Metal (the best music)
Computational Modeling
Counseling Interventions
Thermodynamics
Lord of the Rings
100

This band's original sound was power metal, with songs such as "Death Trap" and "Cemetery Gates" rounding out their albums. They later moved towards a heavier sound with their album "Vulgar Display of Power."

Who is Pantera?

100

A multivariate regression technique for estimating probability curves of discrete categorical variables.

What is logistic regression?

100

This popular intervention typically includes identification of unhelpful thoughts, with a focus on challenging and/or reframing them.

What is Cognitive Therapy?

100

The point at which a chemical mixture goes from having two phases to being in the vapor phase.

What is the dew point?

100
Elf, hobbit, dwarf, wizard, and _____ set out from Rivendell on a quest to save Middle Earth. 

What is man?

200

With the release of their album Seven Churches, many consider this to be the first death metal band. 

Who is Possessed?

200

One of the assumptions of multiple linear regression is that the distribution of the residuals is _________.

What is Gaussian?

200

An intervention which focuses on distress tolerance and mindfulness is likely a _____ intervention.

What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy?

200

This equation is commonly used to calculate the saturation pressure of a chemical component.

What is Antoine's Equation?

200

Gandalf the Grey fell doing battle with this demon from the dark.

What is the balrog?

300

If you're listening to Sleep, Acid King, Electric Wizard, Om, or Unkle Acid and the Deadbeats, then you're jamming to __________.

What is doom metal?

300

When modeling discrete classes with imbalanced distributions, sampling from a ______ distribution will help improve sensitivity.

What is gamma?

300

This intervention focuses on the scheduling and maintenance of daily activities which facilitate feelings of accomplishment and motivation.

What is a behavior activation log?

300

In applications such as distillation, this describes the ease of separability between two components. 

What is relative volatility?

300

When it became apparent that Sarumon's armies were headed to Rohan, King Theodin decided that his people should fall back to _______ ________.

What is Helm's Deep?

400

This band is well-known for channeling the spirit of Ancient Egypt in their music and lyrics, with songs such as "Sarcophagus" and "Laying Fire Upon Apep".

Who is Nile?

400

This method of coefficient estimation seeks to find the global minimum of the corresponding loss function by tracking the rate of change in error at each iteration.

What is gradient descent?

400

If you were to sit in on a therapy session which utilized this modality, you'd likely hear phrases such as "Did you notice what your mind did just now?" or "Did that choice move you toward or away from your values?"

What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy?

400

This physical property is used to track reaction heat balances.

What is enthalpy?

400

These creatures are larger than Orcs and bear the White Hand of Sarumon.

Who are Uruk-hai?

500

This Norwegian band released three sequential albums that many consider to be the "Unholy Trinity".

Who is Darkthrone?

500

A data structure based on the principles of discrete mathematics that is effective at modeling large networks or infrastructures.

What are graph structures?

500

This intervention is effective for trauma recovery, and includes visualization of safe space, exposure to trauma memories, eye movements or alternating currents, and emotional regulation skills training.

What is Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)?

500

A distribution that provides the probability of a system being in a particular energy state.

What is the Boltzmann Distribution?

500

This character was responsible for carrying The Ring into the fires of Mount Doom.

Who is Smeagol/Gollum?

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