Sports
This sport officially measures time upward, not downward, during regulation play.
What is soccer?
This common jobsite item is worn to protect against falling objects.
What is a hard hat?
This downtown Lincoln street is known for bars, restaurants, and game-day traffic.
What is O Street?
This term describes barriers that prevent women from advancing professionally.
What is the glass ceiling?
This equation represents a straight line: y = mx + b.
What is a linear equation?
In the NBA, this is the maximum number of steps a player is allowed to take after picking up their dribble.
What is two?
This measurement tool is typically used to ensure surfaces are straight.
What is a level?
This former conference was Nebraska’s home before joining the Big Ten.
What is the Big 12?
This amendment granted women the right to vote in the United States.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This calculus value tells you the slope of a curve at a specific point
What is a derivative?
This NFL team has the most losses in league history.
What are the Arizona Cardinals?
This color-coded wiring color indicates a ground connection.
What is green?
This year marks the founding of the University of Nebraska.
What is 1869?
This woman was the first self-made female billionaire in the U.S.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
This ancient library was one of the greatest centers of learning in the classical world.
What is the Library of Alexandria?
This football penalty is enforced from the previous spot, not the spot of the foul.
What is holding?
This union term refers to seniority-based job protection.
What is tenure (or seniority rights)?
This academic symbol appears on the university seal.
What is a torch?
This field has historically had the lowest female representation among STEM disciplines.
What is engineering?
This equation governs wave mechanics in quantum physics.
What is the Schrödinger equation?
According to national participation data, this sport has been the fastest-growing sport in the United States for multiple consecutive years.
What is pickleball?
These sharp metal tools strap to a climber’s boots and are used to dig into trees or poles to help ascend safely.
What is Climbing Gaffs/ Spikes
This 1862 federal act granted land to states to fund colleges focused on agriculture and mechanical arts, helping establish the University of Nebraska.
What is the Morrill Act?
This University of Nebraska professor became the first woman elected president of the Modern Language Association and, in the same year, the first woman inducted into the Nebraska Sports Hall of Fame.
Who is Louise Pound?
This heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne was assassinated, setting off a chain reaction that led to World War I.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?