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100

Which spice is derived from the Crocus flower and is one of the most expensive spices in the world?

What is saffron?

100

What operation results in the slope of a tangent line at a particular point in a function?

What is the derivative?

100

This principle states that no two electrons in an atom can have the same set of four quantum numbers.

What is the Pauli Exclusion Principle?

100

There are around 220,000 of these trees on campus, known for their medicinal benefits. Sometimes referred to as “the Australian weed”.

What are Eucalyptus Trees?

100

In this 2008 film, an engineer uses his expertise in robotics and energy systems to build a revolutionary suit of armor while being held captive in a cave.

What is Iron Man?

200

What condiment was used for its medicinal qualities in the 1800s?

What is ketchup?

200

What is the 6th digit of pi?

What is 9?

200

This type of reaction occurs when an acid reacts with a base to produce water and a salt.

What is a neutralization reaction?


200

This college was founded by students in 1970 after many protests for a community focused on intersectionality and social justice on campus.

What is Marshall College?

200

This 2011 film showcases how the Oakland Athletics used data analytics and sabermetrics to build a competitive baseball team on a limited budget, revolutionizing the sport.

What is Moneyball?

300

Gaufrette potatoes are basically the same thing as what?

What are waffle fries? yummers

300

Newton's first law

What is unless acted on by an outside force, a body in motion will stay in motion; a body at rest will stay at rest?

300

This type of orbital hybridization occurs in molecules like methane (CH₄), where one s orbital and three p orbitals combine to form four equivalent hybrid orbitals.

What is an sp3 hybridization?

300

This art installation created by Do Ho Suh was originally designed to be inserted into the seventh floor of Urey Hall. Beloved for its small scale architecture and odd positioning, it has had thousands of visitors since its opening in 2012.

What is Fallen Star?

300

This 2014 film follows a team of mathematicians and cryptographers during World War II as they build a revolutionary machine to crack the seemingly unbreakable Enigma code, altering the course of the war and advancing early computer science.

What is The Imitation Game?

400

Which fruits are scientifically related to roses?

What are apples, pears, cherries, peaches, and strawberries?

400

The United States electric grid system delivers AC power at 110-120 volts at this many Hertz.

What is 60 Hz?

400

This rule, used in organometallic chemistry, predicts the stability of metal complexes by ensuring the metal center achieves 18 valence electrons.

What is an 18-electron rule? LMAOOOO

400

The largest field of study at UCSD for undergraduates. Includes majors of Economics, Psychology, Ethnic Studies and International Studies among many others.

What are the social sciences?

400

In this 1997 film, a self-taught mathematical prodigy solves a nearly impossible combinatorial problem left as a challenge for MIT students, catching the attention of a professor who becomes his mentor.

What is Good Will Hunting?

500

How many tablespoons are in a cup?

What is 16?

500

What does the entry in white area on the NFPA hazard diamond represent?

What are special hazards?

500

This is the common name for the molecule C7H5N3O6

What is TNT?

500

One of the first major research breakthroughs to come out of UCSD and cited as one of the most important scientific works of the 20th century is a graph that plots rapidly increasing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. It was the first significant evidence for global climate change. It is named the ________ after the Scripps Institution of Oceanography scientist who developed it.

What is the Keeling Curve?

500

In this series, the protagonist refines his product using advanced chemical principles, including optimizing enantiomeric purity, which leads to a crystalline structure with a distinctive blue hue.

What is Breaking Bad?

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