Science Trivia
Physics! It is said nothing in the universe moves faster than this constant.
What is the speed of light?
299,792,485 m/s, 186,000 miles/s, 300,000 km/s
Nicknamed the 'Tiger King' this celebrity rose to fame early in the pandemic because of a Netflix documentary that came out.
Who is Joe Exotic
The floor of Baker Science and Math that houses our beloved periodic table.
What is the 3rd floor of Baker Science and Math?
Cal Poly's classic motto
What is Learn by Doing.
Discere Faciendo
This board member has two cats named Teddy and Chloe.
Who is Skylar (President)
In Statistics (!) This type of error occurs when a researcher rejects a hypothesis which is actually true
What is a type 1 error?
Who is Kenan Thompson?
Student research is integral to the mission of COSAM, This is the largest funding body driving undergraduate research in COSAM.
What is the Frost Fund?
Who is Chase the Mustang
This board member is picking up surfing as a hobby!
Who is Caitlin (Secretary)
Biology! The name of a species which others in the ecosystem largely depend on, if it were removed the ecosystem would change drastically.
What is a keystone species?
Who is Arnold Schwarzenegger
This building houses the COSAM and pre-health advising services.
What is Science North (building 53)
This iconic American talk show host declared San Luis Obispo "The Happiest City in the USA" on her show in 2008.
Who is Oprah Winfrey
This board member watched a rocket take off from inside an airplane!
Who is Lauren (Treasurer)?
Kinesiology! The amount of bones in the body of a human adult
What is between 206-213 bones?
between 200-215 will be accepted
(infant has 270 which fuse together)
This 2000's Hollywood Heartthrob was born and raised in SLO County (Arroyo Grande)
Who is Zach Efron?
The year Cal Poly's Pier at Avila was donated by the gas company Unocal.
What is 2001?
While pursuing a degree in Architecture this valued Alum worked at KCPR writing musical parodies.
Who is "Weird Al" Yankovic
The two board members who are loyal NFL Eagles fans.
Who are Dutch (VP) and Adelle (Outreach Chair)
Chemistry! There are five metals that explode when they come in contact with water, name four of them.
What are sodium, potassium, lithium, rubidium, cesium?
In Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope the The Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina can be found on which planet?
The Planet Tatooine.
Baker Science and Math is one of the tallest building in SLO, How tall is it? (Units are important to scientists so give your answer in # of female African giraffes)
What is six Female African Giraffes tall (6.42)
Two successful drink companies which started off as Senior projects at Cal Poly
What are Jamba Juice (1990) and Guayakí Yerba Mate (1996)
The two board members involved in Polyphonics.
Who are Zach (social) and Emma (tours)