U of A
What are the two official colours of the UofA?
Green and Gold
(The green represents the wide stretches of prairie land flanked by deep spruce forests and is symbolic of hope and optimism; the gold represents the golden harvest fields and is symbolic of the light of knowledge).
What Legendary Edmonton NHL player later became known as “The Great One”?
Wayne Gretzky (helped the oilers win about 4 stanley cups)
What are the official two colours and animal of UofA engineering?
Blue and White and a beaver (natures engineer) Our mascots name is GROG
What are the disciplines for each of the four B2E instructors?
Austin-ChemE, Suvir - CompE, Dee - Enviromental/CivE, Clarissa - MechE/Biomedical
What country has more lakes than the rest of the world combined?
Canada (about 2-3 million lakes)
Roughly how many students attend the UofA (all campuses and be ~10 000 from correct answer)?
46 201 Students
What is the original/full name of Edmonton’s annual summer fair, now known as K-Days ?
Klondike Days (K-days began over 130 years ago and as a nod to the history of the Canadian Gold Rush in Edmonton, the exhibition was named “Klondike Days”.)
What student run/lead organization runs the GEER Store, GEER Week, and Engineering Carnival, etc here at the UofA?
ESS Engineering Students’ Society (represents all engineering students and run some great events)
What are the three levels of the B2E program?
Level 1: Foundations, Level 2: Academic Essentials, Level 3: Engg Camp
What Canadian province is famously known for being one of the only rat-free inhabited regions in the world, thanks to strict pest control programs (or sometimes referred to as rat border patrol) since 1950’s ?
Alberta is Rat free and we take that surprisingly seriously
What are the official nicknames of the UofA’s men’s and women’s varsity sport teams ?
Alberta Golden Bears and Alberta Pandas, Our two mascots are GUBA and Patches are based off these nicknames. (they have won a total of 101 national championships and play in many sports but heres a few: Basketball,Hockey, Football/Rugby, Volleyball,Soccer,swimming, Track and field, Curling and even golf)
What is the name of this historical landmark located in Edmonton that recreates what life looks like in various eras?
Fort Edmonton Park
What is the first and main obligation of any practicing professional engineer?
Safety,health and welfare of the public and community. We have the iron ring ceremony to represent this oath here in Canada
B2E hosted various panels through our discord available to everyone, name two of those panels?
Introductions, International/Residences, Discipline review, Study Tips panel (Technically coding challenges as well )
What is the largest organ in the human body?
Skin because of the surface area
What year was the University of Alberta founded (or who were the two founders)?
1908 (Henry Marshal Tory and Alexander Cameron Rutherford)
What is the name of this Edmonton born actor who has played in the TV series “The Rookie” and Firefly and was in the newest superman movie?
Nathan Fillion
(is a beloved edmonton actor who spent some time at the U of A was a member of Kappa Alpha Society and there was a petition to name a a landmark here in Edmonton after him “Nathan fillion civilian pavilion”)
The term “engineer” comes from the Latin word ingenium, which means what?
meaning "cleverness" or "natural talent." Originally, the term referred to someone who designed or operated military engines—such as catapults, siege towers, or other war machines in the Middle Ages.
Roughly how many campus tours has B2E ran this summer (guess needs to be one off) and when is our last campus tour?
About 5-6 and our last tour is on August 21st
Known as the “father of modern electrical engineering,” this inventor developed alternating current systems. Who is this inventor?
Nikola Tesla
What does the UofA latin motto “Quaecumque vera” mean in English ?
“Whatsoever Things Are True”
What is Edmonton's Official Flower?
The Marigold, Symbolizes sunny Alberta and Edmonton’s role in the Klondike Gold Rush of the 1890s
This law states that the rate of heat transfer through a material is proportional to the negative temperature gradient?
Fourier’s Law is a fundamental heat transfer law. You learn this later don't worry
What year did Bridge2Engg start and/or what are some of the main objectives of this program?
B2E 2020 and some main objectives are to create community and to ease people into first year engineering.
Who was this 20th-century physicist who developed the uncertainty principle in quantum mechanics?
Werner Heisenberg