History
The United States bought Alaska from what country?
What is the capital of Colombia?
What is Bogota?
What is a material that will not carry an electrical charge called?
What is an insulator?
Greta Gerwig's Barbie and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer both opened in theaters on July 21, 2023. What was the name of the meme that emerged in the weeks leading up to their release?
What is Barbenheimer?
Who is the current Laboratory Director at Argonne?
Who is Paul Kearns?
What was the name of the series of programs and projects President Franklin D. Roosevelt enacted during The Great Depression?
What is The New Deal?
Which Northeastern state was not one of the 13 original colonies?
What is Maine?
True or False:
Electrons are smaller than atoms
True!
Celebrities released a video of them all singing a certain song while on COVID-19 lockdown — what song was it?
What is Imagine by John Legend?
What does ALCF stand for?
What is Argonne Leadership Computing Facility?
During World War II, Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy. Which country is Normandy in?
What is France?
4 countries use the colors green, orange, and white on their flag. Name 3 of these countries.
What are Ireland, Côte d'Ivoire, India and Niger?
A 10-kilogram hay bale is raised to 5 meters above a barn floor and is then lowered to 4 meters below the floor. Relative to its starting position on the floor, what is the final gravitational potential energy of the bale, in joules, if g is rounded to the first decimal place?
What is –392 or 392 JOULES less?
Solution: E = mgΔh = 10kg × 9.8 × (–4) = –392 joules
David Bowie didn’t just make music—his alter ego set the '70s fashion world on fire. Who was he?
Who is Ziggy Stardust?
There are 5 User Facilities at Argonne. Name 2.
APS, ATLAS, ALCF, ARM, CNM
What is Kentucky?
How many time zones are there in the US?
What is 6?
Of the following group of 4 cations, which are the LARGEST and SMALLEST ions,
respectively: K+, Na+, Rb+, Li+
What is Rb+ is the largest and Li+ is the smallest
In what year did Michael Jordan retire for the second time?
What is 1999?
Argonne battery technology can currently be found in what model of Chevrolet vehicle?
What is the Chevy Volt?
In 1996, a sheep became the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell. What was the name of that sheep?
What is Dolly?
8 countries border France. Name 6 of them.
What are the UK, Spain, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium, Germany, and Monaco?
What does the word "Laser" actually stand for?
What is Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation?
What are the names of the Harry Potter movies/books? (Bonus points if said in order)
In 1955, Argonne chemists co-discovered what two elements on the periodic table (Atomic #99 and 100)? Who are the scientists they are named after?
What are Einsteinium and Fermium? Who are Albert Einstein and Enrico Fermi?