NSBE
What does NSBE stand for?
National Society of Black Engineers
What river separates parts of the Twin Cities campus, including the East Bank and West Bank?
The Mississippi River
What is the name of Google's AI assistant that can help brainstorm ideas, write, and answer questions?
Gemini
What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
A clock
What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?
A diamond
In what year was NSBE founded?
1975
In what year was the University of Minnesota founded?
1851
Which Google AI tool lets you upload class notes, PDFs, and other sources and ask questions based on those materials?
NotebookLM (being renamed to Gemini Notebook)
I get bigger the more you take away from me. What am I?
A hole
What is the smallest unit of a chemical element that retains that element’s chemical properties?
An atom
At what university did the student group that eventually became NSBE originate?
Purdue University.
What is the name of UMN's student newspaper?
The Minnesota Daily
What is the term for the instructions or questions you give an AI tool to get a response?
A prompt
Two fathers and two sons go fishing. They catch three fish, and each person gets one fish. How is this possible?
They're three people: a grandfather, a father, and a son.
2. What is the only number that is both even and prime?
2
What is NSBE's mission statement
"TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CULTURALLY RESPONSIBLE BLACK ENGINEERS WHO EXCEL ACADEMICALLY, SUCCEED PROFESSIONALLY AND POSITIVELY IMPACT THE COMMUNITY."
What was the name of the University's first permanent building, completed in 1858
Old Main
Which Google Workspace app can help you rewrite resume bullet points, adjust tone, and make writing more concise using Gemini?
Google Docs
You have three switches outside a closed room. Inside the room is one traditional light bulb. Only one switch controls the bulb. You can operate the switches however you want, but you may enter the room only once. How can you identify the correct switch?
Turn switch 1 on for a few minutes, then turn it off. Turn switch 2 on and enter the room. If the bulb is lit, switch 2 controls it. If it's off but warm, switch 1 controls it. If it's off and cool, switch 3 controls it.
What is the term for a material's resistance to changes in its motion?
Inertia
What was the name of the student organization formed at Purdue University that became the foundation for NSBE?
The Black Society of Engineers (BSE)
What life-saving medical device did University researchers help develop with Medtronic founder Earl Bakken in 1958?
The world's first portable, external cardiac pacemaker.
An AI tool gives you a convincing answer containing a made-up statistic. What is this problem commonly called, and what should you do before using the statistic?
An AI hallucination; verify the statistic using reliable sources.
You have 9 identical-looking balls, but one is heavier than the others. Using a balance scale only twice, how can you find the heavier ball?
Split them into three groups of three. Weigh two groups. If they balance, the heavier ball is in the third group; otherwise, it is in the heavier group. Then weigh two balls from that group of three. If one is heavier, that's it; if they balance, the third ball is heavier.
A room has 23 people. What is the approximate probability that at least two people share a birthday, assuming birthdays are equally likely across 365 days?
About 50.7%