Why do we put salt on the sidewalks when it snows?
What is to lower the freezing point
100
What U.S. presidents’ inauguration was the first to be wed cast?
Who is Bill Clinton
100
What language does the word engineer come from?
What is Latin
100
What is the only number that cannot be represented in Roman Numerals?
What is zero
100
In what year was the Declaration of Independence written?
What is 1776
200
What is the only metal not solid at room temperature?
What is mercury
200
Time magazine named this machine the “man of the year” in 1982.
What is the computer
200
What are the four main categories of engineering?
What is civil, mechanical, chemical and electrical
200
Among all shapes with the same perimeter, which 2-D shape has the largest area?
What is circle
200
What is the smallest and easternmost great lake?
What is Lake Ontario
300
What is the hardest substance in the human body?
What is tooth enamel
300
Given this pseudo code:
Tim is not allowed to drive. Tim's_Age is 1
While Tim's_Age < 17, increase Tim's_Age by 1
Allow Tim to drive.
What will Tim's_Age be when he is allowed to drive?
What is 17
300
In terms of engineering software, what does CAD stand for?
What is computer aided design
300
What are the first 11 numbers in pi?
What is 3.1415926535
300
What is the ice cream flavor invented in 1929 that was named to reflect the difficult economic times ahead?
What is Rocky Road
400
According to Apollo astronauts, the moon smells like:
What is burnt gunpowder
400
How much CO2 does one billion google searches produce?
What is .2 grams
400
Which European county holds the largest wind turbine?
What is Denmark
400
There are only 2 numbers that are twice the sum of their individual digits. One of them is zero. The other is a multiple of 9. What is it?
What is 18
400
How many scholars programs are there at Ohio State?
What is 17
500
Which of the three phases is glass?
What is a liquid
500
How long did a person have to sit still for a picture by the very first camera?
What is 8 hours
500
Which will yield the most BTUs of energy?
a. A gallon of oil
b. A pound of coal
c. A gallon of gasoline
What is a gallon of oil
500
What is the name of a four dimensional cube
What is a tesseract
500
When was the Honors and Scholars program at Ohio State founded