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100

What letter is not present on the periodic table at all?

What is J?

100

What is the most common passcode?

What is 123456?

100

How many floors does the Empire State Building have?

What is 103 floors?

The 103rd floor is secretive as only VIPs can enter it and there are no guardrails outside!

100

If you have a fair six-sided dice, what is the probability of rolling a 4?

What is 1/6?

All 6 sides have the same probability.

100

Who was the first person to win 2 Nobel prizes?

Who is Marie Curie?

Not just woman, but first person overall. She won for Physics (1903) and Chemistry (1911).

200

This process by which plants convert sunlight into energy is known as photosynthesis, but it happens primarily in what green pigment?

What is chlorophyll?

200

When was the first video game made?

What is 1958?

It was called Tennis for Two.

200

What simple machine consists of a wheel with a rope or chain wrapped around it, often used for lifting or moving object?

What is a pulley?

200

What is the roman numberal for zero?

What is there is none?

200

A woman was the first type of what kind of engineer?

What is a software engineer?

Margaret Hamilton led the team that wrote the software for the Apollo 11 Moon landing.

300

What does the suffix "-stenosis" mean?

What is abnormal narrowing?

300

Who has an internet speed of 91 Gbps? (That’s 13,000 times faster than the average home WiFi)

Who is NASA?

300

What is the process used in food and beverage production, involves heating liquids to kill bacteria and extend shelf life?

What is pasteurization? 

This is commonly used in milk!

300

What number is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter and is known to be irrational?

What is π (pi)?

300

What bridge's construction plan was designed by a woman?

What is the Brooklyn Bridge?

Emily Roebling took over after her husband fell ill and ensured the bridge was completed.

400

What is the large muscle at the back of the lower leg helps with walking and running, also known as the calf muscle?

What is gastrocnemius?

400

If you calculate the weight of all electrons moving through the internet, what does the internet weigh roughly about the same as?

What is a strawberry?

Both weigh around 50 grams!

400

Engineers and scientists are developing bioprinting to 3D print what in the body?

What are functional tissues and organs?

None are approved for human use but it is in the process of being developed and approved!

400

In a group of 23 people, what percent chance is there that 2 people will share the same birthday?

What is 50% chance?

400

Women led what NASA mission in 2020?

What is the mission to Mars?

Dr. Swati Mohan is an aerospace engineer and was the Guidance and Controls Operations Lead on the NASA Mars 2020 mission.

500

How many bones is a newborn born with?

What is 275-300?

As they grow, some of these bones fuse together to get to the 206 that an adult has

500

The love poem "I'm the creeper, catch me if you can" by the name of Creeper, plays what significance to the computer?

What is the first computer virus?

500

Bridges were designed to move to withstand earthquakes and wind, the Golden Gate bridge can sway up to how many feet?

What is up to 27.7 feet side to side and 10.8 feet up and down?

500

 A Möbius strip has how many sides?

What is 1?

If you twist a strip of paper once and connect the ends, it has only one continuous surface.

500

What percentage of women make up the STEM workforce? (Answer must be within 1%)

What is 35%

This increased from previously being 29%, so we are on the right track!