Science
Water boils at this temperature on the Celsius scale.
What is 100 degrees?
This 15th-century Italian explorer sailed west in 1492
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This 1982 album by Michael Jackson included hits like “Billie Jean” and “Thriller,” making it the best-selling album of all time.
What is Thriller?
This 2011 film, based on a bestselling novel by Suzanne Collins, was the first in a dystopian series where children are forced to fight to the death for the amusement of the Capitol
What is The Hunger Games?
This student-focused facility at the University of Miami College of Engineering is designed to foster creativity and innovation, particularly in the development of hands-on projects and prototypes.
What is the Innovation Lab? (ITD)
This law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
What is Newton’s Third Law?
This U.S. state was the last to join the union in 1959.
What is Hawaii?
This rapper’s album good kid, m.A.A.d city is considered one of the best hip-hop albums of the 2010s.
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
This 2010s show, which ran for 15 seasons, featured a team of profilers working to solve violent crimes and was known for its complex characters and psychological storytelling.
What is Criminal Minds?
This engineering club at the University of Miami provides opportunities for students to design and compete in events related to steel bridge building and concrete canoe construction
What is the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)?
This unit measures the amount of force applied to an object.
What is a newton?
The U.S. bought this huge chunk of land from France in 1803.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This band’s frontman, Kurt Cobain, helped bring alternative rock into the mainstream in the 1990s.
Who is Nirvana?
This 2018 film, starring John Krasinski and Emily Blunt, centers around a family living in a world where sound can lead to deadly consequences.
What is A Quiet Place?
This is the name of the engineering event hosted annually by the University of Miami's College of Engineering, where students present their innovative projects and ideas to industry professionals.
What is the Engineering Expo? Or Senior Design Expo
DNA stands for this. (Full name)
What is deoxyribonucleic acid?
This deadly pandemic wiped out an estimated 25 million people in Europe during the 14th century.
What is the black death? (bubonic plague)
This 2010 album by Drake, featuring songs like “Find Your Love” and “Over,” was his first studio album and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
What is Thank Me Later?
This 2014 film, starring Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway, follows a team of astronauts as they travel through a wormhole to find a new home for humanity.
What is Interstellar?
The University of Miami College of Engineering was founded in this year.
What is 1947?
This invisible field surrounds Earth and protects it from solar radiation.
What is the magnetic field? (or ozone layer)
This Cold War crisis in 1962 nearly brought the world to nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Who is referred to as the queen of rock?
Who is Tina Turner?
This 2010 film, directed by Christopher Nolan, is set in a world where people can invade each other's dreams. It starred Leonardo DiCaprio and included the concept of "dream within a dream."
What is Inception?
What was the first engineering discipline at UM?