World Capitals
Electrical Engineers
1980s
Albums
CMU ECE faculty
100
France
What is Paris?
100
One of the most prolific inventors of all time, he is most commonly known for the invention of the first practical light bulb.
Who is Thomas Edison?
100
750 million people tuned in to watch the marriage between Diana and which Prince?
Who is Prince Charles?
100
This Fleetwood mac album was released in 197 and is one of the best selling albums of all time. It is a good thing Stevie Nicks did not go her own way.
What is Rumours?
100
She is the dean of the ECE department.
Who is Jelena Kovasevic
200
Canada
What is Ottawa?
200
This Serbian worked under Edison and ended up feuding with him over whether AC was better then DC for power transmission. A favorite of Engineering freshmen everywhere.
Who is Nikola Tesla?
200
In the 1980 Winter Olympics, the underdog USA teamed scored an upset by beating the USSR in what sport in what is now called the "Miracle on Ice"?
What is Ice Hockey
200
This was the final Beatles album.
What is Abbey Road?
200
He is well known by ECE Freshman as he teaches 18-100/
Who is Tom Sullivan?
300
Brazil
What is Brasilia?
300
He is credited with inventing the first practical telephone.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
300
This legendary English Songwriter was shot leaving his home by Mark David Chapman on December 8th, 1980.
Who is John Lennon?
300
This animated movie's soundtrack (with the same name as the movie) was the best selling album of 2014, annoying countless parents with young girls.
What is Frozen?
300
Name one of the two undergraduate advisors for ECE.
Who are Janet Peters and Vicki Woodhead
400
Australia
What is Canberra?
400
He is known as the father of information theory and rightly so.
Who is Claude Shannon?
400
Which large tech company released their first PC in 1981 after getting Microsoft to program the OS?
What is IBM?
400
The Bee Gees brought Disco back with their soundtrack to what movie?
What is Saturday Night Fever?
400
He overhauled 18220 and occasionally teaches it in the Spring.
Who is Larry Pileggi
500
Indonesia
What is Jakarta?
500
He co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor and was the inventor of the Integrated Circuit along Jack Kilby of TI.
Who is Robert Noyce?
500
US President Ronald Reagan was almost killed in 1981 when which man shot him?
Who is John W. Hinckley Jr?
500
This is the best selling album of all times from one of the most legendary artist of all time.
What is Thriller?
500
She is the associate department head for Academic affairs and shares a last name with another ECE professor here.
Who is Diana Marculescu?