History of CS
Programming Languages
AIdeas
Sounds and Sights
Misc
100
Computer Scientist who formulated the Halting Problem and was involved with breaking the Enigma Machine's cipher.
Who is Alan Turing?
100
This programming language was named after coffee.
What is Java?
100
In a computer, this number is often described as the “address” of a piece of data in memory. Unlike a value such as 42, it tells the computer where to find something rather than what it is.
What is a pointer?
100
This gate is known as a(n) _____
What is an AND gate?
100
who is this?
Sneakers O'Toole
200
Hysteria about the Apocalypse ensued prior to this pivotal incident in computer science.
What is the Y2K scare? (The apocalypse never ended up happening, by the way)
200
This program translates a higher level languages like Java or Python into a lower level language that a computer can read.
What is a compiler?
200
Executing this famous single-line Shell command causes an operating system to repeatedly spawn copies of itself until system resources are completely exhausted, freezing the machine.
What is a fork bomb? (or :(){ :|:& };:)
200
Where did this famous sound effect come from?
What is Windows XP?
200
Where is the ball?
300
This mathematician came up with the algebraic system of logic now known as Boolean Logic.
Who is George Boole?
300
Making this mistake will prevent your code from running in the following code stub:
What is an unterminated string literal (missing quotation mark)?
300
Clue: A 100-foot fence with a post every 10 feet needs 11 posts, not 10, which gives a nickname to this classic bug that haunts loops and array indexes.
What is an off-by-one error? (also accepted: a fencepost error)
300
If you want to use a computer, you'll definitely need this.
What is a CPU?
300
This modern AI process has come under scrutiny for its use in the mockery of public figures, as well as its application to more sinister purposes. See the example below:
What is deepfaking?
400
This was the world's first programmable, electronic, general-purpose digital computer, unveiled in 1946.
ENIAC
400
This higher level programming language developed at IBM during the 50's was the first to see widespread use.
What is FORTRAN?
400
This single-source shortest-path algorithm for graphs with non-negative edge weights repeatedly selects the unsettled node with the smallest tentative distance and relaxes its outgoing edges.
What is Dijkstra's algorithm?
400
These are just a few of the graphs you might get when trying to find out how "good" your algorithm is based on this metric.
What is complexity (time or space)?
400
It is this Misha's favorite number.
What is 14?
500
Created in 1958, this was the first video game made only for entertainment purposes. (Hint: it's not pong)
What is Tennis for Two?
500
This esoteric programming language was created by Swiss student Urban Müller, with the goal of extreme minimalism. It contains only eight commands, and features a rather explicit name.
What is Brainfuck?
500
This is the only sorting algorithm that, after sorting an already-sorted array of distinct elements, performs exactly the same number of comparisons as it does on the reverse-sorted array.
What is insertion sort?
500
Where did this famous sound effect come from?
What is AOL's Mail Service?
500
A vault a thousand you’re surely in, a prize both protected and pursued. If held in a horrid hand, the dark unknown will know of you. (hint: the answer is CS related)
A password.
What is a password?