Astronomy & Astrology
(First) Names in the Department
Arts & Letters
Sci-Fi
Women in PHYS
100

This planet was discovered by mathematical prediction

What is Neptune?

100

A person with this name has a Nobel Prize, is British, and is a high energy experimentalist. 

Who is David?
100

Taylor Swift's most recent (new) album

What is Midnights?

100

Octagonal paper is a staple of this Sci-Fi franchise

What is Battlestar Galactica?

100

This mathematical physicist who made contributions to the field of abstract algebra and is also the password for the computers in Willamette 17  

Who was Emmy Noether

200

This observatory located both in Hawaii and Chile is named after this twin zodiac

What is Gemini?

200

A person with this name is a member of LIGO, fan of demos, strict adherent to Microsoft teams, is on the GTFF bargaining team, and distills liquor in their apartment. 

Who is Ben?

200

A word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective or verb

What is an adverb? 

200

Im sorry Dave. The name of this computer intelligence from 2001 a Space Odyssey.  

What is Hal 9000?

200

This woman in physics was the first person to win two Nobel Prizes 

Who was Marie Curie 

300

The location of your birth sign in the sky when you are born

What is behind the sun?

300
A person with this name attends watch conventions and has been referred to as the "Glass Master" by the Department's Instagram.

Who is Eric?

300

Pablo Picasso died in this century

What is the 20th century?

300

Make Watney uses this NASA probe to communicate with Earth in the Martian.

What is pathfinder?

300

The movie Hidden Figures is based on the life of this women who majorly contributed to the success of the early American Space program

Who was Catherine Johnson?

400

On average, this planet is the closest to Earth

What is Mercury?

400

A person with this name is a ultra-endurance bike racer, on the GTFF bargaining team, and shares an office with someone of the same name.

Who is Tom?

400

Russian writer Leo Tolstoy fought in this war which his experience in would go on to influence his epic War and Peace

What is the crimean war? 

400

The name of the black hole in the movie Interstellar

What is Gargantua. 

400

This many women have won a Nobel prize in physics

What is 5?

500

The lesser known 13th zodiacal constellation 

What is Ophiuchus? 

500

A person with this name is banned from teaching honors college classes, has a minion backpack, is retired, and just graduated.   

Who is James?

500

Name one living poet

Lots

500

The home world of the Sith Lord Darth Maul

What is Dathomir

500

5 female UO PHYS faculty

Who are Andrea Goering, Laura Jeanty, Stephanie Majewski, Kayla Nguyen, and Tien-Tien Yu? 

Also: Yvette Cendes