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Jocelyn 101
100

This periodic trend increases across a period and decreases down a group, describing an atom’s tendency to attract electrons in a bond?

What is electronegativity?

100

This document, ratified in 1791, guarantees fundamental rights like freedom of speech and religion.

What is the Bill of Rights?

100

What residence did Jocelyn stay in in her first year? (BONUS (50 points): Room Number)

What is La Citadelle?
(Room 12__)

100

This 1985 sci-fi film features Marty McFly and Doc Brown traveling through time in a DeLorean.

What is Back to the Future?

100

What is Jocelyn’s hometown?

What is Pawling, NY?

200

On the periodic table, Francium is named for the country of France. Less obviously, what metallic element gets its name from the old Latin name for what is now France?

What is Gallium?

200

In a recurring SNL sketch, Kate McKinnon portrayed this Supreme Court icon with fierce “Gins-burns,” riffing on her real-life legacy of championing gender equality, arguing landmark cases before the Supreme Court, and authoring powerful dissents.

What is Ruth Bader Ginsburg?

200

What is the name of the lab that Jocelyn worked in in 2024?

What is BLUM Lab?

200

John Hurt starred as Winston Smith and Richard Burton as the sinister O'Brien in what literary adaptation, which came out—as was appropriate—in the mid-1980s?

What is Nineteen Eighty-Four?

200

Explain Jocelyn’s sleep schedule in one word?

What is (up to judges)?

300

This reaction mechanism proceeds through a carbocation intermediate and results in racemization at the chiral center.

What is an SN1 reaction?

300

With 19 electoral votes, this state was considered the largest and most critical prize among the traditional battleground states in the 2024 election.

What is Pennsylvania?

300

Which type of afterschool club/lessons is Jocelyn taking?

What is flying lessons?

300

A Nike shoe designer was involved in the design and production of a pair of character costume boots for a blockbuster 1980s movie starring Michael Keaton. What was the movie?

What is Batman?

300

Which far-right, neo-fascist militant organization did Jocelyn contact in High School?

What is The Proud Boys?

400

What is the square of a particle's wave function used to determine?

What is the probability of finding the particle at a given location?

400

In an SNL sketch where friends discover an absurdly dramatic letter left behind by a roommate, every shocking line/gunshot is punctuated by this artist song’s catchy refrain.

What is “Whatcha Say” by Jason Derulo?

400

How many chairs are there in Leacock 132?

What is 650 +/- 10?

400

This 1986 coming-of-age film follows four boys on a journey to find the body of a missing teenager, exploring friendship, loss, and growing up.

What is Stand By Me?

400

What is written on her instagram bio?

What is “I’m a person who is currently alive.”?

500

What 19th-century “P” French chemist discovered the enzyme diastase and the carbohydrate cellulose, leading to further exploration of chemical processes that happened at the cellular level?

What is Anselme Payen?

500

Following the Roe v. Wade decision, Republican strategists in the late 1970s built the "New Right" coalition by mobilizing these two socially conservative religious voting blocs with a focus on "moral issues" like abortion.

Who are Evangelical Christians and Conservative Catholics?

500

In 1898, Frederick Soddy and _________ collaborated on a series of experiments that started to reveal the structure of the atom. ________'s work was so cutting edge that he had to construct the devices he used to measure atomic activity himself.

What is Ernest Rutherford?

500

In My Cousin Vinny (1992), this character’s expert knowledge of automobiles ultimately proves crucial in solving the case.

Who is Mona Lisa Vito?

500

What is Jocelyn’s favorite cereal? (HINT: it’s a Quaker Brand)

What is Cinnamon Life Cereal?