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100

How many states does Iowa border

6

100

Which four presidents are on Mount Rushmore?

George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt

100

What physical measurement is technically defined as force divided by the area over which that force is being applied?

Pressure

100

Who would you go to if you need to talk about your mental health?

Counseling services

100

What is the name of the scale used to measure the hardness of minerals?

Mohs scale

200

What is the oldest structure on Iowa State's campus

Farmhouse Hall

200

What was the name of the battle in the Pacific fought between the U.S. Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy in June 1942?

Battle of Midway

200

What is the moment of an 8 Newton force acting on a lever at a perpendicular distance of 5 meters?

40 Nm
200

What are the names of the 4 traditional dining halls around campus

Friley Windows, Seasons, South Side Eats, UDM/UDCC

200

In what year was the structure of DNA discovered?

1953

300

"If you build it, he will come" is the repeated thought in Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella's head in which 1989 baseball film?

Field of dreams

300

How old was Queen Elizabeth II when she became the queen of England?

25

300

Represented using the previous letter in the alphabet in most other fields, the letter "j" is used to represent the square root of what number in electrical engineering?

-1

300

What is the name of the form RA's fill out to receive funding for events like this?

Living Leaning Leading (LLL) form

300

What does LHC, the world’s largest machine, stand for?

Large Hadron Collider

400

Name Iowa's famous African-American opera singer.

Simon Estes

400

What was the name of the ancient trade route that connected the East with the West?

The Silk Road

400

When a heat circuit produces energy, what is the formal term for the “lost” energy that the electronic device essentially “lets go of” to prevent overheating? It follows Newton’s Law of Cooling.

Dissipation

400

When was the department of residence formed

1930

400

How long is the lifespan of a human red blood cell?

120 Days

500

In 1959, musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper were tragically killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa. What five-word phrase, coined as the end of every verse of “American Pie,” is now used as a name for that terrible event?

The day the music died

500

Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79 and devastated which two Roman cities?

Pompeii and Herculaneum

500

Which type of bridge is characterized by two projecting beams or trusses that are joined in the center by a connecting member and are supported on piers and anchored by counterbalancing members?

Cantilever

500

Name 3 other departments or organizations that Department of Residence interfaces with

to many to list

500

What astronomical object gets its name from the fact that it emits electromagnetic radiation from its poles?

Pulsar