Fic-sicists
This physicist was corrupted by the prosthetic arms he invented, leading to a criminal lifestyle.
Who is Otto Octavius (Doctor Octopus)?
This isotope composes approximately 0.0156% of all natural hydrogen on Earth.
What is 2H (D)?
This Greek archer has a very prominent belt.
Who/what is Orion?
This tabletop toy uses strings and metal balls to intuitively demonstrate momentum conservation.
What is (a) Newton's Cradle?
The University of Connecticut was founded in this year.
When was 1881?
This physicist invented the flux capacitor, a device that can be used to travel in time when traveling faster than 88 mph.
Who is Emmett Brown (Doc Brown)?
This fissile isotope of Uranium is prevalent in nuclear fission for weapons and energy.
What is 235U?
This star, known to be the brightest visible from Earth, is not a part of any constellation.
What is the Sun?
This device uses passes electrons through a sample to acquire detailed structural information.
What is a Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)?
This is the combined men's and women's national championships won by UCONN basketball teams.
What is 18?
This physicist invented technology to miniaturize and enlarge oneself using his eponymous particles.
Who is Hank Pym (Ant-Man)?
This isotope is used to approximate the age of organic samples, usable in a range of 100 to ~50,000 years.
What is 14C?
The prominence of these constellations in the northern sky led to the naming convention of the North and South poles by the Greeks.
What are Ursa Minor and Ursa Major?
What is aurora (borealis, australis)?
A UCONN student-run institution, founded in 1940, broadcasts at 91.7 MHz under this call-sign.
What is WHUS?
This physicist, based in Pasadena, CA, won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2019 for his work on super asymmetry.
Who is Sheldon Cooper?
The hyperfine transition frequency of this isotope is used to define the interval of a second.
What is 133Cs?
These twelve constellations comprise the Western zodiac (not to be confused with the Hindu or Chinese zodiac). Must name at least 10 for credit.
What are: Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, and Capricorn?
This type of material's reaction to electrical signals allowed for the invention of important components such as diodes and transistors.
What is a semiconductor?
These are the locations of the regional campuses of the University of Connecticut.
Extra 200 pts for the discontinued location.
What are the Stamford, Hartford, Waterbury, Avery Point campuses? What was Torrington campus?
This physicist is notorious for using rudimentary tools, such as a Swiss army knife, duct tape, or chewing gum, to escape dangerous situations or solve complex problems.
Who is Angus MacGyver?
This metastable excited isotope has never had an observed decay due to a very high gap in possible nuclear spins.
What is 180mTa?
This Greco-Roman astronomer detected 48 of the 88 modern constellations and wrote foundational texts for Byzantine and Islamic science.
Who was Ptolemy?
This medical device aligns hydrogen atoms, excites them, and observes their relaxation to provide information about a subject.
What is an MRI?
What is the Dodd Center for Human Rights?