Math/Numbers
Is zero positive or negative?
neither
What is the name of a theoretical star in the early universe with a black hole at its center?
black hole star/quasi-star
Which of these colors is NOT accepted by Python's turtle.color() statement:
Olive, Snow, Plum, Salmon, or Amethyst?
amethyst
Are you, as a human, closer to the size of the observable universe, or closer to the size of a string from string theory?
(essentially, are you closer to the size of the largest thing or the smallest thing?)
the observable universe
What is the greatest threat to humanity?
itself
What is the square root of -9?
3i
A pulsar is a rapidly spinning ___ that emits bursts of radiation.
neutron star
What does this mean?:
!=
not equal to
What is the mass of a photon?
zero
This hypothesis explains that all of the aliens could be hiding from each other.
the "dark forest" solution
If you were to generate a completely random number, roughly what are the odds that is it larger than graham's number? (graham's number is larger than a googolplex, which is 10 raised to the power of a googol, which is 1 followed by 100 zeroes)
~100%
Based on our current understanding, will black holes ever disappear? If so, how?
yes; hawking radiation
The modulo operator (%) is used to calculate what?
What particle carries the strong nuclear interaction?
gluon
This hypothesis states that most if not all intelligent civilizations destroy themselves/are destroyed once they reach a certain point.
In what trigonometric situation(s) are you allowed to divide by zero?
arctan(tan^-1)/tanh
arccot(cot^-1)/coth
arcsec(sec^-1)/sech
arccsc(csc^-1)/csch
What is the substance inside the core of a neutron star called?
nuclear pasta
take this segment of code:
painter.penup()
painter.goto(x, y)
painter.color("gray")
rem = floor % 6
if (rem > 2):
painter.color("blue")
rem2 = floor % 21
if (rem2 = 0):
x = x+55
y = -150
painter.goto(x, y)
this code, if inserted into a Turtle Graphics program, would not work. Why?
instead of "if (rem2 = 0):" it should be "if (rem2 == 0):"
the "=" is used to assign values to variables, while "==" tests for equality.
In the (very) early universe, the four fundamental forces were one. After the gravitational force and the strong nuclear force split off, we were left with the ___
electroweak force
This is the idea that the universe could be existing in a "false vacuum" state, and the universe could suddenly shift to a lower state of energy with potentially cataclysmic consequences.
false vacuum decay
You shuffle a deck of cards randomly. What are the odds that you shuffled that exact order of cards?
~1/8000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
(that's 8 followed by 67 zeroes)
What is the largest object discovered in the observable universe? (specifically)
TON-618 (black hole)
what does this code do?
import turtle as trtl
painter = trtl.Turtle()
painter.speed(0)
painter.pensize(5)
x = -150
y = -150
num_floors = 63
for floor in range(num_floors):
painter.penup()
painter.goto(x, y)
painter.color("gray")
rem = floor % 9
if (rem > 5):
painter.color("blue")
if (rem < 3):
painter.color("maroon")
rem2 = floor % 21
if (rem2 == 0):
x = x+55
y = -150
painter.goto(x, y)
y = y + 5
painter.pendown()
painter.forward(50)
wn = trtl.Screen()
wn.mainloop()
it creates three "towers" with 21 "floors" each, with three colors that alternate every three floors.
What gives mass to fundamental particles, and thus, everything else?
higgs field
This is the point of no return in technological advancement. Technology will uncontrollably grow, and the consequences will be irreversible.
technological singularity