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100

Who invented Facebook?

Mark Zuckerberg

100

What is 16 x 7?

112

100

What is an ionic bond?

Ionic bonding is a type of chemical bonding that involves the electrostatic attraction between oppositely charged ions and is the primary interaction occurring in ionic compounds. It is one of the main bonds along with Covalent bond and Metallic bonding.

100

What year was the first moon landing?

1969

100

Are there more women or men in STEM?

There are more Men 

200

Who started Microsoft?

Bill Gates 

200
In trigonometry what is the formula for cos?

Adjacent

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Hypotenuse

200

What does K stand for in the periodic table?

Potassium

200

What is the arm in space attached to the international space station that Canada built called?

Canadian Arm

200

What does STEM stand for?

Science, Technology, Engineering, Math

300

What is the movie Hidden Figures about?

African American women who helped in different sections at NASA calculate the math for the first earth orbit.

300
What type of triangles can the Pythagorean theorem be used for?

Right angle triangles 

300

What type of bond is it when metal and non metals bond?

Ionic Bond

300

Who is Chris Hadfield?

Canadian Astronaut

300

Are the arts apart of STEM?

At Branksome there are, the acronym being STEAM however majority of the time outside of Branksome the arts are not necessarily included.

400

What did Albert Einstein conclude?

Developed the theory of relativity.

400

What does BEDMAS stand for?

Brackets, Exponents, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction

400

What are the major 3 sciences?

Biology, Physics, Chemistry

400

What is earths gravitational pull?

9.8 m/s^2

400

In computer engineering what does CSS stand for?

Cascading Style Sheets

500

Who was the actor that was stuck on mars in what movie? (2 answers)

Matt Damon, The Martian

500

What is the cosine law formula?

c2 = a2 + b2 – 2ab cos C

(the other formula acceptable as well)

500

What is the law that allows us to see rainbows?

Law of Refraction

500

What are black holes?

A black hole is a region of spacetime exhibiting gravitational acceleration so strong that nothing—no particles or even electromagnetic radiation such as light—can escape from it.

500

Who are the STEM/Design teachers at Branksome?

Mr. Pascilio, Ms. Shweirsh, Mr. Carty ...

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