Space and Space Exploration
The time it takes for light to travel from the Sun to Earth.
What is 8 minutes and 20 seconds?
This person dropped different weighted balls from the Leaning Tower of Pisa to show that they fall at the same speed.
Who is Galileo?
The head of the UNC physics department.
Who is Christian Illiadis?
This classic science fiction book was aired as a radio drama in 1938, causing mass panic as listeners thought the events of the book were being reported as news.
What is "The War of the Worlds?"
The time Cosmic closes on the weekend.
What is 4am?
The second man on the moon.
Who is Buzz Aldrin?
This English physicist's experiments with cathode ray tubes led to the first discovery of a subatomic particle.
Who is J.J. Thomson?
This UNC physics professor was struck down defending the Davie Poplar?
Who is Dan Reichart?
In Star Trek, the Borg originate from this quadrant of the galaxy.
What is the Delta Quadrant?
The minimum price to pay with a card.
What is $3.00?
The first human to be launched into space.
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
This invisible substance was once thought to occupy all space.
What is ether?
The old SPS room code.
What is 2 5 then 3 and 4 at the same time?
In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, an alien visitor to Earth named himself after this model of car, assuming they were the dominant life form on Earth.
What is the Ford Prefect?
The most expensive item on the menu at Cosmic Cantina.
What is a giant steak chimichanga?
The type of star the Sun will become at the end of its life.
What is a white dwarf (or black dwarf)?
This controversy lead to the discovery of neutrino flavor oscillations.
What is the solar neutrino problem?
UNC physics professor with an absurd number of photos of them with Stephen Hawking outside their door.
Who is Laura Mersini?
This 1980's science fiction movie was so confusing, some theaters handed out "cheat sheets" explaining the terminology used in the film.
What is "Dune?"
The price of the cheapest burrito on the menu (before tax).
What is $2.56?
Possibly inspired by the popular science fiction film of similar name, this was the callsign of the Apollo 13 command module.
What is "Odyssey?"
This Greek philosopher proposed the classical "four elements" theory (air, earth, water, and fire).
Who is Empedocles?
Joaquin Drut's favorite color.
What is green?
The title of Star Trek's original pilot episode, which was rejected by NBC.
What is "The Cage?"
The (numeric) sanitation rating.
What is 100.0?