Brain Teaser
What is the value of pi (π) rounded to three decimal places
What is 3.142?
My “secret” talent is something that shows up anytime a pen, pencil, or creative impulse is within reach.
What is art?
What is my go to coffee shop order?
What is a matcha latte?
Chinasa spent most of her childhood in this Nigerian city, widely associated with the global “Detty December” phenomenon.
What is Lagos?
What has to be broken before you can use it?
What is an egg?
What comes next in this sequence: 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, __?
What is 42?
Chinasa’s family includes this many siblings—just enough to ensure there was never complete silence in the house.
What is four?
Chinasa’s zodiac sign is often associated with being loyal, strong-willed, and absolutely unwilling to change its mind once it’s made up.
What is Taurus?
Chinasa’s undergraduate education covered both the engineering of things that hold up cities and the engineering of things that hold up people.
What are Civil Engineering and Biomedical Engineering?
What runs but never walks, has a bed but never sleeps, and has a mouth but never talks?
What is a river?
In physics, if no net external force acts on a system, what does Newton’s First Law predict about its motion?
What is it remains at rest or moves with constant velocity?
My original middle name had strong “crowns, cameras, and global recognition” energy before being quietly retired.
Who is Diana?
Chinasa’s nickname overlaps with an organization known for launching complex missions, though hers tend to stay a bit closer to home.
What is Nasa?
Chinasa shares her name with a performer whose voice has been described as defying gravity—both on stage and on screen.
Who is Cynthia Erivo?
What gets wetter the more it dries?
What is a towel?
In tech interviews, this is the term for optimizing a solution so it scales efficiently rather than just working for small inputs.
What is Big-O notation?
My graduate school side quest involved helping students survive both cost optimization and the emotional weight of stress, strain, and bending moments.
What are Engineering Economics and Mechanics of Materials?
Chinasa’s official height is recorded in centimeters as a value that tends to fluctuate depending on posture, confidence, and whether shoes are involved.
What is 174 cm?
This undergraduate extracurricular at Chinasa’s university involved racing streamlined human-piloted carts, often uphill, as part of a long-standing campus tradition.
What is Buggy at Carnegie Mellon?
What can travel around the world while staying in the same corner?
What is a stamp?
If you wanted to visit all of the New Seven Wonders of the World, you’d need a passport for each of these seven countries. Name them all.
What are China, India, Jordan, Brazil, Peru, Mexico, and Italy?
In secondary school, Chinasa participated in a world record attempt involving rapid problem-solving, colorful twisting puzzles, and an alarming amount of synchronized hand dexterity.
What is an attempt at most people solving the Rubik’s Cube at the same time?
I wasn't allowed to have cats or dogs as a child. What pet was I allowed to have?
What are guinea pigs?
My elementary school sports house shared its name with a bird and its color with something you’d highlight important information with.
What is Whydah (or Yellow House)?
I have keys but no locks, space but no room. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?
What is a keyboard?