Films
In The Matrix, does Neo take the blue pill or the red pill?
Red
Who was the first man on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
What is the name of the UCI mascot?
Peter the Anteater
A hexagon has how many sides?
six
What does the word quantum mean?
Quantum is Latin for "how much", "what amount"
highest grossing movies of all time?
Avatar 2009
In which civilization did the first Olympic games take place?
Ancient Greece
Name one of the two movies filmed at UCI
Which measure of average can have more than one value?
Mode
After Planck, another great German scientist did an awkward thing - he published his special theory before his general theory on a particular topic. Simple - who is he?
Albert Einstein
How many suns does Luke’s home planet of Tatooine have in Star Wars?
Two
What country did the Industrial Revolution begin?
Great Britain
How many trees are planted on campus?
24,000
What is the Roman Numeral symbol for 100
C
Space outside of our regular third dimension is known as what type of space?
Euclidean
As of today, three films tied for most Academy Award wins of all time. Name one of the three
Ben-Hur(1959) | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) | Titanic (1997)
What was the name of the first capital of the United States?
The university’s mascot is Peter the Anteater, who, in 1965, beat out the other student recommendations for mascots. Name one of the other choices
Unicorns | Roadrunners | Toros | Sea Hawks
When writing out a fraction, the numbers above and below the vinculum are called the…
Numerator and denominator
Most of the advancements in quantum physics arose from physicists trying to understand the nature of this very common form of energy. Which form of energy was postulated to have a dual nature, comprising of waves and particles?
Light
Considered by many critics and experts to be the greatest film ever made, with a 99% rating in rotten tomatoe, and directed by Orson Welles
Citizen Kane
What was the name of the first video posted on YouTube?
Me at the zoo
How many students sought admission to UCI for fall 2021?
133,000+ students
How many grams are in a thousand kilograms?
One million
Another important step to the formation of quantum theory was Einstein's revolutionary explanation for the photoelectric effect, a phenomenon that seemed to clash with the classical wave theory of light. In particular, the contradiction lay in the fact that the energy of light did not seem to be related to its amplitude (intensity), but instead to its...
frequency