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Black Scientists and Engineers
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NSBE Facts
100
This is the number of valence electrons in carbon.
What is six?
100
This is the derivative of F(x)=2x^2+5
What is F'(x)=4x
100
This Black Engineer was known as the first female self-made millionaire in America, mostly from her line of beauty and hair products.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
100
This is the religious movement group that famous activist Malcolm X was a part of.
What is The Nation of Islam?
100
The NSBE Torch symbolizes these two things.
What is the burning desire to achieve success as engineers in our society (Flame) and the striking impact that we can have on our society (Lightning)
200
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Name four out of the six noble gases.
What is Xenon, Neon, Krypton, Radon, Argon, and Helium?
200
This is the integral of f(x)=4x^3+2x
What is x^4+x^2?
200
This Black Scientist was an agricultural expert that helped to engineer various products out of peanuts, such as antiseptic Hair cream, a patented medicine for respiratory diseases, and is credited with inventing peanut butter.
Who is George Washington Carver?
200
This was the first African American Woman to receive an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Lead Role.
Who is Halle Berry?
200
NSBE was founded at this University in 1975.
What is Purdue University?
300
What are the three types of mineral rocks?
What is Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic ?
300
Vector quantities have this property that scalar quantities don't have.
What is direction?
300
This mechanical engineer helped to make trains more efficient by creating a lubrication system that allowed trains to run for long periods of time without maintenance.
Who is Elijah McCoy or "The Real" McCoy?
300
This was Frederick Douglass's real name.
What is "Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey"?
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Traditionally, this is the attire worn at the NSBE National Convention Banquet.
What is African Attire?
400
One cat carries heterozygous, long-haired traits (Ss), and its mate carries homozygous short-haired traits (ss). Use a Punnett square to determine the probability of one of their offspring having long hair.
What is 50%?
400
This is the dot product of R and S when R=2i+4j-3k and S=4i+5j-2k.
What is 34?
400
This African-American Engineer not only worked on the Cassini Mission to Saturn and Galileo Mission to Jupiter, but also invented the Super Soaker.
Who is Lonnie G. Johnson?
400
This was the first African American to win an Olympic Gold Medal.
Who is John Taylor?
400
This is the nickname of the six founders of NSBE.
What is "The Chicago Six?"
500
If a position equation denoted as s(t)=5t^3+40t^2+2t^-1/2, what is the acceleration?
What is 30t+80+3/2t^-5/2?
500
These are the real characteristic roots of y''-3y'+2y=0
What is r=1,2
500
Considered one of the top 10 inventors of all time, this Black Engineer helped Alexander Graham Bell to invent the telephone and was hired by the Thomas Edison to re-invent an improved lightbulb.
Who is Lewis Latimer?
500
This is the oldest Historically Black College/ University (HBCU) in the nation.
What is Cheyney University (Pennsylvania) ?
500
Name two of the five things that occurred at the first national convention.
What are: The National Symbol was chosen, A rough draft of the National Constitution was written, The organization was divided into six geographic regions, The first National Chairperson was elected (John Cason), or The name for the group was selected, AKA "The National Society of Black Engineers."
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