Cal
Chinese dynasties
Emerging heat capture technology
Nicknames
Team interests
100

Name one of Cal's S-tier rated vegetables

Scallions, aragula, jalapenos, asparagus

100

How much more efficient is the use of chinese characters compared to english letters in AI prompt manipulation?

It is not more efficient. Adin is wrong and it actually takes 1.2-1.4x more tokens

100

What does an absorption heat pump do?

Driven by heat (flame or waste heat, up to 200C) instead of electricity, using a chem pair to lift low-grade heat to a usable temp

100

who invented the boy wizard nickname?

Adin

100

What farm recently infected produce ranging from avocados to spinach?

Taylor farms

200

What is cal's first name?

cyril

200

Founded by Qin Shi Huang in 221 BC, this dynasty was the first to unify China

Qin
200

In very basic terms, what does an ORC turbine do?

Converts heat to electricity


200

What inspired the champ nickname?

Hotdog being eaten in 29 seconds (historians debate whether this number was actually 36 seconds)


200

Name a counterstrike skin (adin must name the third most expensive counterstrike skin for points)

various answers apply

300

What climbing gym does Cal most frequent before work?

Block37

300

What was the most recent Chinese dynasty

Qing dynasty

300

Ultra high temperature heat pumps are used with temperatures above how many degrees celsius?

200

300

What does dungeon boy + boy wizard equal?

Dobby

300

Name the last winner of the tour de france. Greta has a 5 second answering delay.

Tadej pogacar

400

who is cal's favorite client map?

B. Essig


400

Thermophotovoltaic tech has achieved what level of conversion efficiency in lab environments?

40%

400

Who gets pranked by NicheTony with the classic egg on door handle trick?

Cheesy Michael

400

Name the first, second, and third string network partners at guidepoint

Hugh, Cameron, Sethi

500

Name one of Cal's top ten restaurants on Beli

El ideas, indienne, valhalla, jeong, kasama

500

Describe the supercritical CO2 cycle

Heats dense, supercritical CO2, to spin a compact turbine and drive a generator. Enables smaller equipment and high efficiency and is still maturing commercially.

500

What was the ACI briefly nicknamed during EOW

Johnny appleseed

500

Who is urquhart rackharrow and what curse did he invent?

the entrail expelling curse, a magical healer