California Institute of Technology - Trivia Questions

What is the student-faculty ratio at Caltech (the number of faculty members per student)?

• 18:1

• 3:1

• 7:1

• 20:1

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What is Caltech's most popular major?

• Biology

• Molecular Biology

• Physics

• Computer Science

What percent of undergraduate students participate in active research at Caltech?

• 30%

• 55%

• 90%

• 95%

In what year were women first admitted as undergraduates at the California Institute of Technology?

• 1970

• 1990

• 1913

• 1932

Class of 2023 at Caltech includes students from how many countries?

• 20

• 12

• 15

• 8

As of 2019, the top five countries from which students come to Caltech are...

• China, Canada, India, South Korea, and Taiwan

• Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Germany, and Greece

• Italy, Japan, Nepal, Oman, and Russia

• Spain, Turkey, Vietnam, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom

A Nobel Prize is given to those that have had the greatest benefit to humankind, how many Nobel prizes has Caltech won in total?

• 51

• 46

• 17

• 2

In 2019, how much money was donated to Caltech to support their innovative research of environmental sustainability?

• 100 million dollars

• 58 million dollars

• 750 million dollars

• 876 million dollars

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Researchers at the California Institute of Technology helped generate the first image of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* on May 12, 2022.

• True

• False

The California Institute of Technology helped get the first man on the moon in 1969.

• True

• False