Star Wars
Physics
Book of Mormon
Physics Faculty
100

This is the first step to the dark side, according to Yoda

What is fear?

100

This formula describes the moment of inertia of a disc

What is ½ M R^2?

100

This is the city the Savior visited in his ministry to the Americas

What is Bountiful?

100

This BYU physics professor is a handball fanatic

Who is Dr. Gus Hart?

200

C-3P0 is fluent in this many different forms of communication

What is 6 million?

200

Given a Lagrangian ℒ, the process of minimizing the action of ℒ leads to these

What are the Euler-Lagrange equations?

200

This is the first prophet to say the name “Christ” in the Book of Mormon

Who is Jacob?

200

This professor was recently called to be a mission president

Who is Professor Scott Sommerfeldt?

300

This is the actor for the original Darth Vader  

Who is James Earl Jones?

300

Einstein Won the Nobel Prize for this discovery

What is the photoelectric effect?

300

This man was recorded in the Book of Mormon as suffering an ignominious death for his crimes

Who is Nehor?

300

This BYU Alumni participated in research that later won a Nobel prize

Who is Harvey Fletcher?

400

This was the first character to speak in Star Wars Episdoe IV: A New Hope

Who is C-3PO?

400

This mathematical model can be used to describe interaction between two atoms and takes the form V(r) ~ a r-12+b r-6

What is the Lennard-Jones potential?

400

The name Helaman first appears as a name in this book

What is the Book of Mosiah?

400

These two couples have both spouses as professors in the physics department

Who are the Neilsens and the Davis's?


500

This is the number of the cell that Princess Leia was imprisoned in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

What is 2187?

500

In mechanics, this  theorem provides a general equation that relates the average over time of the total kinetic energy of a stable system of discrete particles, bound by a conservative force with that of the total potential energy of the system

What is the Virial Theorem?

500

This Jaredite king saw the Son of righteousness

Who is Emer?
500

This BYU physics professor has been in the department longest

Who is Dr. Grant Hart?