DePauw students take part in Science Trivia in the Julian Atrium on Thursday night.
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On Thursday evening, DePauw University's Julian Atrium played host to the Science Trivia Challenge.
“Students [from the Society of Physics Students] have organized the entire thing, they planned the activity, collected all the questions,” said Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy Jacob Hale. “I am hoping it will just be a low key fun time, we need to break down from our seriousness on occasion and just have fun.”
Teams could be formed up to four students/professors. Questions came from the subjects of physics, biology, chemistry, computer science, math and geoscience.
Although teams were asked to participate, the event was open to the public and anyone passing through Julian.
“We thought the atrium would be fun because people could come in and watch and stop by,” said Hale.
The night was modeled off of a Buffalo Wild Wings trivia feel.
Tables surrounded a projector that displayed a series of questions, with limited time to answer each. After each round, the answers to the questions would be revealed.
The event proved to be successful, as it provided something different to do on a Thursday night.
“If I wasn’t here at Science Trivia, I would be home studying for my Thermo test tomorrow,” said sophomore Brad Wise.
Despite the diverse range of Science subjects, some students wanted more.
“[It was a] really fun trivia contest. Except, there needs to be psychology questions included next time,” said David Gordon, ’14. “Yes, we’re a science.”
Hale already is looking towards next year’s trivia challenge.
“If people get excited enough about it, I hope we could get a sort of buzzer system,” said Hale.
He also hopes to expand it to other areas of study and open it up to even more students, as this was the first year the event was put on.