RPI
Spelling Bee
Know Your Faculty
Before and After
Name That Living Thing
100

RPI's zipcode

What is 12180?

100

The "I" in CBIS

What is i n t e r d i s c i p l i n a r y ?

100

This faculty member is looking to redeem his trivia win streak

Who is Scott Forth?

100

A flaming festival in the desert that's a dad's basement with a pool table, TV, and beer 

What is a Burning Man Cave?

100

The largest extant living animal

What is the blue whale or Balaenoptera musculus?

200

This is the customizable feature of RPI's new logo

What is the bar?

200

The room we are in right now has an arguably complicated name

What is b r u g g e m a n ?

200

This faculty member hates the word "generally" since it sounds like their own name 

Who is Jen Hurley?
200

Kinesin and myosins that are drinking smoothies for muscle growth

What is a motor protein powder?

200

The classic Ben Larson model ciliates

What are Euplotes?

300

Founding date of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

What is 1824?

300

The _____ Lab at RPI studies piezophiles

What is M a k h a t a d z e?

300

This faculty member is probably fighting a fire right now

Who is Kevin Rose?

300

A large body of water studied by RPI, with your host swimming in it

What is Lake Georg-ia?

300

This National Park loving microbe helped us to replicate DNA in vitro

Thermus aquaticus

400

This popular carnival ride is named after an RPI alum

What is the Ferris Wheel?

400

This neurodegenerative disease is a major focus of RPI research

What is a l z h e i m e r ' s ?

400

TWO faculty members in this department that are notorious for their "croc'd" footwear

Who are Jeremy Farrel and Marvin Bentley?

400

Marvin Bentley and Blanca Barquera if they were also Tulsi Gabbard and Avril Haines

What is the Graduate Program Director of National Intelligence?
400

These crustaceans have the largest "reproductive organ" to "body size" ratio of any living animal

What are barnacles?

500

The building where RPI's president resides

The Troy Building

500

The Latin name for ray finned fishes 

What is a c t i n o p t e r y g i i ? 

500

This current faculty member has been with the department the longest

Sandra Nierzwicki-Bauer

500

Bacterial cell wall identification slide that you need to get a coffee spill off of

What is Gram Stain Remover?

500

The famous hydrozoa that gave us the beloved GFP

What is Aequorea victoria or the Crystal Jelly?

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