Science
What is the Ocean that borders California?
a. Atlantic Ocean
b. Southern Ocean
c. Pacific Ocean
d. Arctic Ocean
c. Pacific Ocean
What year was Google founded?
a. 1995
b. 1998
c. 2001
b. 1998
In particular, what subject area(s) do engineers have to know a lot about?
a. biology
b. history
c. mathematics (e.g., calculus, geometry)/physics
d. economics
c. mathematics/physics
What is the name for a shape with 10 sides?
a. octogon
b. nonagon
c. decagon
d. dodecagon
c. decagon
Who painted The Girl with a Pearl Earring?
a. Claude Monet
b. Johannes Vermeer
c. Andy Warhol
b. Johannes Vermeer
What is the chemical formula for table salt?
a. MH4
b. NaCl
c. NA3
d. Na
b. NaCl
Which of the following hardware components does "memory" refer?
a. RAM
b. SSD
c. HDD
a. RAM
In electricity, what is current measured in?
a. amps
b. volts
c. ohms
a. amps
(volts measure voltage, ohms measure resistance)
What is 15 in Roman numerals?
a. IV
b. XV
c. XIV
d. XI
b. XV
How many paintings did Vincent van Gogh sell in his lifetime?
a. 1
b. 3
c. 5
d. 7
a. 1
What animal is not an arachnid?
a. mite
b. scorpion
c. cricket
d. spider
c. cricket
What does the "www" at the beginning of websites stand for?
a. wonderfully written webpage
b. whole working website
c. world wide web
d. wireless word-filled website
c. world wide web
What type of engineer works on infrastructure?
a. electrical engineer
b. civil engineer
c. chemical engineer
b. civil engineer
What prime number comes after 19?
a. 37
b. 20
c. 23
d. 21
c. 23
All the comic book superheros listed below were created by artists between 1938 and 1963. Which superhero was created first?
a.Wonder Woman
b. Spider-Man
c. Batman
d. Superman
d. Superman
Which of the following is NOT one of Newton's 3 laws of motion?
a. An object in motion stays in motion, while an object at rest stays at rest (unless acted upon by an outside force)
b. f=ma
c. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction
d. As the speed of a fluid increases, its pressure decreases
d. as the speed of a fluid increases, its pressure decrease
What is Alexander Graham Bell often credited with inventing?
a. the automobile
b. the telephone
c. the light bulb
b. the telephone
Early developments of this extremely popular device began as early as 1901 with Spanish engineer Leonardo Torres-Quevedo.
A. electronic calculator
B. microwave oven
C. remote control
c. remote control
Is 1/5 < (less than) , > (greater than) , or = (equal) to 1/2?
a. 1/5 > 1/2
b. 1/5 = 1/2
c. 1/5 < 1/2
c. 1/5 < 1/2
Which architect built Fallingwater (a house on a waterfall)?
a. Antoni Gaudí
b. Norman Foster
c. Frank Gehry
d. Frank Lloyd Wright
d. Frank Lloyd Wright
What is/are the anatomical term(s ) for the bone(s) that make up your lower arm?
a. femur
b. radius and ulna
c. humerus
d. tibia and fibula
b. radius and ulna
How small is the world’s smallest radio?
A. The size of a marble
B. The size of a golf ball
C. The size of a tennis ball
A. The size of a marble
What is the speed of free fall (acceleration by gravity)?
a. 7.5 m/s^2
b. 7.8 m/s^2
c. 9.5 m/s^2
d. 9.8 m/s^2
d. 9.8 m/s^2
What mathematical constant is defined as the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter?
a. Phi (Golden Ratio)
b. Pi (Archimedes constant)
c. Chaitin Omega number (Chaitin's constant)
b. Pi
Which artist did not use mathematically- inspired proportion, such as the golden ratio, in their pieces?
a. Salvador Dali
b. Leonardo Da Vinci
c. Claude Monet
d. Michelangelo
c. Claude Monet
Putting it as simply as we can (eek!), the Golden Ratio (also known as the Golden Section, Golden Mean, Divine Proportion or Greek letter Phi) exists when a line is divided into two parts and the longer part (a) divided by the smaller part (b) is equal to the sum of (a) + (b) divided by (a), which both equal 1.618.