Engineering 101
Love at First Byte
Valentines Day
Pop Culture
Scientific Love
100

What terms related to the rate at which velocity changes over time?

Acceleration

100
What does the term “byte” refer to?

A unit of digital information, usually containing 8 bits.

100

What candy that has a printed message is most popular on Valentines Day?

Candy hearts 

100

Who is a prominent inventor and engineer in the Marvel franchise. 

Tony Stark

100

According to Psychology what sense plays the biggest role in first impressions?

Sight

200

What unit of measurement measures electrical resistance?

An Ohm 

200

Region of memory used for dynamic allocation and must be managed manually in languages like c++

The Heap

200

What Roman God of Love is often shown in Valentines celebrations?

Cupid

200

In the movie the Social Network, what platform is being built?

Facebook

200

What is the ”love hormone?”

Oxytocin

300

Force that causes rotation represented by T=F*r*sin(theta)

Torque

300

What is commonly used for autocomplete and spell-check?

Trie

300

Who is Valentine’s Day named after?

Saint Valentine

300

What was Catherine’s mathematics from Hidden Figures working towards?

Send an astronaut into orbit during in the Space Race

300

What type of attachment style is characterized by fear of abandonment, communication issues, and need for frequent validation? 

Anxious-Attachment

400

Name the reciprocal identity of cotangent of theta

Cos(theta)/sin(theta)

400

What is know as an ‘exclusive’ gate. Logic circuit outputs a 1 only when two binary inputs are different.

XOR Gate

400

What century is the first letter/valentine do we have record of?

15th Century

400

What tier would love fall in, under Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs? 

Love and Belonging

500

A platform allows developers to package an application with its dependencies into light weight portable units that run consistently across environments

A Docker

500

What Pagan holiday does Valentine’s Day have roots in?

Lupercalia

500

Who was the chief engineer on the Enterprise-D in Star Trek?

Geordi La Forge

500

What part of the brain is heavily involved in emotions and attraction?

The Limbic System