Metals
This is the most abundant metal in the Earth’s crust.
What is Alumnium?
This is the iron or steel block a blacksmith hammers metal on.
What is an Anvil?
This is UCI’s mascot.
What is Peter the Anteater?
This famous green statue in New York Harbor, a gift from France, was cast in bronze/copper sections.
What is The Statue of Liberty?
This is how long it takes Shishir to solve a Rubik's Cube.
What is under a minute?
This metal is liquid at room temperature.
What is Mercury?
The process of heating metal until it glows before shaping.
What is Forging?
This is at the center of UCI.
What is Aldrich Park?
This weapon was the inspiration for the "Irvine Zotius".
What is the Roman Gladius?
This is Shishir's mother's name.
What is Subramommy?
This precious metal doesn’t tarnish or corrode, making it popular for jewelry and electronics.
What is Gold?
This term describes rapidly cooling hot metal in water or oil to harden it.
This is the name of UCI’s school of engineering.
What is The Henry Samueli School of Engineering?
This type of medieval weapon has a heavy, often spiked or ridged metal head attached to a handle, designed to crush armor rather than cut.
What is a Mace?
This is Shishir's hometown.
What is San Ramon?
This metal is magnetic at room temperature, along with iron and nickel.
What is Cobalt?
This follow-up step to quenching involves gently reheating hardened metal to make it less brittle and more durable.
UCI’s libraries contain roughly this many books.
What is 3.5 million?
This term describes the process of pouring molten bronze into a mold to mass-produce standardized weapon parts.
What is Casting?
This is the car Shishir drives (be specific).
What is a 2003 Light Blue Honda Odyssey?
This metal has the highest melting point of all elements, used in light bulb filaments.
What is Tungsten?
This blacksmithing technique involves pulling and thinning metal by hammering it, making the piece longer.
What is Drawing?
UCI was founded in this year.
What is 1965?
This Roman military leader’s legions famously used the gladius during the conquest of Gaul, and he later wrote detailed accounts of his campaigns.
Who is Julius Caesar?
This is Shishir's REAL full name.
What is Shishir Surgeon?