Presidential Problems
This President was famously shot and killed in 1963 while in Dallas
JFK
This is the most abundant element in the universe (also the lightest)
Hydrogen
1874
The first national park, this park features gysers and bison
Yellowstone
This fundamental force keeps us grounded and causes objects to accelerate at 9.8 m/s² near Earth's surface
Gravity
This two time President yelled "Fight Fight Fight" after nearly being assassinated
Donald Trump
The most abundant element in Earth's atmosphere, this element is also found in laughing gas
Nitrogen
Katherine Lee Bates wrote this ode to America in 1893 while teaching at CC, noting the "purple mountain majesties" seen from campus
Featuring giant granite cliffs, this California national park is paradise for climbers
Yosemite
In Einstein’s famous equation E=mc2, the letter "c" represents this universal constant
Speed of light
This president, known for his round glasses, was nearly assassinated in 1909, just like his predecessor
Theodore Roosevelt
Mixing these two household items, with the chemical formulas CH₃COOH and NaHCO₃, items will produce the classic paper mache volcano reaction
Vinegar and Baking Soda
This Latin phrase, translated as "learning through hard work, is CC's motto
Scientia et Disciplina
This park, located in the San Luis Valley, features the largest dunes in North America
Great Sand Dunes
The Nobel Prizes are named after Alfred Nobel, who endowed the prizes with his fortune as laid out in his will. Nobel had made his fortune through manufacturing and patents, including the patenting of this explosive
Dynamite
Assassinated in 1901, this President recently had a mountain renamed after him
William McKinley
Carbon
This famous CC alum's dad was the Vice President, notably during the invasion of Iraq
Liz Cheney
Daily Double
Zion National Park
This principle, formulated by Heisenberg, states that it is impossible to simultaneously know both the exact position and momentum of a particle
Heisenberg uncertainty principle
This President who shares a name with a cat who hates Mondays, was shot and killed in 1881
James Garfield
This type of attraction between molecules, sharing a name with a major city, are present in all molecules
London-Dispersion Forces
This notable general and railway tycoon who designated the land our campus sits on also has a building on campus named after him
William Jackson Palmer
Once inhabited by the Ancestral Pueblo and Pueblo people, this national park features a vast network of cliff dwellings named for the"green table mountain" they're carved into
Mesa Verde
This theoretical particle is proposed as the mediator of the strong nuclear force that holds atomic nuclei together and is named for a common binder
Gluon