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100

Times Square 42nd St - Grand Central 42nd St

What is the 42nd Street Shuttle (S)?

100

This singer sang the following lyrics about a trip taken on the NY Subway: 

"I saw your green hair, beauty mark next to your mouth
There, on the subway, I nearly had a breakdown
A few weeks later, somebody wore your perfume
It almost killed me, I had to leave the room "

Who is Chappell Roan?

100

This federally-owned company is the largest long-distance passenger railroad in the United States. 

What is Amtrak?

100

This is the oldest Civil Engineering professor at the Cooper Union.

Who is Professor Tzavelis?

100
This organelle is commonly referred to as the "Powerhouse of the Cell".

What is the mitochondria?

200

Pelham Bay Park - Brooklyn Bridge, City Hall

What is the (6)?

200

This movie features a zombie infection spreading through a transit vehicle in South Korea. 

What is Train to Busan (2016)?

200

This is the most used commuter railroad in the United States, with 336,300 daily riders in 2025.

What is the LIRR?

200

This type of failure can only occur when members are in compression.

Who is buckling?

200

This circuit component's ability to hold a charge in the presence of a voltage is measured in Farads. 

What is a capacitor?

300
Harlem 148th St - New Lots Av

What is the (3)?

300

A flight planned for a trip from BOS -> LAX, instead terminated in Lower Manhattan on this day.

What is September 11, 2001?

300

This transportation system concept claimed to be able to use pods to transport people at hundreds of miles per hour. However, it was later revealed that its actual purpose was to stop the construction of California High Speed Rail.

What is Hyperloop?

300

Structures where members are only axially loaded are called this.

What are trusses?

300

This major stopped being offered at Cooper in 2025. 

What is General Engineering (BSE)?

400

Brighton Beach - 145th St

What is the (B)?

400

This New York City mayor was sworn in at the decommissioned City Hall station, the original terminus of the 6 train.

Who is Zohran Mamdani?

400

This company made headlines in 2023 when it derailed a train carrying hazardous materials in East Palestine, Ohio.

What is the Norfolk Southern?

400

Professor Huang is from this city, known as the "gay capital of China".

What is Chengdu?

400

This coding language was originally created to do operations involving vectors and matrices. 

What is MatLab?

500

Court Sq - Church Av

What is the (G)?

500

This American Great Lakes freighter sank in Lake Superior on November 10, 1975, killing all 29 men on board. 

What is the SS Edmund Fitzgerald?

500

This is the only railroad to operate in the US, Mexico, and Canada. The city it is named after has a misleading name; it appears to be in another state at first glance.

What is Canadian Pacific Kansas City?

500

This type of admixture allows the water content of concrete to be reduced by 30% or more.

What is superplasticizer / HRWR?

500

This Cooper Union mechanical engineering professor played real life Jeopardy, and won!

Who is Professor Rosen?

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