SPS FALL 2026 OPENER!!!

Troy Trivia

100

Which county is Troy located in? 

Rensselaer County

200

What is the name of the organization that operates local buses in Troy?

Capital District Transit Authority (CDTA)

Physics at RPI

100

Which professor is the instructor for PHYS 1140 Introductory Modern Physics? 

Heidi Newberg

300

Which professor is the instructor for PHYS 4420 Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics? 

Humbertoooo

Fermi Fun

100

Population of Troy NY? (As reported by the 2020 Census)

4

200

What is Plank’s Constant divided by Avogadro’s number?

-57

300

How many times does your heart beat per year?

7

400

How long ago was the sinking of the Titanic, measured in the age of the universe?

-8

500

What is the total length of DNA in one human cell in parsecs?

-16

Name that Equation

100

F = ma

Newton's 2nd Law

200

PV = nRT

Ideal Gas Law

300

d/dt (dL/d^.q_i) - dL/dq_i = 0

The Euler Lagrange Equations

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100

What is Samin's major? (Hint: It's in the club name.)

Physics!

300

What is Samin's favorite soccer/association football team? (Hint: They are the current English Premier League Champions.)

Arsenal F.C.