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100

This thermodynamic quantity is commonly described as a system's "disorder," and always tends to increase in a closed system

What is entropy?

100

The religious figure atop the Golden Dome

Who is Mary?

100

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)?

100

This 34 second song from A Minecraft Movie is the shortest song to ever enter the UK's Official Top 40 chart

What is Steve's Lava Chicken?

200

This computer security measure is fundamental to the operation of a number of cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin

What is blockchain?

200

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?

200

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?

200

This country singer, known for hits such as Something in the Orange, will be performing at Notre Dame this September

Who is Zach Bryan?

300

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?

300

The year women were first allowed to attend Notre Dame

What is 1972?

300

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?

300

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?

400

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?

400

The maximum capacity of Notre Dame Stadium (rounded to the nearest 5,000)

What is 80,000?

400

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?

400

Just a few weeks 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?

500

Defined technically, an inclined plane wrapped helically around an axis

What is a screw?

500

The first wireless transmission in North America was sent from this building

What is the Basilica of the Sacred Heart?

500

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?

500

In March of this year, this novel was released, marking the biggest debut for any title in Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games series

What is Sunrise on the Reaping?