1. Located in Vermont, what was the first U.S.

city to provide its

residents with 100% sustainable energy production that shares its
name with a famous Coat Factory founded in 1972?

Answer: Burlington

2. Homer Electric will replace gas turbines on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula

with lithium-ion Megapacks provided by what car-slash-clean energy
company?

Answer: Tesla

3. Wesley Snipes is probably shaking his head over Dyson's energy

efficient AM09 Hot & Cool fan and space heater, which is notably
missing what pretty central fan part?

Answer: Blade

4. A big part of managing any equipment energy is what “t” machine,

designed to be rotated by water, gas, or other fluids?

Answer: turbine

5. EV and hybrid car drivers in Rhode Island get a license plate with the
signature blue waves turned what color?

Answer: Green

6. In a 2012 speech, Barack Obama compared Boulder City's Copper

Mountain Solar Facility to what ginormous hydroelectric piece of
infrastructure straddling the Arizona-Nevada border?

Answer: Hoover Dam

7. In 1912, Giacomo Ciamician proposed using the sun’s energy to

create carbohydrates and oxygen and harnessing the energy,
thereby eliminating dependence on fossil fuels. This process mimics
what chemical reaction already fundamental to the natural world?

Answer: photosynthesis

8. Car “go-go juice” used to contain tetraethyl lead—until we realized it

was a health and environmental hazard. Today, you’re filling up at
the pump with the unleaded variety of what liquid?
 Answer: Gasoline

9. The ______ Air Act (CAA) has been amended many times since it
was passed in 1963, but the goal is still reducing pollution and
improving air quality in the United States.

Answer: Clean

10. Despite its European name, the U.S. Energy Information

Administration also uses ______ Thermal Unit (Btu) as a way to
measure heat.

Answer: British

11. The Japanese yachtsman Kenichi Horie was the first person to
use solar power to cross what body of water in 1996?

Answer: Pacific Ocean

12. The per capita leaders in the use of solar hot water systems
are Israel and what Mediterranean island nation with Greek and
Turkish as its official languages?

Answer: Cyprus

13. Eventually ordered removed by Reagan, solar panels were

installed on the White House roof in the 1970s by which president?

Answer: Jimmy Carter

14. A major way that consumers can increase their energy

efficiency is to replace light bulbs with what “i” quality? It’s a word
meaning to generate light by being heated, and is linked to traditional
light bulbs.

Answer: Incandescent

15. CFLs use far less energy than conventional lightbulbs. The F
and L stand for "fluorescent" and "lightbulb." What does the C stand
for?

Answer: compact

16. Introduced by Montana Senator James E. Murray, the

Resources and Conservation Act of 1959 paved the way for what
 U.S. government agency to form in 1970?

Answer: The Environmental Protection Agency

17. Many fluorescent light bulbs work by vaporizing what metallic

element that is a liquid at room temperature?

Answer: mercury

18. What “W” practice involves protecting a building and its interior
from the elements, such as sunlight, precipitation, and wind, thereby
reducing energy consumption and optimizing energy efficiency?

Answer: Weatherization

19. A US government initiative to improve energy innovation in the

nation’s buildings is the ______ Buildings Initiative. Fill in the one
word “B” blank, an adjective meaning of a more excellent quality.

Answer: Better Buildings Initiative

20. What’s the name for the gasses that trap heat from the sun in
the Earth’s atmosphere and warm it up? (Hint: The building of the
same name does the same thing to help plants grow).

Answer: Greenhouse

21. The Air ______ Index (AQI) can tell you how much pollution is
in the air where you live (including ozone, particulate matter, carbon
monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide levels).

Answer: Quality

22. BTU is a measurement that will you how high the temperature
has to go before one pound of water could be heated up by 1 degree
Fahrenheit. The acronym stands for ______ thermal unit (BTU).
(Hint: Even though the name refers to where the person who
invented it was from, the unit is used in other parts of the world, too!)

Answer: British

23. RECs are tradable and non-tangible energy commodities

representing proof of a certain amount of energy being generated by
more climate-friendly means than fossil fuels. What does REC stand
for?
 Answer: Renewable Energy Certificates

24. A massive solar farm meant to alleviate outages is being sold

in blocks to what organization that manages Texas's electrical grid,
and whose acronym is only one letter different than a certain futuristic
Disney World theme park?

Answer: ERCOT

25. Ask Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan: as of 2022, the tallest and
largest Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-certified
building in the United States is what art deco Big Apple marvel?

Answer: Empire State Building

26. During 2021's UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow,

activists dressed as Pikachu to protest the continued use of coal by
what Asian nation?

Answer: Japan

27. Also the name of a letter in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet, what
Volkswagen model does Car and Driver rate as one of the most fuel-
efficient non-hybrid, non-electric vehicles of 2021?

