Acronyms
Environmental
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100

Everything goes somewhere, that's why everyone needs a WWTP.

Waste Water Treatment Plant

100

These facilities, which house computer servers and networking equipment, are known for their huge energy and water demands as well as noise and light pollution. 

Data Centers

100

The 1986 nuclear accident at this Soviet power plant released radioactive material across Europe.

Chernobyl

100

This cartoon features a yellow fry-cook and a pink starfish.

Spongebob Squarepants

100

What is the name of the song from this Detroit Rapper 

"Look / If you had / One shot / Or one opportunity / To seize everything you ever wanted / In one moment / Would you capture it / Or just let it slip?"


Lose Yourself

200

Nobody likes to be under-dressed, especially if you show up to the jobsite without your PPE. 

Personal Protective Equipment

200

The air we breath is mixture of many things, but mostly its this, at about 78%.

Nitrogen

200

After operators did not add the necessary corrosion inhibitors to their water supply, this U.S. city experienced a major drinking water crisis beginning in 2014 due to lead contamination.

Flint, Michigan

200

This cartoon features a Bluejay, a Racoon, and a Gumball machine. 

Regular Show

200

Rihanna tells JayZ
"Now that its raining more than ever / You can stand under my..."

Umbrella

300

Many of our water supply and distribution lines are made of PVC. what is the full name of this synthetic polymer. 

Polyvinyl Chloride

300

What is the longest contiguous river in the United States.

Missouri River

300

In 2010 a blowout at an offshore oil rig run by BP exploded and released the equivalent of millions of barrels of oil into this body of water. 

Gulf of Mexico

300

This cartoon follows a kid with two godparents, one green one pink, that grant him wishes on command. 

Fairly Odd Parents

300

" Release your inhibitions / feel the rain on your skin / No one else can feel it for you / only you can let it in / No one else, no one else / The rest is still...

Unwritten

400

Some rules are made to be broken. Not these rules though, they are made by OSHA and keep you in one piece on the jobsite. 

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

400

The act of intentionally lighting a forest on fire for the benefit of the area. 

Controlled burn

400

The 1952 “Great Smog” in this English city killed thousands and led to modern air quality laws.

London, England

400

This cartoon follows a group of friends that build crazy contraptions every day that disappear mysteriously. 

Phineas and Ferb.

400

Off the album Rumors, what is the name of this song

"Listen to the wind blow / Watch the sun rise..."

The Chain

500
Like air traffic control has a terminal, Utility Operators have a SCADA system to monitor and control processes within their plant. 

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition

500

Most of our electricity is produced by passing steam through a turbine. Aside from nuclear, what is the only other commonly used form of energy production that does not require a turbine.

Solar Power

500

Which river in the Midwest historically caught fire on multiple occasions, but most famously in 1969.

Cuyahoga River, Cleveland

500

What is the name of the pink dog who lives with Muriel and Eustace Bagge, in the middle of Nowhere, Kansas.

Courage the Cowardly Dog

500

"On a dark desert highway / Cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas / Rising up through the air / Up ahead in the distance / I saw a shimmering light / My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim / I had to stop for the night"

Hotel California

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