Mason 101
What are George Mason’s official school colors?
Green & Gold
What website do developers commonly use to host code repositories?
GitHub
What does “www” stand for?
World Wide Web
What does CPU stand for?
Central Processing Unit
What is the name of Mason’s main research library on the Fairfax campus?
Fenwick Library.
What is Mason’s mascot?
The Patriot
What two groups of CS students are at the center of ColorStack’s current mission?
Black and Latinx Computer Science students.
(EVERYONE IS WELCOME!!)
How many bits are in one byte?
8
What programming language uses .py as its standard file extension?
Python
What arena on the Fairfax campus hosts Mason basketball games, concerts, and other major events?
EagleBank Arena
In what year did George Mason become an independent university?
1972
In what year was ColorStack launched?
2020
What company owns GitHub?
Microsoft
In Git, what command creates a local copy of a remote repository?
git clone
About how large is Mason’s Fairfax campus: 300+, 600+, 900+, or 1,500+ acres?
900+
George Mason was originally a branch of what university?
The University of Virginia
What type of interview commonly requires candidates to solve coding problems or explain their problem-solving process?
Technical Interview
What does CAPTCHA stand for?
Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
What does “RAM” stand for?
Random Access Memory
You have 20 seconds to name 5 academic buildings on the Fairfax campus.
any 5 accepted!
George Mason University is named after a Founding Father from what state?
VA
CHALLENGE: Name 5 resources to find an internship in 30 SECONDS
any 5 accepted!
Handshake
Indeed
Glassdoor
Career Fair....
Put these programming languages in order from oldest to newest: Python, C, Java, JavaScript.
C → Python → Java → JavaScript
What data structure follows the rule “Last In, First Out”?
Stack
What is the name of the performing arts venue on Mason’s Fairfax campus?
Center for the Arts