Name That Geek
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100
He co-founded and served as Chief Executive of Pixar Animation Studios and became a member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company in 2006, when Disney acquired Pixar
Who is Steve Jobs?
100
An example of this type of problem includes: “this Bob or that Bob"
What is Disambiguation?
100
This doodle represents what annual U.S. holiday?
What is St. Patrick's Day?
100
The year that our CT/AVRS Prime Contract began – Also the year of the spectacular Hudson River landing by US Airways pilot “Sully” Sullenberger
What is 2009?
100
The year that the first iPhone became available
What is 2007?
200
As teens, he and Paul Allen ran Traf-O-Data, a company that used a computer to analyze traffic patterns
Who is Bill Gates?
200
A statistical measurement of the relationship between two variables
What is correlation?
200
This doodle was featured on Google on April 12, 2011 which marks the 50th anniversary of this major event?
What is the First Man in Space?
200
The year that our MDNT contract began – Also the year that The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King wins Best Picture at the Academy Awards
What is 2004?
200
The 12 engineers at IBM that developed the IBM PC referred to themselves as what?
What is "The Dirty Dozen"?
300
Played by Justin Timberlake in the 2010 release of "The Social Network," he was an American entrepreneur and was a co-founder of the file-sharing computer service, Napster and the first president of Facebook
Who is Sean Parker?
300
Maintaining a constant, clear mental picture of relevant information concerning a tactical area of interest
What is Situational Awareness
300
Google's 10th Birthday was on September 27th of what year?
What is 2008?
300
The year Sphere of Influence moved out of the Mclean TeqCorner building and into “8150” building in Tysons Corner – Also the year Twitter is launched
What is 2006?
300
What is the three-finger salute?
What is Ctrl Alt Delete?
400
As the inventor of the prototype of what is now called Boolean logic, which became the basis of the modern digital computer, he is regarded in hindsight as a founder of the field of computer science
Who is George Boole?
400
The primary customer of our Chemonics client; A US Agency
What is the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)?
400
This doodle represents the 46th anniversary of what original series?
What is Star Trek?
400
The year Scott Pringle gave up naps to come work at Sphere – Also the year Nancy Pelosi became Speaker of the House and Britney Spears shaves her head
What is 2007?
400
Every March 6 your computer can be infected by this virus named for a Renaissance artist
Who is Michelangelo?
500
Previously, she was a long-time executive and key spokesperson for Google and is the youngest CEO of a Fortune 500 company, Yahoo!
Who is Marissa Mayer?
500
A long-running, single-person contract of Sphere of Influence – Government. Also slang for concealment gear
What is Camo?
500
January 18th 2012
What is SOPA/PIPA/Blackout?
500
The year Design Thinking and Innovation are first highlighted at a Sphere Annual meeting – Also the year Michael Phelps wins 8 Gold Medals at the Beijing Olympic Games
What is 2008?
500
The world's smallest laptops are nicknamed Atom, the name of the processor made by this company
What is Intel?