Physics Facts
Weekly Presentations
Professors & PAS
Physicists
Pop Culture
100

What the constant c most commonly stands for.

What is the speed of light?

100

The famous tow truck who could not really fly.

Who is Tow Mater?

100

The wonderful, exquisite, and slay demo guy.

Who is Kyle Rine?

100

The physicist who recently had a highly talked about film made about him.

Who is Oppenheimer?

100

The most popular video game of all time.

What is minecraft?

200

The value of Avogadro’s number.

What is 6.023 * 10^23 mol^-1. (10% error acceptable, magnitude is most important)

200

The first professor to present at Physics Club this semester.

Who is Burant?

200

The physics department head.

Who is Shufang Su?

200

The man who discovered the three laws of motion.

Who is Isaac Newton?

200

The most viewed video on youtube.

What is baby shark?

300

The famous Einstein equation that is actually not as correct as believed to be. 

What is E = mc^2?

300

The fish whose sexual activity won a Nobel Prize.

What are anchovies?

300

The side/cardinal direction of the building with even numbered rooms.

What is the north side?

300

The physicist whose equation is the foundation of quantum mechanics (Specifically in undergrad here).

Who is Schrödinger?

300

The best selling artist/band/group etc of all time.

Who are the beatles?

400

The other name for the Higgs boson.

What is the god (d*mn) particle? (Full credit regardless of if it is the god particle or the god d*mn particle.)

400

The day of the week and the time of the physics coffee hour. 

What is Monday from 10:15-11:15? (Having just Monday is half credit, having 10:15-11:15 and not Monday is 3/4 credit)

400

The professor with the lowest Rate My Professor score of these three: Manne, Burant, or Gralla. 

Who is Burant? (4.1). (Manne: 4.8; Gralla: 4.4) (These are all super high because these are all excellent professors and everyone should take them)

400

The first person to win two nobel prizes, and the first woman to win a nobel prize.

Who is Marie Curie? 

400

The oldest Kardashian child.

Who is Kourtney Kardashian?

500

The fastest ever moving man-made object on Earth.

What is a manhole cover? (Topped out at 55 km/s, likely projected into space rip)

500

The last four digits of the phone number on the Venmo account (used to confirm sending).

What is 8921? (If you have 3-4 numbers but maybe not in the right order, mostly credit.)

500

The room number for the undergraduate lounge.

What is PAS 268?

500

The lesser-known physicist who helped calculate the trajectory of Apollo 11 and now has a NASA building named after them.

Who is Katherine Johnson? (Half credit for each part of her name, i.e. 250 points if it is just Johnson)

500

The singers of the most infamous halftime show that is now why there is a slight delay for live performances.

Who are Nelly, Diddy, Kid Rock, Justin Timberlake, and/or Janet Jackson? (any of these are acceptable for full credit, no extra points if you named all of them).