STEM Jeopardy

SCIENCE

100

This planet is the closest to the sun, and has an element named after it.

Mercury

200

The process in which a caterpillar becomes a butterfly.

Metamorphosis

300

The human body's largest organ.

Skin

400

The study of fossils is called...

Paleontology

500

Balance this equation:

_ BaS + _ Li₃N -> _ Ba₃N₂ + _ Li₂S

3 BaS + 2 Li₃N -> 1 Ba₃N₂ + 3 Li₂S

TECHNOLOGY

100

This two word phrase is commonly assigned as an introductory programming assignment in school. 

"Hello World!"

200

This popular video platform was initially created as a dating website.

YouTube

300

FPGA stands for ...

Field-Programmable Gate Array

400

HTML is an acronym for ...

HyperText Markup Language

500

This was the first programming language developed in 1953, and is still used (apparently) in supercomputers.

Fortran

ENGINEERING

100

The tallest dam in America.

Hoover Dam

200

These three components are the fundamentals for building a closed circuit.

A power source, load, "conductive pathway"

300

Engineers need to take this certification exam in order maintain employment in specific industries... or they can just take it to have some cool letters after their name on LinkedIn.

FE (Fundamentals of Engineering) Exam or PE (Professional Engineer) Exam

400

These three types of power make up the POWER TRIANGLE

Apparent, Active, Reactive

500

This company has made the largest commercial airplane ever... capable of holding up to 853 people.

Airbus

MATH

100

This acronym is used to solve all math problems based off of order of operations.

PEMDAS

+100 Bonus point if you can say what it stands for.

200

This company created the first electronic, handheld calculator in 1967.

Texas Instruments

300

What's the derivative (d/dx) of this equation?

y(t) = 3cos(2x) + 4e^2x

8e^2x - 6sin(2x)

400

Solve Integral A

84

500

Solve Integral B

6

FAMOUS WOMEN IN STEM

100

This physicist was the first American woman in space.

Sally Ride

200

This American engineer and physician was the first African American woman in space.

Mae Jemison

300

This Hidden Figure led the creation of the GPS.

Gladys West

400

This woman created and studied the first computer program in 1843. 

Although she never lived to see the invention of the computer, she is considered the first computer programmer.

Ada Lovelace

500

This British chemist discovered the double-helix structure of DNA through her x-ray diffraction work.

Rosalind Franklin