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100

The year UCSB ChemE was founded.

When is 1966?

100

The most popular film in 2001, the 1st movie from a world-famous book series written by an English author. 

What is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone?

100

The place 5 of the university dorms near DLG and Ortega are named after.

What are the Channel Islands?

100

The chemical company founded in Michigan that is the 3rd largest chemical producer in the world. 

Dow Chemicals

100

The year the first ever ChemE lecture was given at the University of Manchester in the UK. 

When is 1887?

200

The other engineering major included in the chemical engineering department from 1966 to 1995. 

What is nuclear engineering?

200

The gaming console released in 2001, which is the 2nd best-selling console after the Playstation 5. 

What is Xbox?

200

The year UCSB was founded. Hint: it is the 3rd oldest UC after UC Davis and UC Berkeley. 

When is 1909?

200

A common company for UCSB interns to be placed at, this company was founded in the Bay Area and produces a variety of products such as lighter fluid, chapstick, and trash bags. 

What is the Clorox company?

200
The 'founding father' of chemical engineering.

Who is George E. Davis?

300

The 2 current department professors who received an advanced degree from UCSB ChemE.

Who are Phillip Christopher and Rachel Segalman?

300

The first clone of what biological organism occurred in 2001. 

What is a human embryo?

300

The number of miles of bikeways present on campus

What is 7 miles?

300

This German pharmaceutical company is one of the largest hirers of chemical engineers, known for its formulation of the medication "Aspirin". 

What is Bayer?

300

The American astronaut who received her BS in Chemical Engineering at Stanford University. 

Who is Mae Jemison?

400

The university Jack Myers left to join Robert Rinker in UCSB's ChemE department. 

What is Purdue?

400
Over 45 million of this electronic product has been sold since its release in 2001. 

What is the iPod?

400

The number of national research centers on the UCSB campus. 

What is ten?

400

Located just down the road in Ventura county, this biotechnology giant is a key player in advancing recombinant DNA technology.

What is AMGEN?

400

Younan Xia, a professor at Georgia Tech has the top chemical engineering score of 242 for this metric that measures the citation impact of a researcher. Professor Rawlings currently has the highest score of UCSB ChE. 

What is the h-index?

500

The current faculty member who has been in the department for the longest period of time. 

Who is Glenn Frederickson?

500

The UCSB scientist who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry the year before many of this graduating class were born. 

Who is Alan Heeger? 

500

The name of the technological advancement that UCSB was a pioneer of along with the U of Utah, Stanford, and UCLA. 

What is the Arpanet (the first transmissions of the internet)?
500

This Santa Barbara start-up was founded by a current ChemE professor and works to produce low-cost hydrogen and carbon. 

What is C-Zero?

500

The first American ChemE program was installed at MIT in 1888, under this name by Lewis Norton.

What is Course X?