Not to be confused with fried onions, these were blamed for the explosion of the NASA Challenger
What are O-Rings
100
Drexel University was founded in this year
What is 1891
200
This element is the most electronegative
What is fluorine
200
Golf balls have dimples because they reduce this.
What is drag or air resistance
200
∫ x2 dx
What is x3⁄3 + C
200
The Tay Railway Bridge collapse of 1879 sent a Scottish passenger rail train into the water below. While the design and construction were both flawed, this stormy lateral force caused the onset of collapse
What is Wind
200
This is the name of Drexel's student run newspaper
What is The Triangle
300
At a temperature of -183 degrees Celsius liquid oxygen does this.
What is evaporate or boil
300
In radio broadcasting, AM stands for amplitude modulation. FM stands for this.
What is frequency modulation
300
∫ sec2 (x) dx
What is tan (x) + C
300
Believed to be caused by fatigue cracking, a tank collapse in 1919 flooded the streets of Boston with over 2 million gallons of this sticky substance
What is Molasses
300
While standing, The Penn Coach Yard Chimney was often referred to as this
What is The Drexel Shaft
400
Two common metallic alloys, bronze and brass, share this common element.
What is copper
400
This category of electromagnetic radiation is often used to kill bacteria and has been linked to skin cancer.
What is Ultraviolet
400
This common rule is defined as: d⁄dx g(x) * f(x) = g'(x) * f(x) + f'(x) * g(x)
What is the Product Rule
400
The 1884 explosion of a DuPont dynamite factory was blamed on a runaway reaction of this unstable chemical compound
What is Nitroglycerine
400
The toe of this statue is said to bring good luck on exams
What is The Waterboy
500
This term is used for the strength of an acid considered very pure.
What is Glacial
500
SONAR is short for this.
What is sound navigation and ranging
500
This trigonometric function can be represented as:
x - x3⁄3! +
x5⁄5! -
x7⁄7! ...
What is sin(x)
500
The cause of a disaster in July 2000 for this airliner was a small titanium plate on the runway that ruptured a tire and sent shock waves through the plane causing a fuel leak and ultimately, engine failure
What is Air France
500
Drexel recently hosted the Olympic trials for this Olympic sport