Not That Kind of Science
The induction motor, AC motor, neon lights, and an accidental earthquake machine are just a few things this person invented.
Who is Nikola Tesla?
This pointed building, named after a famous car company, has six levels of stainless steel arches.
What is the Chrysler Building?
The first academic medical center in the world, CUIMC was originally named this.
What is Columbia-Presbyterian (Medical Center)?
Linking words like, and, but, or is an example of this part of speech.
What is a conjunction?
This rapper holds the Guinness World Record for "Most Words in a Hit Single" with his “god”-like flow.
Who is Eminem?
Posthumously named after an aspiring mathematician, this unit is used for measuring electrical resistance.
What is (are) an Ohm (Ohms)?
This railway runs through Manhattan’s west side and was converted into a park in 2011.
What is the highline?
Each year, Columbia hosts an award ceremony for a famous prize in journalism and the arts, held in this aptly named Morningside building.
What is the Pulitzer Prize?
This is the order of a basic positive sentence.
What is: subject-verb-object?
"Drake the type of guy to" became a meme, but his real (first/last) name isn't Drake. It's this.
What is Aubrey (Drake) Graham?
Some would consider this the most famous stele of granodiorite.
What is the Rosetta stone?
The name of this park, which is built above the New York Public Library's underground archives.
What is Bryant Park?
This versatile CUIMC building was named after the physician son of Jewish emigrants from Russia who founded the U.S. Communist Party in the early 1900s.
What is Hammer (Health Sciences Building)?
People often use this acronym incorrectly to state their list of examples.
What is I.E.?
Jay-Z famously claims he made this article of clothing “more famous than a Yankee can" in his hit song “Empire State of Mind.”
What is a Yankee hat?
This 1952 experiment used radioactive isotopes to demonstrate that DNA, not protein, is the molecule of inheritance.
What is the Hershey-Chase experiment?
As the first state to select its state flower, New York chose this flower for its beauty, hardiness, and adaptability.
What is a rose?
Named after Lithuanian-American businessman, philanthropist, and founder of Chock full o’Nuts, this hospital-adjacent CUIMC research building opened in 1928.
What is the Black Building?
This verb form refers to when an action is done to the subject rather than to the object.
What is the passive voice?
This rapper holds the distinction of being the first artist to win a Pulitzer Prize for music with his groundbreaking 2017 album.
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
The Higgs Boson is often referred to by this nickname.
What is the “God Particle?
New York was name after this famous leader.
Who is The Duke of York (who later became King James the II of England)?
This CUIMC biomedical research building was named after health activist, philanthropist, and former president of the Birth Control Federation of America, a precursor to today’s Planned Parenthood organization.
What is the (Mary Woodard) Lasker (biomedical research) building?
Words like “in,” “over,” and “before” are examples of these types of limiting adjectives.
What are determiners?
Kanye West once interrupted Taylor Swift at the VMAs, claiming "Single Ladies" deserved the award. Listeners can hear Kanye take credit for Taylor’s ensuing success in this Life of Pablo song inspired by that night.
What is Famous?