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True Jeopardy
Chicago
100
First pet was a hermit crab named Herman.
Who is Todd Drennen?
100
This highly combustible powder can be made from a mixture of iron oxide and aluminium.
What is Thermite?
100
The first type of computer.
What is a calculator?
100
How much did the world's first computer weight (in kg)?
What is 50,000kg?
100
One of the stars on Chicago's flag commemorates what 1871 tragedy that also provided the city's MLS team name?
What is The Great Chicago Fire?
200
Has a cat named Rootbeer.
Who is Caroline Dunlevy?
200
These two MIT graduate students developed a graphical technique for describing binary distillation now taught in almost every distillation course.
Who is McCabe and Thiele?
200
The language that computers read to carry out instructions.
What is Binary?
200
Constructed during the Ming Dynasty, this ancient structure is the longest wall in the world and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
What is the Great Wall of China
200
In 1982, seven deaths in Chicago were attributed to an over-the-counter medication that had been laced with potassium cyanide. The murders spurred a public health investigation that brought about the “tamper-proof” packaging pill bottles have today. Which OTC pain reliever/fever-reducer was implicated in the poisonings?
What is Tylenol?
300
Enjoys writing and would like to eventually publish a book.
Who is Theresa Lewis?
300
The engineering principle that was discovered by a famous mathematician in a bathtub.
What is Archimedes' Principle (aka principle of buoyancy)?
300
The most widespread of all Operating Systems.
What is Microsoft Windows?
300
In 1929, this astronomer made a groundbreaking observation about the universe’s expansion, leading to the concept of the Big Bang.
Who is Edwin Hubble?
300
Lincoln Park Zoo was born in 1868 when New York City’s Central Park sent Chicago two pairs of animals as a gift. What animals were sent?
What is swans?
400
In first grade, when asked by the teacher what they wanted to be when they grow up, they answered that wanted to be a rabbit!
Who is Mike Moosemiller?
400
This type of reactor contains a solid catalyst and is frequently used in industry for its high conversion rate per catalyst weight.
What is a packed bed reactor (PBR)?
400
The name given to a basic binary unit.
What is a Bit?
400
The word "engineer" comes from the Latin word for what?
What is Ingeniare (to create) and ingeium (clevernees)?
400
Nicknamed "The Bean" for its shape, what is the official name of the giant, shiny steel outdoor sculpture by Anish Kapoor in Chicago's Millennium Park?
What is Cloud Gate?
500
Has seen High School Musical over a dozen times.
Who is Anthony Salazar?
500
Derived from the Clausius-Clapeyron relationship, this equation describes the relation between vapor pressure and temperature for pure components.
What is the Antoine equation?
500
The two patterns that make up the binary system.
What is 0 & 1?
500
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903, this pioneering scientist’s research laid the foundation for modern atomic theory.
Who is Marie Curie?
500
What founder of the Women’s International League For Peace and Freedom was also a Nobel laureate and is often considered the foundation of social work in the United States? Hint: She is often associated with Chicago and Hull.
Who is Jane Addams?