Writing
What writing system do English letters use?
Alphabet.
Why was the printing press such a big deal?
Published works like books, plays, and essays didn't have to be copied by hand.
True or false, assembly lines are less efficient than other manufacturing techniques.
False.
What do we call people who write code for computers and applications?
Programmers.
What Gen Alpha slang was named the 2024 Oxford Word of the Year?
Brain rot.
What are Egyptian pictographs, where each symbol/picture represents a word, known as?
Hieroglyphs.
What was first form of communication that utilized electricity?
Telegraph.
Around what year or century was the Industrial Revolution beginning?
1700's onward, or 18th century.
Which is smaller, a bit or a byte?
Byte. 8 bytes = 1 bit. A Megabyte (mb) is over one million bytes.
In the movie Inside Out, what are Riley's five emotions?
Joy, Anger, Sadness, Disgust, and Fear.
Name two materials ancient people wrote on before the invention and adoption of paper.
Animal skins (parchment, vellum)
Clay (tablets, pottery)
Plants (bamboo, bark, leaves, papyrus)
Stone
Textiles (silk)
Wax
Put these forms of communication in order, starting with the first to be invented.
Radio, Internet, Telegraph, Word of mouth, and Television.
Word of mouth, telegraph, radio, television, and internet.
What is the practice called that uses design and engineering techniques to create functional, aesthetically pleasing, and more easily manufacturable goods?
Industrial Design.
What are the three main sources of human made energy?
Fossil Fuels (Coal/Oil/Gas), Nuclear, and Renewables (Solar, Wind, Hydro)
What was the prize dollar amount for winning MrBeast's Beast Games?
$10,000,000
How old is the oldest known writing?
a) Chinese
b) German
c) Latin
d) Sumerian Cuneiform
d) Sumerian Cuneiform dates back to 3500 B.C.E.
What was the first message sent over the telegraph wire by its inventor Samuel Morse?
a) "What hath God wrought?"
b) "Is anyone listening?"
c) "How do I turn this thing on?"
d) "S.O.S."
a) "What hath God wrought?"
What of the following was the first to be mass produced?
a) textiles
b) chemicals
c) cars
d) guns
a) textiles
At this time, what is the smallest possible transistor size?
a) 1.5 pm (picometer)
b) 1.5 nm (nanometer)
c) 1.5 mm (milimeter)
d) 1.5 cm (centimeter)
b) 1.5 nm A nanometer is one one billionth of a meter. 1 nm is the width of 5 silicon atoms.
According to Roblox, what fraction of children in the US, ages 9 to 12, play Roblox?
a) 1 out of 4
b) 2 out of 4
c) 3 out of 4
d) 4 out of 4
c) 3 out of 4.
Match the writing to the language.
a) 한국어 > Chinese, Japanese, or Korean
b) Ελληνικά > Greek, Latin, or Russian
c) हिन्दी > Finnish, Hindi, or Portuguese
d)اللغة العربية > Arabic, Hebrew, or Indonesian
e) français > English, French, Spanish
a) Korean
b) Greek
c) Hindi
d) Arabic
e) French
What famous ship was equipped with one of the World's first wireless telegraphy systems invented by Guglielmo Marconi? The crew was able to send an distress signal before sinking in April 15th, 1912.
The Titanic.
In which two countries was the printing press/moveable type invented separately?
China and Germany
Describe how the page rank algorithm works.
When using a search engine, websites are ranked based on the number of, and quality of, other webpages/sources that link to it.
\(PR(A)=\frac{1-d}{N}+d\sum _{i=1}^{n}\frac{PR(T_{i})}{C(T_{i})}\)\(PR(T_i)\)
What is Ryan Kaji's, the creator of Ryan's World, net worth?
And, what is the net worth of the world's richest child, Princess Charlotte of Wales?
$100 million, making him one of the richest members of Gen Alpha.
$5.2 billion from family wealth and being a fashion influencer.