Energy 101
UBC Life
Student Energy (no penalties)
Pop Culture & Energy
Wild Cards
100

This renewable energy source uses spinning turbines to generate electricity.

What is wind energy?

100

This regional park surrounds much of UBC's Vancouver campus.

What is Pacific Spirit Regional Park?

100

Student Energy UBC is part of a global network focused on accelerating the transition to this.

What is clean energy?

100

This Marvel superhero uses an arc reactor to power his high-tech suit.

Who is Iron Man?

100

This is the number of hearts an octopus has.

What is three?

200

This gas makes up the majority of natural gas.

What is methane?

200

This iconic UBC competition involves swimming, sprinting, biking, running, and climbing over a wall.

What is Storm the Wall?

200

According to the presentation, Student Energy has over this many chapters worldwide.

What is 50?

200

In Monsters, Inc., these are originally collected to generate electricity for Monstropolis.

What are children's screams?

200

What country has a unicorn as their national animal?

What is Scotland?

300

These three words are abbreviated as CCS in the energy industry.

What is carbon capture and storage?

300

This UBC intramural competition takes place at Jericho Beach and features teams racing in voyageur canoes.

What is Day of the LongBoat?

300

This annual Student Energy UBC event has featured industry speakers, panels, and workshops on clean energy.

What is the Vancouver Clean Energy Forum?

300

In Minecraft, this material is used to build electrical-style circuits and automatic machines.

What is redstone?

300

This Canadian city is home to the world's largest mall by total area in its country.

What is Edmonton?

400

This Canadian province generates nearly all of its electricity from hydroelectric power.

What is Quebec?

400

This is the name of UBC's official mascot.

What is Thunder?

400

Student Energy UBC worked on a project that uses solar power to extend the range of this wireless technology.

What is Wi-Fi?

400

This 2023 Christopher Nolan movie tells the story of the physicist who helped develop the atomic bomb.

What is Oppenheimer?

400

This planet is famous for rotating almost entirely on its side.

What is Uranus?

500

This European country is famous for generating most of its electricity from nuclear power.

What is France?

500

This is the name of the 26-metre-long blue whale skeleton displayed at UBC.

Who is Big Blue?

500

This UBC research centre is the destination of an upcoming Student Energy tour.

What is the Biorefining Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC)?

500

In The Hunger Games, this district specializes in producing electricity for the Capitol.

What is District 5?

500

This is the name of the world's largest desert.

What is the Antarctic Desert?