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100

The SI unit for Force

What is Newtons? (or kg*m/s^2)

100

what college is the physics department in?

CAS

100
the closest planet not named after a greek or roman god

what is earth?

* half points for Proxima Centauri B

100

three examples of national labs in the US

(variable answers)
100

This physics professor is secretly canadian

who is Dr. Allen?

more points if theres another one i dont know about

200

the units of the exponent in any exponential

what is none/ no units/ unitless?

200

the number of floors in Webster

(stories/levels) not a trick question

what is 16?

200

largest object in the asteroid belt

what is Ceres? (makes up 1/3 of the mass)

200

these three governmental agencies are the top employers of physicists

DOE, DOW, NASA

200

If i had a 5 foot ladder and 4 foot barn, and ran at the barn with the ladder, it could fit inside because of this concept in relativity

length compression!

300

More common name for Pascal*m^3

What is a Joule?

300

the last names of all three "Brian" faculty members in the physics department (200 points if you get 2 out of three) 

What are Saam, Colins, and Jensen

300

when a lightsource moves away from an observer, the observer experiences this phenomenon.

redshift!

300

*oops not physics

This is the most common major billionares had in their undergrad

Business!

then economics then engineering

physics undergrads have 7.8% unemployment

anyway...

300

Shaq's height (ft and inches) 

What is 7 ft 1 in

400

fourth, fifth, and sixth derivatives of position with respect to time

what are snap, crackle, and pop?

400

the sentence that's not a Gittes Quote:

"before the CIA finds out and kills you"

"prepare to be stabbed if you said 4/3rds "

"Suppose I took a lighter to light myself "

"it's you who smells really good"

What is the last one! 

400

name 4 moons in our solar system

the moon, ganymede, io, calypso, etc. 

400

if you want to go into research you'll probably need to ask the NSF for money. This is how much the federal government cut from their budget in 2025. (to the nearest billion) 

what is 4 billion

400

the true statement about Kate B. Webster according to the internet

1. she was a tall woman

2. she was a towering woman

3. she was a physicist

4. she loved brutalism

2!

500

A jar is a unit of this electrical component

what is capacitance? 

9*10^8 Jars = 1 farad

500

we've hosted the pumpkin drop for this many years

what is 20?

500

when the solar system was conjectured to be geocentric this term was used to describe the planets seemingly pack and forth motion that wasnt perfectly uniform in the night sky

epicycle

500

This is the name of one non-man physicist who has no association with WSU.

bruh

500

this branch of a religion doesnt believe in organ donation, but only for one specific person

What is catholicism? Just the pope can't, his papal body belongs to the church

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