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RPI Facts
100

This Polish-born French physicist is famous for her research in radioactivity, which she discovered. 

Who is Marie Curie?

100

How to communicate with computers. What we use to build websites, apps, video games, etc.

What is coding/programming?

100

What is the output of the following Python code? 

for i in range(3):     

print(i * 2)

What is 0 2 4?

100

What STEM stands for.

What is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

100

What year was RPI founded?

What is 1824?

200

This woman made history in the 2020 election as the first female Vice President. 

Who is Kamala Harris?
200

Step by step instructions to solve a problem?

What is an algorithm?

200

There are over 700 programming languages. True or False?

What is True?

200

What is the gender ratio?

What is 70:30?

300

This woman is referred to as the first programmer

Who is Ada Lovelace?

300

The year the first iphone came out.

What is 2007?

300

What is the output: 

a = [1, 2] b = a b.append(3) a = a + [4]

print(a)

print(b)

What is [1, 2, 3, 4] 

[1, 2, 3]?

300

What was the name of the first video game?

What is Tennis for Two?

300

What year was the first civil engineering degree granted?

What is 1835?

400

The name of one of the four women who inspired the movie "Hidden Figures"

Who is Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, Christine Darden, or Dorothy Vaughen?

400

Common examples of these include Windows, MacOS, Linux

What are operating systems?

400

When was OpenAI founded?

What is 2015?

400

What was the first student union building in RPI called?

What is Lally?

500

Who developed the first compiler and coined the term "debugging" and has the largest tech women and non-binary conference named after her?

Who is Grace Hopper?

500

CPU stands for this

What is Central Processing Unit?

500

What was Google almost called?

What is BackRub?

500

What course did the first woman teach in 1918?

What is Chemistry?