Halloween
What are the three colors in candy corn? (MUST be listed from top to bottom)
White, orange and yellow
A robot that operates automatically on its own is described as...
Autonomous
The process by which plants convert light energy into chemical energy
What is photosynthesis?
These thin, flexible materials convert sunlight directly into electricity and are helping power the renewable energy revolution.
What are solar panels, aka photovoltaic cells?
She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different sciences, physics and chemistry.
Who is Marie Curie?
What is the name of the Gothic novel about a scientist who creates a monster + who is the author?
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
This category of engineering deals with the flow of current, voltage, and resistance, which powers and controls most robot systems.
What is Electrical/Electronics?
A triangle that has three sides of different lengths
What is a scalene triangle?
A branch of AI that allows machines to learn from data and improve over time without being explicitly programmed.
What is machine learning?
Often called the "mother of computer programming," she wrote the first algorithm intended for a machine, the Analytical Engine.
Who is Ada Lovelace?
Who is the main villain in the horror franchise named after this holiday?
Michael Myers
This software is used to create and modify 3D digital models of robot parts and assemblies.
What is CAD (Computer-Aided Design)?
What is Newton's second law?
F = ma (or a description of this works too)
This ultra-tall structure sways up to 2 meters at its peak during strong winds, using a tuned mass damper to stabilize its movement — an example of physics and architecture in harmony.
What is Taipei 101?
This British chemist helped discover the structure of DNA through her X-ray diffraction work, though she was not recognized during her lifetime.
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
When did the first Spirit Halloween stores open? (must be within a 5 year range)
1983!
A sensor used in robotics for vision is...
A camera!
The name for a line that touches a circle or curve at exactly one point
What is a tangent line?
This sorting algorithm, inspired by how people organize playing cards, repeatedly takes the next element and places it where it belongs among the sorted ones.
What is insertion sort?
A mathematician at NASA, her calculations were critical to the success of early spaceflights, and she was featured in Hidden Figures.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
Which US state produces the most pumpkins?
Illionis
This branch of technology uses compressed air or gas to perform mechanical work, often used to power robot grippers or linear actuators.
What is pneumatics?
The unit of measurement for electrical resistance, named after a German physicist
What is the ohm?
Modeled after the way neurons fire in the brain, this computational system learns from patterns to recognize images, voices, and even emotions.
What is a neural network?
This computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher became the first female CEO of IBM in 2012 and led the company into the era of cloud computing and AI.
Who is Ginni Rometty?