Answer: Golf

28. What 1962 Rachel Carson book addressed the environmental

effects of pesticides? its two word title implied that poisoning the
environment could stop plant growth entirely.

Answer: Silent Spring

29. American Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts can now earn solar
energy merit badges after completing a program developed by a
national non-profit that goes by what very guessable three-letter
acronym?

Answer: SUN

30. The U.S.'s leading state in solar energy typically generates

more than 30% of the nation's total each month. What state is this?
 Answer: California

31. What three-word term refers to a hypothetical machine that can

perform work indefinitely without an external energy source in
violation of the laws of thermodynamics?

Answer: Perpetual motion machine

32. It is estimated that the Earth receives about 174 PW of energy

from the Sun annually. What does PW stand for?

Answer: Petawatt

33. Nest and Ecobee are examples of smart versions of what

temperature equipment, that can adjust temperature to not just be
more comfortable, but also more efficient for the environment?

Answer: Thermostat

34. The commonly used energy-efficiency certification, LEED,

stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental WHAT?

Answer: design

35. What is the term for an electrical grid that combines a variety of
operation and energy measures to lower electrical demand? The
term makes it sound like the grid could be especially intelligent.

Answer: smart grid

36. What “S” company offers energy efficient solutions to heating

and cooling homes for homes on the East Coast of the US? They
share a name with an adjective for an object that has been fastened
securely, such as an envelope.

Answer: Sealed

37. Commonly used in lightbulbs today due to its energy efficiency,

LED is short for what three-word semiconductor light source?

Answer: Light-emitting diode

38. In the worldwide green building certification program LEED,

what word does the letter D represent? In other words, complete the
name of this worldwide green building certification program:
 "Leadership in Energy and Environmental ______."

Answer: Design

39. What 10-letter “G” word is a kind of energy whose resources

are obtained using the heat located below the Earth’s surface?

Answer: Geothermal

40. The process of installing appropriate materials, such as caulk

or foam, in order to prevent airflow and to maximize energy
efficiency, is Air ______. Fill in the one “S” blank, the process of
fastening something securely.

Answer: Air Sealing

41. What kind of door test do energy efficiency experts use to test
the sealing efficiency of a home, changing air pressures in order to
see how much air escapes? It’s also the word for a machine
gardeners use to loudly and quickly move leaves around.

Answer: Blower Door Test

42. What term is used by energy efficiency experts to refer to the

combined elements of the exterior of a building, such as walls, roof,
and foundation? It is also an object used to contain a letter intended
for mail.

Answer: Building envelope

43. The general term for evaluating the efficiency of fuel-burning

equipment in the home is the ______ Safety Test. Fill in the one word
“C” blank, the process by which a substance rapidly combines with
oxygen, creating heat and light.

Answer: Combustion Safety Test

44. What “C” term refers to a reduction of a customer’s energy use

based on personal changes in behavior, reducing end use of energy
service? It’s a word often used in terms of preserving natural land
and aiding the environment.

Answer: Conservation
45. A device that minimizes the amount of energy needed to heat
hot water, while also saving the user water, is a ______ Aerator. Fill
in the one word “F” blank, a tap that controls the flow of liquid from a
pipe or container.

Answer: Faucet Aerator

46. What is the name of the silicate material traditionally used for
thermal insulation in buildings that is now banned in many developed
countries due to the health risks associated with exposure to this
material? This material’s name derives from the Ancient Greek for
“unquenchable.”

Answer: Asbestos

47. What “r” precedes “braking” in an energy recovery mechanism

in which a moving vehicle is slowed down by converting its kinetic
energy into a reusable form? This same word is used to refer to a
branch of medicine.

Answer: Regenerative

48. If you need to slow down the neutrons in your nuclear reactor,
“heavy” water makes a good moderator. What is the chemical name
for heavy hydrogen?

Answer: Deuterium

49. What term is used for a renewable energy resource that comes
from organic matter (for example, wood and manure)?

Answer: Biomass

50. If you want to quantify the quality of natural gas, figure out its
_____ number (MN).

Answer: Methane

51. “QFs” make steam from the heat produced as waste by a

process (e.g., manufacturing) that can be harnessed as an energy
source (e.g., to power a wind turbine). What term describes the
process QFs use?

Answer: Cogeneration
52. Beginning with the letters "P" and "D", what two-word phrase is
used to describe building techniques that use natural energy, such as
sun, wind, or gravity, to achieve results rather than relying on
electricity?

Answer: Passive Design

53. Around the world, you’ll find energy ______ labels (EIL) on the
packages of various products, which show you how much energy
was used to make them.

Answer: Input

54. Gigawatts are used to measure how much energy can be put
out by large power stations. One gigawatt-hour (GWh) is equal to
_____ megawatt hours?

Answer: 1000

55. Electricity flowing nonstop in one direction is called a direct

_____ (DC) (Hint: As opposed to one that is alternating)

Answer: Current

56. Although considerably more energy efficient and longer lasting

than traditional incandescent bulbs, CFLs can be problematic to
dispose of due to containing which metallic element, number 80 on
the periodic table?

