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100

This person was the last president of RPI.

Who is Shirley Ann Jackson?

100

This is what STEM stands for.

What is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics?

100

This song, which was a summer hit in 2007, was performed in a lip sync battle by Tom Holland.

What is "Umbrella" by Rihanna?

100

This movie is set to release in early June, the sequel to Inside Out.

What is "Inside Out 2"?

100

This woman is a champion for women's education, and wrote the book with her name, "I am ______."

Who is Malala?

200

This is the year that RPI was founded.

What is 1824?

200

This major is the most popular STEM major among students who are pursuing a STEM degree.

What is Mechanical engineering?

200

This song by Taylor Swift has the word "summer" in the title.

What is "Cruel Summer"?

200

The song "Dancing Queen" is sung by Meryl Streep in this movie.

What is "Mamma Mia"?

200

This woman graduated college with a major in Chemical Engineering, and was the first African-American woman in space in 1992. 

Who is Mae Jemison?

300

This is the city and/or state where there is an RPI graduate center.

What is Hartford Connecticut?

300

This is the second most popular STEM subject, which makes up 24.7% of women who study STEM, and only makes up 6.3% of men who study STEM.

What is Biology?

300

This song by Katy Perry is her second most successful song, released in early May, with the theme of a certain pacific coast state.

What is "California Gurls"?

300

The Disney movie Luca, is set in this Mediterranean country.

What is Italy?

300

This woman was the first recognized computer programmer, and the first to recognize that an "Analytical Machine" could follow a program.

Who is Ada Lovelace?

400

This is the student to faculty ratio at RPI.

What is 12:1?

400

As of 2023, this is the lifetime earnings of a computer science major.

What is $1.67 million dollars?

400

This song by Morgan Wallen was the top song of the 2023 summer.

What is "Last Night"?

400

This number is in the title of the movie, "______ days of Summer."

What is "500"?

400

Also known as "The First Lady of Physics," this woman worked on the Manhattan Project, and developed a process to produce bomb-grade Uranium.

Who is Chieng-Shiung Wu?

500

In the year 1835, RPI awarded this type of engineering degree for the first time in the United States.

What is the first civil engineering degree?

500

This is the gas produced when lightning strikes.

What is Ozone?

500

This is one of the most covered song in the world, written by George Gershwin in 1934. (Hint: the song title has the word summer in the answer!)

What is the song "Summertime"?

500

This coming-of-age baseball movie from 1993 takes place during the summer.

What is "The Sandlot"?

500

This woman was employed by Harvard University and cataloged over 350,000 stars in her lifetime.

Who is Annie Jump Cannon?

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