In Shining Armour
Who is Lou Cattafesta?
This is the amount of years in a dodecadecade
What is 120?
The Illinois Beta Chapter was founded in this year, during the Presidency of Teddy Roosevelt
What is 1906?
What is the Great Chicago Fire?
Originally developed during World War II, this adhesive-backed material became famous for quick, improvised repairs in engineering situations
What is duct tape?
In 1940, the Armour Institute merged with this institute, formerly located on the corner of Madison and Damen. It has now become parking for the United Center
What is the Lewis Institute?
This system looks at celestial orientation to determine human character traits, broken up into 12 signs like Cancer and Leo
What is astrology?
EXEC BOARD BANNED: These are the advisors to the Illinois Beta Chapter
Who are Geoffrey Williamson, Keigo Kawaji, Jeffery Zalc, and Francisco Ruiz?
Due to a build up of sewage and industrial waste into Lake Michigan, the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal was built to have this effect on the directionality of the river
What is reversing the flow of the river?
The Mars Climate Orbiter crashed into the Martian surface after the teams as Lockheed Martin and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory didn't use the same system of this
What are units?
This man made the Million Dollar Sermon, saying with $1 million, he could build a school where students of all backgrounds could prepare for meaningful roles in a changing industrial society
Who is Frank Gunsaulaus?
A 12 step plan is most popularly given by this group, with the first step looking for honesty about one's situation
What is alcoholics anonymous (A.A.)?
IL B alumnus Judson Althoff was recognized in The Bent as the CEO of the commercial unit of this tech powerhouse, which is the largest software maker in the world.
What is Microsoft?
As part of the Manhattan Project, this man built a nuclear reactor under the University of Chicago. He also has a lab accredited to his name
Who is Enrico Fermi?
Developed during World War 2, this philosophy moved repairs to bullet free areas on planes coming back from war rather than the heavily shot regions, looking for trends in the missing data over the presented one
What is survivorship bias?
Phillip D. Armour was the founder of the Armour Institute and made his money in this industry, which later influenced Henry Ford to create the assembly line
What is meatpacking?
The namesake "12" in urban slang and hip hop refers to this group, who you wouldn't want trailing behind your car
Who are police/cops?
DAILY DOUBLE
Invented by IL Beta alumnus Marvin Camras in 1940, this technology was first used by pilots during World War II, and later adapted into data storage devices like the floppy disk
Founded in 1928, this company developed early two-way radios for the Chicago PD. They still make their radios and also offer flip phones for those without a badge
Who is Motorola?
On the Apollo 13, the crew needed to fit a square peg into a round hole, adapting the square version of this this critical component from the main cabin into the lunar lander to ensure the crew didn't suffocate
What are CO2 scrubbers?
This was the motto of the Armour Institute, which focused on ethics in one's actions
What is "Speak true, do right"?
This Whig was named the 12th President of the United States
Who is Zachary Taylor?
This man, the founder of the Illinois Beta chapter, taught machine design and was a faculty manager of athletics at Armour Institute
Who is Harry Coffeen?
Written by Upton Sinclair, this book uncovered poor sanitation and filth in the Chicago meatpacking industry
What is The Jungle?
The Vasa, a ship from this country, sank 1.3 km into its maiden voyage because there were too many cannons on the upper deck, leading to the vessel capsizing from a small breeze
What is Sweden?