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Name that Eye Condition
100
Name one element that was discovered on Berkeley's campus.
- 85 astatine (1940)
- 93 neptunium (1940)
- 94 plutonium (1940)
- 95 americium (1944) **
- 96 curium (1944) **
- 97 berkelium (1949)
- 98 californium (1950)
- 99 einsteinium (1952)
- 100 fermium (1952)
- 101 mendelevium (1955)
- 102 nobelium (1958)
- 103 lawrencium (1961)
- 104 rutherfordium (1969)
- 105 hahnium (1970)
- 106 seaborgium (1974)
100
True or False: Newborns produce tears
False. They make crying sounds but tear production in infants doesn't occur until they are about 4-13 weeks old.
100
What are the names of the Weasley twins in the Harry Potter series?
Fred and George Weasley
100
What is our first semester social called?
Picnic Social
100
What is the medical term for pink eye?
Conjunctivitis
200
In 2017, UC Berkeley set a Guinness World Record when 7,194 incoming students formed the largest human letter. What letter did they form?
The letter C
200
Which gender is more likely to be colorblind?
Males.
Color blindness affects 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women.
200
What was the first non-English-language film to win Best Picture at the Oscars?
Parasite
200
What is Foresight’s biggest event in the fall?
Fall Conference
200
What condition results in farsightedness from the loss of elasticity in the lens?
Presbyopia
300
What is the motto written on UC Berkeley's seal?
Fiat Lux (Let There Be Light)
300
True or false: There are NO pain nerves inside the eye.
True. There are NO pain nerves inside the eye. This is why serious eye conditions like glaucoma or macular degeneration can develop silently, without pain, until vision loss is permanent.
300
Who currently holds the record for most gold medals in the Olympics?
Michael Phelps
300
What is the pose we do for Foresight pictures?
Foresight Eye
300
One sign of this condition is central vision loss.
Macular Degeneration
400
Which Nobel Prize category have Berkeley researchers won the most?
Physics
400
What vitamin helps to maintain a clear cornea and prevents night blindness, or difficulty seeing in low-light conditions?
Vitamin A
400
Three times in history, every spot in the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 was taken by women. Each time, it coincided with an album release by which artist?
Taylor Swift
400
What's the next Foresight event?
MCPHS Presentation
400
What eye condition, affecting 33% of the U.S. population, causes blurred vision at all distances?
Astigmatism
500
How old is Oski?
84 years old (Oski made his debut in 1941!)
500
True or False: Humans can see more shades of blue than any other color.
False. Humans can see more shades of green than any other color.
500
Which 2018 Marvel movie included a scene filmed at UC Berkeley?
Ant-Man and the Wasp
500
What was one activity Foresight officers did together at the start of the semester? (if you saw our officer introduction post on IG :))
Escape room or eating ice cream!
500
What condition is a fleshy growth on the conjunctiva that can extend onto the cornea?
Pterygium