Answer: Mercury

57. The energy-saving capacity of any technology must also

include the amount of energy it takes to produce it. This kind of
energy, defined as the sum of all energy required to create a product,
has what alliterative name?

Answer: Embodied Energy

58. Your AC unit’s energy efficiency ______ (EER) tells you how
much cooling power it has in relation to its wattage. A higher EER
means a more efficient unit!

Answer: Ratio
59. No, not Kevin. “K” stands for which term that’s the international
standard measurement for absolute temperature?

Answer: Kelvin

60. An "exceedance" means that the levels of which pollutant are

higher than the national or state quality standard?

Answer: Air

61. The EPA has a program in place to ensure that electric power
plants will cut back their emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen
oxide—a type of precipitation that’s better known as “acid ______”?

Answer: Rain

62. Written as m/J, which International System of Units

measurement shows energy efficiency in transportation systems?

Answer: Metre per Joule

63. Which type of efficacy that starts with L describes how much
visible light a source can produce when using a certain amount of
power, and is measured in lumens per watt?

Answer: Luminous

64. What proposed form of energy generation can produce the

same amount of energy with one kilogram of fuel as 10 million
kilograms of fossil fuels? China’s prototype “Artificial Sun” sustained
this for over 17 minutes.

Answer: Nuclear fusion

65. If you’re looking for data on energy in the United States, check
out the Energy ______ Administration (EIA). The agency
independently collects and analyzes data to inform policy and help
the general public understand energy use.

Answer: Information

66. A hydroelectric plant generates electricity from the flow of

which natural substance?
 Answer: Water

67. The National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of

Engineering, and the National Research Council came together to
form a project called America’s Energy ______ (AEF), the goal of
which is to figure out how the technology of today will influence our
energy use tomorrow (and beyond).

Answer: Future

68. Compact ______ lamps (CFLs) are more energy efficient than
incandescent bulbs because they have a coating inside the bulbs that
creates UV light when the electricity goes through instead of wires
that have to be heated to glow.

Answer: fluorescent

69. A light ______ reactor (LWR) uses regular ol’ H20 to cool its
core instead of “heavy” deuterium oxide D2O.

Answer: Water

70. What kind of energy do wind turbines convert to electrical

energy? (Hint: It’s the kind of energy that is created by wind)

Answer: Kinetic

71. Xyloid coal or lignite has the least amount of carbon—that's

why it's also known as which color coal (since it’s not black)?

Answer: Brown

72. Assistance to ______ Communities (ACC) is a federal program

to offer aid to regions that have struggled with changes to which
energy economy that’s fallen out of favor compared to more efficient,
cleaner technology?

Answer: Coal

73. To keep everyone in different countries on the same page,

energy efficiency in transportation is measured in meters per what
precious unit of energy named for an English physicist? And don't
just pop down one letter.
 Answer: Joules

74. "Nuclear Energy" is a bronze sculpture by Henry Moore located

on the campus of what school? The sculpture marks the location of
the world's first nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile-1.

Answer: University of Chicago

75. The total amount of greenhouse gas emissions created by

human activity is better known by what two-word term which
originated from a concept conceived by environmentalists William E.
Rees and Dr. Mathis Wackernagel during the 1990s?

Answer: Carbon footprint

76. Households in Aklan, Antique, Palawan, and Davao were part

of a home solar power program courtesy of PEEP, the Energy
Efficiency Project of what Pacific island nation?

Answer: Philippines

77. What is the watery-sounding name for an underground layer of

liquid-bearing permeable rock that are occasionally used as a
seasonal storage place for thermal energy?

Answer: Aquifer

78. A US government database of technologies and measures that

help make energy more efficient has an acronym that spells out the
name of what hoofed ruminants, linked to elk and moose?

Answer: Database For Energy Efficiency Resources

79. Since it was founded in 1980, the American Council for an

Energy-Efficient ______ (ACEEE) has supported policies,
technology, and behavioral changes that promote a more energy-
efficient workforce while also protecting the environment.

Answer: Economy

80. The U.S. Department of Energy started touting the accelerated

permitting of SolarApp+ via a tour by what energy secretary who took
office in 2021?
 Answer: Jennifer Granholm

81. What is the SI derived unit of electrical conductance? This unit

is the reciprocal of resistance and is named after the founder of a
German electrical and telecommunications company.

Answer: Siemens

82. Solar energy has been used to aid in the distillation of saline
water since at least the 16th-century when Arab chemists were
documented using the process. More recently, a large-scale solar
distillation project was built in 1872 in a South American mining town
named Las Salinas in what country?

Answer: Chile

83. When used in a lamp, which heavy gas (Xe or atomic number
64) can be used for everything from strobe lights to sterilization?

Answer: Xenon