Physics Phun
The non scientific term for 'Baryonic Matter'.
What is normal/regular matter?
The McDonald Institute supports this field of physics specifically
What is Astrophysics/Astroparticle Physics?
The MI fellow that broke the same bone on two separate occasions.
Who is Tai?
The actor who starred in the 2015 film "The Martian".
Who is Matt Damon?
The study of triangles, specifically the relationship between side lengths and angles.
What is trigonometry?
The reason dark matter is classified as 'matter'.
What is 'gravitational interaction'?
The Education & Outreach Officer for the McDonald Institute
Who is Mark Richardson?
The MI fellow that has been to SNO lab.
Who is Griffin?
These space-related beams caused Bruce Banner to gain extraordinary powers.
What are gamma rays?
Pi is the ratio between what these two measurements
What are circumference and diameter?
The approximate percentage of the Universe's matter that is 'dark'.
What is 80% (~84%)?
The particle studied by Art McDonald, and his discoveries won him the Nobel Prize in Physics
What is the Neutrino?
The MI fellow that was hit in the face with a toboggan and had a fat lip for four years.
Who is Henry?
In 'Star Trek', this exotic type of matter causes major disruptions to the ship's technology in the episode 'In Theory'.
What is Dark Matter?
This mathematician invented Calculus
Who is Isaac Newton?
The first evidence for dark matter.
What are galactic rotation curves?
The number of years Summer of Science been running
What is three?
The MI fellow that is an authentic 90's kid.
Who is Katherine?
The reason why Han Solo ducking and weaving through the asteroid belt in "Star Wars" is scientifically inaccurate.
What is "the massive distance between asteroids within a belt"?
The first irrational number ever 'discovered'.
What is the square root of 2?
The year that the term 'dark matter' was officially used for the first time.
What is 1933?
The particle detector (located in Ontario) most heavily associated with the McDonald Institute
What is SNOLAB/SNO+?
The MI fellow that shares a birthday with their sibling but isn’t their twin or triplet, etc.
Who is James?
In 'Interstellar', this phenomenon causes Joseph Cooper (played by Mathew McConaughey) to age 51 Earth years in a span of hours.
What is time dilation?
This mathematician has published the most math papers ever.
Who is Erdos? (most papers)
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Who is Euler? (most pages)