General STEM
Obscure SSU Facts
Who's that Seawolf?
So You Want to be a Doctor...
Women in STEM
100
What is Newton's Third Law?
Newton's Third Law of Motion states that for every action (force) in nature, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
100
What Peanuts character sits out front of the library?
Lucy
100
Who is this person?
Dr. Sharrett
100
What is the highest possible score on the MCAT?
528
100
Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 for her contribution to the understanding of radiation?
a. Marie Curie
b. Rosalind Franklind
c. Lise Meitner
d. Barbara McClintok
a. Marie Curie
She was also the first person to win two Nobel Prizes, and the only person to win in multiple sciences.
1. Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903
2. Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911.
200
What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
200
What is the most common major at SSU, with over 300 degrees awarded annually?
Business Administration and Management
200
Who is this person?
Dr. Lisa Hua
200
What does an ENT stand for?
(____-ologist)
Otolaryngologist
200
Who is the only woman to have received, by herself (unshared), a Nobel Prize for Medicine?
a. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
b. Gerty Theresa Cori
c. Barbara McClintock
d. Rita Levi-Montalcini
c. Barbara McClintock
She won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1983 for the discovery of genetic transposition.
300
What is this reaction called?:
Fischer Esterification reaction
300
Which two wines, which our dorms are named after, do not originate from France?
Tuscany (Italy) and Zinfandel (Croatia)
300
Who is this person?
Ryan Grumich
300
What is this shape called in Microbiology?
Streptococcal
300
Who was the first woman to go to space?
a. Valentina Tereshkova
b. Ellen Ochoa
c. Kalpana Chawla
d. Sally Ride
a. Valentina Tereshkova
On June 16, 1963, she was launched in the spacecraft Vostok 6, which completed 48 orbits in 71 hours.
400
What are the 5 regions/sections of the spine?
Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacrum, Coccyx
400
Our mascot, the seawolf, is based off the novel, The Sea-Wolf, written by this famous author.
Jack London
400
Who is this person?
Dr. Elaine Newman
400
What is the number one drug prescribed in the US?
(type of drug)
Atorvastatin: Lipitor (high-cholesterol medication)
400
Who is the founder of Girls Who code?
a. Rachel Carson
b. Elizabeth Feinler
c. Kim Kardashian
d. Reshma Saujani
d. Reshma Saujani
She is the Founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, an international nonprofit organization working to close the gender gap in technology and change the image of what a computer programmer looks like and does.
500
In male cats with a urinary tract blockage, what is the most life-threatening electrolyte imbalance?
High Potassium
500
What is the name of the high school, which used to be located in Salazar up until 2019?
Technology (Tech) High School
500
Who is this person?
Dr. Joseph Lin
500
"Translate" this Chief Complaint (CC) into plain English:
"Pt BIBA s/p MCC w/ high-vel ejection. Found unresp roadside, shallow resp, signif thoracic trauma. EMS reports possible rib fx w/ dec R breath sounds en route. Pt remains unresponsive on arrival; concern for PTX, pulmonary lac, and internal hemorrhage."
"Patient brought in by ambulance, status post motorcycle crash with high-velocity ejection. Found unresponsive roadside, shallow breathing, significant chest trauma. Emergency services report a possible rib fracture with decreased right breath sounds en route. Patient remains unresponsive on arrival, concern for pneumothorax (collapsed lung), pulmonary laceration (lung cut), and internal bleeding."
500
Who is known as the inventor of the first compiler? (A compiler is a program that translates programming code to machine language).
a. Anita Borg
b. Adele Goldstine
c. Grace Hopper
d. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
c. Grace Hopper
She is an American computer scientist and US Navy rear admiral known for inventing the compiler in addition to her other contributions to computer science.