Engineering 101
What unit is used to measure electrical current?
Ampere (amp)
What are Iowa State's official school colors?
Cardinal and gold
What company created the iPhone?
Apple
What is the name of the fictional school in High School Musical?
East High
How many months have 28 days?
12
What is the SI unit used to measure force?
Newton
What is the name of Iowa State's mascot?
Cy
What does GPS stand for?
Global Positioning System
Which artist released the album Midnights in 2022?
Taylor Swift
If you pass the person in 2nd place in a race, what place are you in?
2nd place
What type of energy is stored in a compressed spring?
Elastic potential energy
What is the name of Iowa State's football stadium?
Jack Trice Stadium
What was the original name of Google when it was developed in 1996?
BackRub
What is the name of the coffee shop in Friends?
Central Perk
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What law states that voltage equals current multiplied by resistance?
Ohm's Law
What year did Iowa State join the Big 12 Conference?
1996
What was the name of the first artificial satellite launched into space in 1957?
Sputnik 1
Which actor played Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
Robert Downey Jr.
A man looks at a photograph and says, "Brothers and sisters, I have none. But that man's father is my father's son." Who is in the photograph?
His son
What is the name for the ratio of an object's output work to its input work?
Efficiency
What famous Iowa State professor helped develop one of the earliest electronic digital computers?
John Vincent Atanasoff
What company released the first commercially available handheld mobile phone in 1983?
Motorola
What was the first feature-length animated film released by Disney?
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
You have two ropes that each take exactly 60 minutes to burn, but they burn unevenly. How can you measure exactly 45 minutes?
Light the first rope at both ends and the second at one end. When the first rope finishes after 30 minutes, light the other end of the second rope. It finishes 15 minutes later