The Hosts
Mr. Thrasher
San Mateo High School
General Physics
Famous People
100

This is our names.

What is Rishav and Jonas.

100

This is the arm that Mr. Thrasher has his Tattoo on. 

What is his left arm. 

100

This is San Mateo's rival school. 

What is Burlingame High School. 

100

This is something smaller than an atom. 

What is a proton/neutron/electron/quark/neutrinos.

100

This is the person credited with inventing calculus. 

Who is Isaac Newton. 

200

This is the year we both took AP Physics. 

What is our junior year/last year/2023-2024. 

200

This is Mr. Thrasher's room number.

What is C114. 

200
This is the year SMHS was founded. 

What is 1902.

200

This is Newton's first law.

What is the law of inertia (Objects will remain at rest unless acted upon by an external force).

200

This is the person credited with discovering the mass-energy equivalence formula. 

Who is Albert Einstein. 

300

This is the major we applied to college for.

What is Mechanical Engineering.

300

This is Mr. Thrasher's favorite type of shirt.

What is a polo shirt.

300

This is the entire fight song.

Orange and Black we honor, emblem of loyalty, proudly waving onward before us, leading us to victory (rah rah rah), fighting for old San Mateo, gladly we do or die, loudly the answering echo, from far and near, ring out the cheer, for ole San Mateo High. S M High Fight, S M High, fight fight fight. 

300

This is the shape of orbit that planets follow as they revolve around the sun. 

What is an elliptical orbit.  

300

This astronomer is known for his telescope and discovering Jupiter's major moons. 

Who is Galileo Galilei.

400

This is the STEM club at SMHS that we both participate in. 

What is SMHS Rocketry. 
400

This is Mr. Thrasher's favorite book. (Hint: Windmills and Giants).

What is Don Quixote. 

400

This is the name of the SMHS Quad. 

What is the Merv Griffin Quad. 

400

This scientific term is used to measure disorder and uncertainty in a system. 

What is entropy. 
400

This physicist pioneered research about radioactivity, and ultimately died because of her research. 

Who is Marie Curie. 

500

This is the class that we both have together this year.

What is AP Gov/Econ. 

500

This is one of the extreme things Mr. Thrasher did in New Zealand. 

What is bungie jumping, skydiving, cave spelunking, plane flying, or paragliding. 

500

This actor, who went to San Mateo, stared in the 1995 movie "Clueless". 

Who is Alicia Silverstone. 

500

These weak intermolecular forces are found in graphite, holding together individual layers without forming bonds.

What are Van Der Waals forces. 

500

This physicist is known as "the father of the nuclear age." 

Who is Enrico Fermi. 

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