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CASTI TRIVIA
100

A substance that has the following chemical formula: C6H12O6

What is Glucose?

100

The most successful tech company in the world

What is Apple?

100

The measurement of electrical resistance

What are Ohms?

100

A type of examination that removes tissue from a living body

What is a biopsy?

100

The year that Castilleja was founded

What is 1907?

200

The speed of light (m/s)

What is 3 x 10^8 m/s?

200

The language used to code websites

What is HTML?

200

The type of bridge that the Golden Gate bridge is (truss bridge, beam bridge, arch bridge, or suspension bridge)

What is a suspension bridge?

200

A disease caused by reduced bone density

What is Osteoporosis?

200

The founder of Castilleja

Who is Mary Lockey?

300

The area of an ornithologist’s study

What are birds?

300

27 in the binary system

What is 11011?

300

The president whose inauguration was the first to be webcast

Who is Bill Clinton?

300

A drug that is also known as Advil, Motrin, and Nurofen

What is Ibuprofen?

300

The 5 C's

What are Conscience, Courtesy, Character, Courage, Charity?

400

Trees that use pinecones to hold their seeds

What is a Conifer?

400

The output of the following code fragment

    int x = 3, y = 6;

    if((x<10)||(y<0)){

       System.out.println(y%(x+2));

    } else{

     System.out.println(x/y);

    }

What is 1?

400

The kitchen appliance that was created by accident

What is a microwave?

400

The type of thermometer that provides the most accurate temperature reading

What is a rectal thermometer?

400

The subject Ms. Kauffman originally taught at Castilleja

What is Middle School History?

500

The first five elements on the periodic table

What are Hydrogen, Helium, Lithium, Beryllium, Boron?

500

A process that aids AI models that mimics the way the brain works

What is a neural network?

500

The weight of the world’s first computer

What is 50,000 kg (~110,200 lbs)?

500

A disorder causing the production of abnormally thick mucus

What is Cystic Fibrosis?

500

The number of spots in the senior parking lot

What is 24?

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