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BiHall
100
What is the famous quote from the Bhagavad Gita that J. Robert Oppenheimer thought of after witnessing the atomic bomb test?
"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds"
100
Want to hear a joke about nitric oxide?
NO!
100
What two letters are not found anywhere on the periodic table?
J and Q
100
What is the name of the chemistry Professor Emeritus currently teaching a J-term course?
Bob Cluss
200
In Interstellar, how many years pass in one hour on Miller's Planet?
7 years
200
What do you call oxygen and nitrogen training together?
air conditioning
200
What are the four most prevalent elements in the human body?
oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen
200
What is the room number of the Organic Chemistry lab?
MBH 557
300
In Breaking Bad, what reaction is used by Walter White and Jesse Pinkman to yield methamphetamine from phenylacetone?
reductive amination (BONUS ROUND!!)
300
Why did the bear dissolve in water?
It was polar
300
What element did Joseph Priestley discover in 1774?
oxygen
300
Who is the director of the Q-Center?
Lauren Kordonowy
400
What is the name of chemist Dr. Bunsen Honeydew's redheaded assistant on "The Muppet Show"?
Beaker
400
How often should you tell a chemistry joke?
Periodically
400
What is the only element discovered before it was found on Earth?
helium
400
This is the total square footage of BiHall (you'll get points if within 30,000 of the correct answer).
226,600 total square feet
500
To survive on Mars in The Martian, Mark Watney decomposes what liquid rocket fuel over an iridium catalyst to produce hydrogen for water?
hydrazine (N2H4)
500
The base is under a salt!
500
Name the lanthanides!
500
Name every current Chemistry Department faculty member.
BONUS ROUND!!!
AJ Vasiliou, Tom Anderson, Alex Bredar, Rick Bunt, Jessica Burl, Molly Costanza-Robinson, Ben Cotts, Rafa Díaz Hernández, Michele Dubé, Emma Guiberson, Linamarie Miller, Kira Rahn, Lindsay Repka, Mary Jane Simpson