Famous People in STEM
Riddles
ASU
STEM
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E = mc^2

Albert Einstein

100

What has to be broken before you can use it?

An egg

100

ASU School colors

Maroon & Gold

100

Power House Cell

The mitochondria

100

What color does the sky appear to be during the day?

Blue

200

quoted by The Science Guy, "Science Rules!"

Bill Nye the Science Guy

200

I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

A candle

200

How many distinct campuses does ASU have?

Five (Tempe, Downtown, Poly, West, Lake Havasu)
200

What is the prefix for 10^-6?

micro-

200

What is the capital of Lebanon?

Beirut

300

Invented the Phonograph, motion picture cameras, and early versions of the electric lightbulb

Thomas Edison

300

What question can you never answer yes to?

Are you asleep yet?

300

Students have to protect the "A" on A-Mountain because...

Rival Schools will paint the "A" their school colors before a big game

300

Largest bone in the human body

Femur

300

What are the 3 primary colors?

red, green, blue

400

"greatest theoretical physicist", had lifelong battle against illness

Stephen Hawking

400

I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?

Seven

400

Another name for President Crow's Office

"The Crows Nest"

400

Where does photosynthesis occur in plants?

Chloroplasts

400

Number 1, highest grossing movie of all time is?

Avatar (2009)

500

Physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity

Marie Curie

500

It belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do. What is it?

Your name

500

2 mascots that ASU had, before Sparky

Bulldog, Owl

500

What is the chemical formula of sucrose?

C6H12O6

500

What is the most common first language in the world?

Mandarin Chinese
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