History of Physics
Equations
Math Facts
Education
Bonus (Potpourri)
100
Who said "An object at rest remains at rest, and an object in motion remains in motion at constant speed and in a straight line unless acted on by an unbalanced force."?
Sir Isaac Newton
100
What is the equation that describes the Pythagorean Theorem?
100
What is the name of a number that has a non-repeating, never-ending decimal?
Irrational
100
Where was the first school in history?
Egypt
100
What is the second floor living learning community called in Monroe?
Eco House
200
This common physics thought experiment relates quantum physics to what physicists pet?
Schrodinger's Cat
200
The equation E = mc2 describes the amount of what per unit mass?
Energy
200
Give an informal definition of a derivative?
A slope at a point.
200
What US President signed the No Child Left Behind Act?
George W Bush
200
What resident did the third floor lose early in the semester? (Hint: You all insist we still make him door decs)
Caleb Ward
300
How many Nobel prizes did Albert Einstein win in his lifetime?
1
300
Which famous Swiss mathematician created the equation ei * pi + 1 = 0 (hint: the e in this equation is named after him).
Leonhard Euler
300
This British mathematician is famous for leading the group who cracked the Enigma Codes.
Alan Turing
300
What is the oldest university in the United States?
Harvard
300
What village is Monroe Hall in on this campus?
Central Village
400
You all know that the seventh planet from the Sun is named Uranus....but what was its original name when it was first discovered in 1781
George
400
This set of equations named after James Clerk Maxwell serve as the foundation of which field of physics?
Electromagnetism
400
The principa mathematica is a three-volume work in which the first proof of 1 + 1 equalling 2 exists. In what year was this work published?
1910 (Range of 50 years)
400
As of 2013, what percentage of American school-age children attend public schools?
88% (Range of 10%)
400
Who is Monroe's Area Coordinator?
Frank Parsons
500
Under what college's football field was the first nuclear fission reactor developed?
University of Chicago
500
An equation which has no closed-form solution is known as a ____ equation
Transcendental
500
The largest known prime number as of November 2022 is 282,589,933 -1, a number which has 24,862,048 digits when written in base 10. It was found via a computer volunteered by Patrick LaRoche of the Great internet Mersenne Prime Research Project in what year?
2018 (1 year difference)
500
In 2009, what percentage of Americans ages 25 and over had a Bachelor's Degree
29% (Range of 20%)
500
Monroe's Area Coordinator supervises what other residence hall?
Steuben