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This 2016 film highlighted the untold stories of Black women mathematicians at NASA.
What is Hidden Figures?
This discriminatory principle states that no two electrons in an atom can have identical quantum numbers.
What is the Pauli Exclusion Principle?
The object representing NSBE's logo.
This popular programming language, named after a type of coffee, is commonly taught in computer science classes.
What is Java?
Sharing a name with a casual footwear, this digital circuit component loves switching between states
What is a flip-flop?
This 2023 Marvel movie introduced the character Riri Williams, a young Black female engineering prodigy.
What is Black Panther?
______ grams of H2O are produced by the complete combustion of 32 grams of methane (CH₄). (Atomic masses: C=12, H=1, O=16)
What is 72 grams?
The official colors of NSBE
What are black, green, red, and white?
If this were a tree, it would be upside down; it’s also used to prioritize tasks or elements.
What is a heap?
The power consumed by a circuit with a total impedance of 8Ω, drawing current from a 12V battery.
What is 18W?
This 2019 Netflix miniseries, based on real events, follows the story of the Exonerated Five and highlights STEM education as a second chance.
What is When They See Us?
This number is the pOH of a solution that has a hydrogen ion concentration of 10-3mol/dm-3
What is 11?
This prestigious NSBE award recognizes individuals and organizations for their outstanding contributions and excellence in engineering, community service, and diversity initiatives.
What is the Golden Torch Award?
Derived from a quirky spelling of 'elite,' this platform, popular among COS students promises coding mastery
What is LeetCode?
Sounding like a correction unit, it's the primary device used for converting alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC).
What is a rectifier?
In the video game Watch Dogs 2, this Black protagonist is a brilliant hacker and engineer who uses his skills to fight against corrupt tech companies in San Francisco.
What is Marcus Holloway?
In 1996, this Princeton professor won the Nobel Prize for discovering a carbon 'soccer ball' molecule, humorously described as chemistry’s most symmetrical structure.
Who is Richard Smalley (for discovering Buckminsterfullerene or 'Buckyballs')?
NSBE was first founded by a group of students affectionately known by this nickname, referencing the number of founding members
What are the Chicago Six?
In computer science, this classic optimization problem involves selecting items of varying weights and values, maximizing the total value without exceeding a specific weight limit
What is the Knapsack Problem?
This compression algorithm, developed by a clever MIT student in 1952, uses shorter bit sequences for strings with frequent characters
What is Huffman coding?
The mystery of a woman waking up nude, covered in cryptic tattoos, propels this NBC Drama
What is Blindspot?
This period 6 element, shares its symbol with the Marvel fictional country whose king was portrayed by Chadwick Boseman
What is Tungsten (W)? (Wakanda)
The national NSBE HQ is located in this city.
What is Alexandria, Virgnia?
int main() {
int N = *n;
int sum = 0;
int i;
for (i = 0; i < N; i++) {
sum += a[i];
}
printf("sum = %d\n", sum);
}
Given the following code, if N = 8, the output is .........
What is 36?
d2q/dt2+2dq/dt+0.25q=0
Give the roots of the Characteristic equation for the following RLC circuit equation
What are:
-1 + j(3)^(1/2)
-1 - j(3)^(1/2)