Advising
Engineering
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Holiday
Riddles
100

What does DARS stand for?

Degree Audit Reporting System


100

What is Ohm's law? (Voltage) 

V = IR

100

Who is the school mascot?

Owlsley

100

What did Ralphie want for Christmas (A Christmas Story)?

A red rider BB gun

100

What falls faster? A pound of marshmallows or a pound of ornaments?

Both fall at the same time!

200

How many majors are offered in the college of undergraduate engineering and computer science?

10

200

What does CAD stand for?

Computer Aided Design

200

What year did FAU make it to the final four in basketball?

2023!

200

What type of pipe does Frosty the Snowman have?

Corn Cob 

200

Santa Claus' mother had three children. The first child was named Fred. The second was named Annette. What was the name of the third?

Santa Claus

300

When can you drop a class without having anything on your transcript?

One week after the semester starts

300

Find the derivative of 9x^9 + 8x^8 + 7x^7 + 6x^6 + 5x^5 + 4x^4 + 3x^3 + 2x^2 + 1x^1 + 10

81x^8 + 64x^7 + 49x^6 + 36x^5 + 25x^4 + 16x^3 +9x^2 + 4x + 1

300

Name at least 5 FAU Campuses

Boca Raton, Jupiter, Davie, Seatech, Ft. Lauderdale, Harbor Branch, Dania Beach
300

How many of of Santa's reindeer names start with the letter D? Name them.

Dancer, Donner, and Dasher

300

What is a civil engineers favorite snack?

Concrete! (will accept cement)

400

What are the 6 categories of the general education classes?

Communication, Humanities, Social Science, Natural Science, Mathematics, and Additional Enrichment

400

What type of stress pulls a material apart?

Tensile stress

400

What year was FAU established?

1961

400

What is the German word for Christmas tree?

Tannenbaum

400

What has a face, 2 hands, but no arms or legs?

A clock

500
Students with fewer than X credits are generally advised through the Office of University Advising Services

45 credits

500

A programming loop that calls itself until a condition is met.

Recursive Loop

500

What is the fan section for FAU students at games called?

The burrow

500

Name what the true love sent on all 12 days of christmas

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Twelve drummers drumming, Eleven pipers piping, Ten lords a-leaping, Nine ladies dancing, Eight maids a-milking, Seven swans a-swimming, Six geese a-laying, Five gold rings, Four calling birds, Three French hens, Two turtle doves, And a partridge in a pear tree!

500

I am not alive, but I grow. I don't have lungs, but I need air. I don't have a mouth, yet I can drown.

Fire

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