DWTS
Mathematics
Space Travel
Electric Cars
Computers
100

What does DWTS stand for?

Dancing With The Stars, the TV show.

100

“X” in an algebraic equation means its value is

UNKNOWN

100

The first men to set foot on the moon were from what country?

UNITED STATES

100

What is the heaviest part of an electric car?

Its BATTERY

100

The basic code of a computer is just a series of

1’s and 0’s (called “bits”), or ON and OFFs

200

Which Well-known Astronaut

was a Contestant on DWTS?

Buzz Aldrin

200

The letters “a”, “b”, “c” are used to describe what in an algebraic equation?

CONSONANTS or

KNOWN NUMBERS

200

The first country to place an artificial satellite around Earth was

RUSSIA

200

An important specification for an electric car is how many miles it can travel without recharging its battery. What is that called?

Its RANGE

200

Eight (8) bits, when set together, equal one

a. Octabit

               b. Byte or Character

c. Megabit

BYTE or CHARACTER

 (A letter or a number)

300

Who at Sorenson Weddings Most Loved to Dance?

Charles Sorenson

300

The Square Root of 16 is

4 (Four)

300

How many US Astronauts were killed while travelling to or from the moon?

NONE

300

How much CO2 does an electric car emit while the car is in motion?

NONE

300

When your Internet Provider says they can deliver 200 Mbps of digital data transmission to your home, “Mbps” means

MILLION BITS (OF DATA) PER SECOND

(or Mega Bits Per Second)

400

Which Green Bay Packer football player won DWTS?

Donald Driver

400

The theorem a2 + b2 = c2  is called the

       a. Sum of Squares Theorem

  b. Pythagorean Theorem

   c. Right Triangle Theorem

PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM

400

What is the name of the CEO of SpaceX, Tesla, SolarCity, and The Boring Company?

ELON MUSK

400

What is a key chemical element used in modern car batteries?

 LITHIUM or COBALT or CARBON or PHOSPHOROUS or MANGANESE or NICKEL

400

If you delete information (names, data) from your computer, can an expert reclaim that information, or is it gone forever?

YOUR “DELETED” INFORMATION CAN BE COMPLETELY RECOVERED, 

IF YOU DO IT RIGHT AWAY.

500

Which Ukranian dancer was the most

 popular male dancer on DWTS?

Val 

(Chmerkovsky - last name not required)

500

The equation of the form  

ax+ bx + c = 0 is called  a

a. Linear equation 

       b. Exponential equation 

   c. Quadratic equation

QUADRATIC 

500

What is the name of the spacecraft SpaceX is building that will carry people and material to Mars?

STARSHIP

500

Why do electric cars usually beat ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) cars in 0 to 60 MPH drag races?

ELECTRIC MOTORS HAVE MAX TORQUE AT 0 MPH; ICE CARS DO NOT



500

Which type of data storage will retrieve your information faster: an SSD (Solid State Drive) or a Hard Disk Drive?

SSD 

(a Hard Disk Drive has many mechanical moving parts, which slow down data retrieval)

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