Industrial Engineering
USC
Los Angeles
Famous Engineers
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100

What does IISE stand for? 

Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers

100

USC mascot's name

Traveler

100

The iconic landmark with large letters on the hillside

Hollywood Sign

100

The inventor of the assembly line for mass production

Henry Ford

100

The movie starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling that is set in LA

La La Land

200

The current president of IISE

Victoria Jordan

200
This man is the current head coach for the USC football team

Lincoln Riley

200

This iconic pier in California features a Ferris wheel, an aquarium, and a carousel, and is known for its historic status and beautiful views of the Pacific Ocean

Santa Monica Pier

200

Father of scientific management

Frederick W Taylor 

200

Who performed the half-time show at Super Bowl LIX

Kendrick Lamar

300
Name two standard anthropometric measurements

Tibial height, knuckle height, elbow height, shoulder height, stature, functional overhead reach, functional forward reach, buttock-knee depth, buttock-popliteal depth, popliteal height, thigh clearance, sitting elbow height, sitting eye height, sitting height, hip breadth, elbow-to-elbow breadth, grip breadth, interpupillary distance 

300

USC's school colors

cardinal and gold

300

The LA street famous for high-end shopping

Rodeo Drive

300

The Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer who is best known for his improvements to the steam engine

James Watt

300
What NBA star was recently traded from the Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers

Luka Doncic

400

This is a method used to determine the time required  for a qualified worker to perform a task at a standard pace

Time and Motion Study

400

The year USC was founded

1880

400

The home stadium of the LA Clippers

Intuit Dome

400

The inventor and electrical engineer who is known for his development of alternating current (AC) power systems, as well as his work on wireless transmission of energy

Nikola Tesla

400

The famous soccer player who plays for Inter Miami CF

Lionel Messi

500

This method uses past data to predict future demand by giving more weight to more recent data

Exponential Smoothing

500

The famous statue located in front of Bovard Auditorium

Tommy Trojan

500

The last time LA hosted the summer Olympics

1984

500

The couple who developed the Therblig system, a method for analyzing work processes and improving efficiency, revolutionizing the field of time and motion study

Frank and Lillian Gilbreth

500

What album won Album of the Year at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards in 2025

Cowboy Carter

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