Engineering
Autonomous and Electric Vehicles
The Week in Review
CAR Trivia
Miscellaneous
100

The study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, and maintain mechanical systems.

What is mechanical engineering?

100

The levels of autonomy.

What is level 0-5?

100

The decibel level in HALO when it's at hurricane level winds.

What is living room level (57 decibels)?

100

Year Dr. Rizzoni took over as head of the Center for Automotive Research.

What is 1999?

100

Name of the Ohio State mascot.

Who is Brutus Buckeye?

200

In the 1740s, he conducted experiments that contributed to the understanding of electricity, and invented the lightning rod.

Who is Benjamin Franklin?

200

An electronic device that measures the distance of a target object by emitting sound waves

What is an ultrasonic sensor?

200

The amount of soda cans you need to turn in to equal a pound.

What is 32 cans?

200

The top speed of the Buckeye Bullet.

What is 358 mph?

200

Last pitcher to pitch a perfect game in MLB.

Who is Domingo Germán?

300

The year the first civil engineering degree was granted.

What is 1835? (Rensselear)

300

This sensor is a conversion device that transforms microwave echo signals into electrical signals.

What is RADAR?

300

The cost to run HALO per minute.

What is $66?

300

Formula SAE's place in the 2023 competition.

What is 3rd place?

300

The Italian word for engineer.

Cos'è l'ingegnere?

400

A force acting opposite to the relative motion of any object moving with respect to a surrounding fluid.

What is aerodynamic drag?

400

Uses feedback to control states or outputs of a dynamical system

What is closed loop control?

400

The accuracy of the handheld 3D scanner at TRC.

What is within 25 microns?

400

The number of graduate students here at CAR.

What is 100?

400

The number of students (both undergrad and grad) at Ohio State.

What is 60,000 (61,677)?

500

A device for firing the explosive mixture in an internal combustion engine

What is a spark plug?

500

The year the first electric vehicle came out.

What is 1832? (Robert Anderson develops the first crude electric vehicle)

500

Chris Strasbaugh's degree.

What is art history?

500

The number of years we've run Camp CAR.

What is 6 years?

500

The combined age of all the counselors.

What is 190 years?