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Potpourri
100

Firefly was a mashup of sci-fi and this other TV/movie genre.

What is westerns?

100

HTTP

What is HyperText Transfer Protocol?

100

The Windows 10 pre-release code name Threshold is a location in what first-person shooter, released in 2001?

What is Halo: Combat Evolved?

100

Onions, scallions, ramps, pearls, leeks -- none of these are okay with this IT staff member.

Who is T.J. Hanson?

100

Jack Bauer killed this many people in 192 hours.

What is 250?

200

This is the fabled 13th human colony from Battlestar Galactica.

What is Earth?

200

IMAP

What is Internet Message Access Protocol?

200

This code name for later releases of Windows 10 came from a mineral found in Minecraft.

What is Redstone?

200

"They say it don't be like it is, but it do" is this employee's favorite quote. And it do.

Who is Zach Phillips?

200

The quote "The only time a man can be brave is when he's afraid" came from what television show?

What is Game of Thrones?

300

This is Captain Jean-Luc Picard's customary spoken order.

What is "'Make it so"?

300

POTS

What is Plain Old Telephone Service?

300

Before it was the iconic Grand Theft Auto, the game was called this.

What is Race'n'Chase?

300

If you need someone to watch The Outlaw Josey Wales with you, pick this DoIT employee.

Who is Joel McKenzie?

300

He was Superman.  Now he's The Witcher.

Who is Henry Cavill?

400

We may remember a 3.5" floppy disk, but how big were the first floppy disks introduced?

What is 8 inches?

400

API

What is Application Programming Interface?

400

In 2010, the USAF used over one thousand of these game consoles to build a supercomputer.

What is PlayStation 3?

400

Workdays include lots of coffee.  The best work advice is to smile before you answer the phone, because people can hear it. And Einstein said "The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." These are tenets from which one of us?

Who is John Hawes?

400

If Phase 1 is "Collect Underpants," and phase 2 is "?," what is Phase 3?

What is Profit?

500

This game's players have included Mr. T, William Shatner, Verne Troyer, Ozzy Osbourne, Steve van Zandt, Chuck Norris, and Annette Littrell.

What is World of Warcraft?

500

SQL

What is Structured Query Language?

500

Click on a link for a new game trailer, and find yourself watching the music video for "Never Gonna Give You Up." You just got... what?

What is RickRoll'd?

500

He hates cilantro and would like to remove it from the world, but his favorite movie is Forest Gump.

Who is Eric Smith?

500

Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens said the Internet is "...not something that you just dump something on. It's not a big truck. It's a..."

What is a "series of tubes"?

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