Everyday Engineering
This thermodynamic quantity is commonly described as a system's "disorder," and always tends to increase in a closed system
What is entropy?
The religious figure atop the Golden Dome
Who is Mary?
This molecule, composed of one carbon and four hydrogen atoms, is dozens of times more potent of a greenhouse gas than CO2 and is primarily released by the agriculture industry
What is methane (CH4)?
This philanthropist multi-billionaire, one of the best-known investors in the world, recently announced he would be stepping down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway
Who is Warren Buffett?
This famous Spanish painter was a pioneer in Cubism and is known for such works as Guernica, Three Musicians, and The Old Guitarist
Who is Pablo Picasso?
This computer security measure is fundamental to the operation of a number of cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin
What is blockchain?
Across the road from the peace plaza by the lake sits this famous Notre Dame sacred space, a 1:7 scale replica of the original in Lourdes, France
What is the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes?
This novel 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?
In May of this year, this tennis player became the first person to win at least one ATP singles title in twenty consecutive seasons
Who is Novak Djokovic?
This perfect square is the sum of the first nine perfect cubes, the LCM of 75 & 81, and 11111101001 in binary
What is 2025?
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?
The year women were first allowed to attend Notre Dame
What is 1972?
The three components of Freud's structural model of the psyche, whose names come from the Latin words for "it," "I," and "above I"
What are the id, ego, and superego?
Recent record-breaking heatwaves have shut down much of Europe, with temperatures reaching as high as this many degrees Celsius (for reference, 100F is about 38C)
What is 46.6 (46-47)?
(for reference, that's about 115-117 F)
The third most spoken language in the world, after Mandarin Chinese and English
What is Hindi?
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?
The maximum capacity of Notre Dame Stadium (rounded to the nearest 5,000)
What is 80,000?
The two elements discovered by Marie Curie, which resulted in both her Nobel Prize as well as her premature death due to radiation poisoning
What are Radium and Polonium?
Just over a week ago, this Indian American from Uganda became the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City in a surprise defeat over Andrew Cuomo
Who is Zohran Mamdani?
Two of the counselors' fun facts from orientation
What are two of the following:
Allie: camped in a Christmas tree farm
Bela: was born to the fight song
Carmela: is a Certified Nursing Assistant
Ciaran: is a soccer and F1 fan
Dominique: published a paper on Computer Science
Eliana: likes to paint
Ian: is part of the liturgical choir
Isabella: has lived in three countries
Jack: had to walk through a flock of sheep in Ireland
Maria: is going to study in Rome this fall
Max: favorite cereal is Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Roy: has been learning Spanish for 4 months
Defined technically, an inclined plane wrapped helically around an axis
What is a screw?
The first wireless transmission in North America was sent from this building
What is the Basilica of the Sacred Heart?
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?
Two days ago, the third ever interstellar object was discovered by the ATLAS telescope in Río Hurtado, a small commune in this country
What is Chile?
Living nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus, this Norse explorer is thought to have been the first European to set foot on continental America
Who is Leif Erikson?