Physicist-Musicians (ie., The Carters & Ellens) (Brad Halfpap)
I gotta Bee in Physics! (Jaylene Naylor)
Good Movie Physics (Andrew Ware)
Oh yes, now I see! (Mark Reiser)
100
The size of a proton. 10^__m
What is -15?
100
This famous astrophysicist frequently performed on stage with Freddie Mercury.
Who is Brian May?
100
This is the geometric shape that honey bees build for their wax comb.
What is a hexagon?
100
In this movie, Astronaut Mark Watney eats a lot of potatoes.
What is The Martian?
100
A special flavor (or subset) of elliptical polarization.
What is circular polarization?
200
The width of the mouth of the Statue of Liberty. 10^__m
What is 0? (or 1 m)
200
This director of the Hayden Planetarium is world famous for his performance of the Symphony of Science.
Who is Neil deGrasse Tyson?
200
This unique behavior is used by a bee to communicate the location of a nectar (food) source to the other bees in the colony.
What is the Dance (or Waggle Dance)?
200
Jim Lovell and his crew have to overcome some difficulties in order to make it back to earth.
What is Apollo 13?
200
This ancient light corresponds to radiation from a blackbody at a temperature of 2.7 K.
What is the CMB (or Cosmic Microwave Background)
300
One arm of LIGO. 10^__m
What is 3? (4,000m)
300
This individual was just starting on his PhD. in mathematics at Columbia University in 1967 when he got sidetracked by something...
Who is Art Garfunkel?
300
This is the amount of honey produced by one honey bee in her entire life.
a. 12 tbsp
b. 1 tbsp
c. 1/4 teaspoon
d. 1/12 teaspoon
D.
300
Kip Thorne was a science advisor for this movie about space travel.
What is Interstellar?
300
Americans were delighted to see this million-degree plasma with their own eyes on August 21st of this year.
What is the corona?
400
A buckyball (C-60 molecule). 10^__m
What is -9?
400
This man composed 36 symphonies and concertos as well as hundreds of works for smaller ensembles. His name is indicated in this symbol for the planet Uranus.
Who was John Fredrick William Herschel?
400
This is the number of eggs a queen might lay in a day during the summer.
a. 2
b. 2000
c. 75,000
d. 150,000
B.
400
Ryan Stone and Matt Kowalski encounter some trouble during a spacewalk.
What is "Gravity"?
400
This colorful aberration is particularly problematic in many refracting telescopes.
What is chromatic aberration?
500
The distance to the Andromeda Galaxy. 10^__m
What is 19? (2 x 10^19 km)
500
Very closely associated with this famous bridge, our scientist-musician also invented musical instruments including the concertina.
Who was Charles Wheatstone?
500
This is the average number of flowers honey bees will visit to produce 1 lb of honey.
a. 15
b. 1000
c. 150,000
d. 2,000,000
D.
500
Homer Hickam is inspired by the launch of Sputnik.
What is "October Sky"?
500
If a charged particle travels faster than the speed of light in a particular medium, it exhibits this.