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CMU alumnus James Gosling invented this computer programming language.
What is Java?
400
Acemoglu is currently a professor at this university.
What is MiT?
400
The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for research about this astronomical phenomenon.
What is a Black Hole?
400
This is the next Marvel movie to be released.
What is Black Widow?
400
The first emperor of China was buried with statues made of this material.
What is Terracotta?
800
CMU alumni Leslie Odom Jr was nominated for this many 2021 Oscar awards.
What is 2?
800
Acemoglu’s h-index is this number.
What is 156?
800
This particle has been named the “God Particle”.
What is the Higgs Boson?
800
This many Magic Mike actors attended CMU?
What is 2? (name both for double points)
800
Cinco de Mayo is in celebration of the Mexican victory in war against this nation.
What is France?
1200
Stephanie Kwolek, MCS alum, invented this fabric, which is used in bulletproof vests.
What is Kevlar?
1200
Acemoglu’s paper “Why can’t we all be like _____” argues this Northern European subregion is a better model for society than American society.
Where is Scandinavia?
1200
This is the largest particle collider in the world.
What is the Large Hadron Collider?
1200
This Star Wars actor, confirmed to be returning for the Kenobi show, plays a character who does not like sand.
Who is Hayden Christensen?
1200
M&M, the famous chocolate, stands for this.
What is Mars and Murrie?
1600
15-112 professor David Kosbie uses this type of computer.
What is a Mac?
1600
Acemoglu has won the ___ Medal, which is named after a famous neoclassical economist from the 1800-1900s and awarded to an American economist under 40.
What is the Bates Clark Medal?
1600
Element 99 was named after this famous German-born physician.
Who is Albert Einstein?
1600
Hannibal Lecter is being imprisoned in this city during Silence of the Lambs.
What is Baltimore?
1600
The US boycotted Olympics hosted by the Soviet Union, which occurred in this year.
What is 1980?
2000
This CMU alumnus is known for popular sitcoms such as Cheers and The Good Place.
Who is Ted Danson?
2000
This CMU economics faculty member is co-authoring the paper Inefficient Lending Chains and Financial Collapse with Acemoglu (hint - they spoke to the ERC about networks in banking in 2019).
Who is Professor Erol?
2000
Quantum computers rely on this form of basic information.
What is a Qubit?
2000
This CMU professor shares a first name with the Psych character Burton Guster.
Who is Professor Burton Hollifield?
2000
“Premium ice cream” is defined by at least having this percentage of butterfat (margin of 5%).
What is 12%?