Science Daddies
This English naturalist is known for developing the theory of evolution.
Who is Charles Darwin?
Known as the "king of flowers," this large, showy flower is often used in weddings.
What is a peony?
This was the first human-made object to successfully orbit Earth.
What is Sputnik 1?
This legendary hero of the Trojan War was known for his near-invincibility, except for his heel.
Who is Achilles?
This year marked the founding of Georgia Tech.
What is 1885?
He formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation, laying the foundation for classical mechanics.
Who is Isaac Newton?
This flower, which blooms in late spring, is known for its sweet scent and is often used in perfumes.
What is lilac?
This spacecraft made history in 1976 as the first to land on Mars.
What is Viking 1?
This from of government, founded in Athens, involved direct participation by citizens in decision-making.
What is democracy?
This is the name of Georgia Tech’s stadium where the football team plays.
What is Bobby Dodd Stadium?
The founder of psychology, he proposed the theory of the unconscious mind.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
This flower, a symbol of remembrance, blooms in the wild and is often associated with the World War I poem “In Flanders Fields.”
What is a poppy?
The Dyna-Soar program was an experimental project developed by this agency, aimed at designing a reusable spaceplane before it was canceled in the 1960s.
What is NASA?
Held every four years in this name sake city, this event began as a religious festival, honoring the God Zeus, and which became the most famous athletic competition in the ancient world.
What is the Olympics?
This underground network, often rumored by students, actually exists and connects several key buildings on campus.
What are the steam tunnels?
Even though his work wouldn't be discovered until 20 year after his death, Gregor Mendel is still credited for laying the foundation for this, the study of inheritance.
What is genetics?
This flower, which blooms in late spring, is known for its bell-shaped blossoms and is the national flower of Norway
What is a Lily of the Valley?
In orbital mechanics, this is the term for the speed a spacecraft must achieve to escape Earth’s gravitational pull without further propulsion.
What is escape velocity?
According to the writings of Plato, this legendary city, known for its advanced civilization, supposedly sank into the sea due to a natural disaster. (Also recently found out that it is not what Atlanta is named after)
What is Atlantis?
This Georgia Tech alumni was the 1993 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his development of the Polymerase Chain Reaction. (Which Garret has preformed many times in his genetics lab).
Who is Kary Mullis?
This Italian scientist made significant contributions to modern physics, including the development of the telescope and support for the heliocentric model of the solar system.
Who is Galileo?
The rare and beautiful "Titan Arum," also called the "corpse flower," is known for its foul smell and massive bloom. It is native to this country.
What is Indonesia?
This invisible line marks the boundary between Earth's atmosphere and outer space, located at approximately 100 kilometers (62 miles) above sea level.
What is The Von Kármán line
In Ancient Greece, a runner is said to have raced 25 miles from this battlefield to Athens to deliver the news of victory in 490 BCE, inspiring the name of this modern-day race.
What is a marathon?
The first Georgia Tech student computer club, founded in the 1960s, eventually evolved into this current high-profile student-run organization.
What is the Georgia Tech Amateur Radio Club or Ramblin’ Wreck Club?