Interdisciplanary
Humanites
Towson Trivia
STEM
Research Questions
100

Basketball players learn not to move this foot, the term for the axle around which a wheel turns.

What is a pivot?

100

This American author is known for writing The Great Gatsby, which provided commentary on the Roaring 1920s and the Jazz Age.

Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?

100

What is TU's annual spring festival featuring interactive activities and live musical entertainment called. Artists such as Lil Yachty, Playboi Carti, and Kid Cudi have performed at past events.

Tigerfest

100

This is the powerhouse of the cell responsible for producing energy in the form of ATP. 

What is the mitochondria?

100

A short concise paragraph used to summarize research papers and is usually found at the top of papers. 

What is an abstract?
200

It's a household appliance, or a space devoid of matter

What is a vacuum?

200

What Supreme Court ruling declared segregation unconstitutional in American public schools?

What is Brown v. Board of Education?

200

What is the name of our tiger mascot?

Doc

200

The ratio of the opposite side to the hypotenuse in a right triangle is the definition of this trigonometric function. 

What is sine?

200

An organization/committee that reviews research involving human subjects to ensure ethical conduct and participant protection

What is the Institutional Review Board (IRB)

300

Grab a spoon & clap your hands for this brand of peanut butter that's named after a literary character

What is Peter Pan?

300

This Roman emperor exiled his own daughter for treason and adultery.

Who is Augustus?

300

When was Towson University founded?

1866

300

This security protocol, often indicated by a padlock icon on browsers, ensures encrypted communication between users and websites. 

What is HTTPS?

300

The principle that researchers should minimize harm and maximize benefits for research participants.

What is beneficence?

400

The heart hangs inside a protective sac called this, from the Greek for "around the heart"

What is a pericardium?

400

This artist is known for the famous painting The Birth of Venus.

Who is Sandro Botticelli?

400

How many times has the Towson tiger statue been stolen?

Once. The Towson University tiger statue, originally a stone statue gifted by the Class of '67, was stolen from campus a few years later. 




400

This theory defines acids as proton donors and bases as proton acceptors. 

What is the Brønsted-Lowry theory?

400

A hypothesis that states there is no effect or relationship between variables.

What is a null hypothesis?

500

Some guitarists “worry” about these ridges on their fingerboards

What are frets?

500

This Athenian leader renovated the famous Acropolis monument after defeating the Persians.

Who is Pericles?

500

What was Towson's first "mascot"?

Knight (pre-1951)

500

This fundamental particle is considered to mediate the electromagnetic force and is often associated with light. 

What is a photon?

500

A widely used statistical test that determines whether observed data significantly differs from what was expected under a null hypothesis.

What is a chi-square test?

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