Famous Scientists
UMBC Trivia
STEM trivia
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Video Game Trivia
100
This scientist is best known for his famous theory of relativity.
Who is Albert Einstein?
100
The UMBC mascot
Who is True Grit?
100
An intro level class required for most STEM majors, and also the largest science class offered at UMBC.
What is Chem 101?
100
Dr. Carpenter has this fear of heights
What is acrophobia?
100
He is an Italian plumber who’s always ready to save the princess in every castle.
Who is mario?
200
This “mad scientist” is best known for his work on coils, and has a famous luxury car brand named after him.
Who is Nikola Tesla?
200
The collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA Division I that UMBC is a member of.
What is the America East conference?
200
A psychiatric condition that's characterized by excessive worry, panic attacks, difficulty concentrating, and physical exhaustion
What is anxiety/anxiety disorders?
200
This is the first and only place Dr. Carpenter has worked as a professor.
What is UMBC?
200
This game has a master hand that takes famous nintendo characters and pits them against one another
What is super smash brothers?
300
This famous scientists conducted an "obedience" psychology study using electric shocks at Yale University.
Who is Stanley Milgram?
300
The number of steps leading to the PAHB
What is 88 steps?
300
The gas that makes up the majority of our atmosphere.
What is Nitrogen?
300
The number of MLB ballparks that Dr.Carpenter has been to.
What is 10?
300
This final fantasy character appeared in super smash brothers for the first time with spiky blonde hair and the buster sword.
Who is cloud strife?
400
This famous physicist m managed to come up with a black hole theory and theory of general relativity.
Who is Stephen Hawking?
400
The percentage of freshmen who live on campus in fall 2016
What is 75%?
400
The seven colors on the visible light spectrum.
What are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet?
400
Dr.Carpenter was paid to wear this costume.
What is a pierogie?
400
This was the year nintendo was founded as a company.
What is 1889?
500
She discovered the elements polonium and radium, and set up medical centers in Poland and France during World War 1.
Who is Marie Curie?
500
The only public university professor in Maryland to receive over $500,000/year award for life, in the UMBC biology department.
Who is Dr. Michael Summers?
500
This object observed in space has an icy core with a tail of gas that extends millions of miles long.
What is a comet.
500
Dr. Carpenter was a part of this promotional program for Duquesne University.
What is a TV commercial?
500
This evil villain in a final fantasy game has long luscious white hair, as well as his own recognizable musical theme.
Who is sephiroth?
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