?
This supersonic transatlantic airliner could travel up to twice the speed of sound until it was retired in 2003
What is the Concorde?
Diablo Canyon Power Plant is the last remaining ___ power plant in California & will close in 2025
What is nuclear?
A controversial statue of Junipero Serra pointing west toward Crystal Springs Reservoir can be seen from this freeway
What is Interstate 280?
University of Alabama's football team is known as the ___ Tide
What is Crimson?
This 19th century author & humorist wrote, "Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint."
Who was Mark Twain?