Science Stuff
Uncharged subatomic particles that make up most atoms, alongside protons and electrons
What are neutrons?
This number system, fundamental to modern computing, uses only two symbols (0 and 1) to represent information and perform calculations
What is Binary?
This former women's basketball coach led ND to two national championships
Who is Muffet McGraw?
A recent bill passed by the US Government would ban this app unless its parent company sells it to an American company in the coming months
What is TikTok?
The religious figure atop the Golden Dome
Who is Mary?
This organelle that facilitates the process of photosynthesis in plant cells
What is a chloroplast?
This structure, typically used in wings, generates lift by creating a difference in air pressure between its upper and lower surfaces
What is an airfoil?
This team won the national championship in both 2023 AND 2024
What is ND Lacrosse?
The winners of the 2023/24 UEFA Champions League
What is Real Madrid?
The Notre Dame Grotto is a 1:7 scale replica of the Grotto of Our Lady in this country
What is France?
This new vaccine technology, exemplified by the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, uses genetic instructions to stimulate the immune system and protect against diseases
What is an mRNA vaccine?
This electrical device changes the AC Voltage of a circuit, and is used to step down the voltage between the power grid and your home
What is a Transformer?
Notre Dame won the national championship co-ed in 2021, 2022, and 2023 for what sport?
What is Fencing?
The name of Taylor Swift's most sold album
What is 1989?
The capacity of Notre Dame Stadium (to the nearest 5,000)
What is 80,000?
This effect, who's visual analog is known as "red-shifting" or "blue-shifting," is responsible for the variable audible pitch of race cars as they speed towards or away from the listener
What is the Doppler Effect?
This structural element of beams, bars, or rods, often used in bridge construction, can be described as a rigid triangular framework
What is a Truss?
This is the last year Notre Dame won a national football title
What is 1988?
The drummer from Blink-182, who recently became Kourtney Kardashian's new husband
Who is Travis Barker?
The year women were allowed to attend Notre Dame
What is 1972?
This elementary particle, discovered in 2012 at CERN, is associated with imparting mass to other particles in the Standard Model of particle physics
What is the Higgs Boson?
ND has recently switched their heating/cooling system to be based off this type of energy, which constitutes 70% of Iceland's energy consumption
What is Geothermal Energy?
This ND Swimmer recently qualified for the US Olympic team
Who is Chris Guiliano?
In December of 2023, 13 year old Willis Gibson became the first person to ever beat this classic video game
What is Tetris?
The official name of Notre Dame's alma mater
What is "Notre Dame, Our Mother"