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100

This Python keyword is used to define a function.

What is def?

100

Developers commonly use this platform to host and collaborate on code repositories.

What is GitHub?

100

A hexagon has this many sides.

What is 6?

100

This is UC Irvine's mascot.

Who is Peter the Anteater?

100

This fruit is the main ingredient in guacamole.

What is an avocado?

200

This SQL keyword is used to retrieve data from a database table.

What is SELECT?

200

In software, this three-letter acronym describes the rules that let different programs talk to each other.

What is API (Application Programming Interface)?

200

This is the only mammal capable of true sustained flight.

What is a bat?

200

This large circular park sits in the center of UCI's campus.

What is Aldrich Park?

200

This Japanese dish consists of vinegared rice typically paired with seafood or vegetables.

What is sushi?

300

This data structure follows the FIFO principle, short for "First In, First Out."

What is a queue?

300

This popular design tool is commonly used to create UI/UX mockups during hackathons.

What is Figma?

300

This planet has the most confirmed moons in our solar system.

What is Saturn?

300

This is the name of UCI's largest annual student-organized hackathon.

What is IrvineHacks?

300

This type of pasta gets its name from the Italian word meaning "little butterflies."

What is farfalle?

400

Often called the "brain" of the computer, this component is abbreviated with three letters.

What is the CPU (Central Processing Unit)?

400

In product development, the acronym MVP stands for this.

What is Minimum Viable Product?

400

At roughly 0.17 square miles, this is the smallest country in the world by area.

What is Vatican City?

400

Name 8 of these UCI buildings where large classes are held.

What are lecture halls? (Answers may differ. Accept any 8 valid UCI lecture halls.)

400

Obtained from the dried stigmas of a flower, this spice is famously one of the most expensive by weight.

What is saffron?

500

This algorithm finds the shortest path in a weighted graph with nonnegative edge weights.

What is Dijkstra's algorithm?

500

Teams give this short presentation at the end of a hackathon to showcase their projects to judges, often within a strict time limit.

What is a pitch (demo pitch / project pitch)?

500

This chemical element has the atomic number 74.

What is tungsten?

500

UC Irvine was founded in this year.

What is 1965?

500

This chemical reaction between amino acids and reducing sugars is responsible for the browning of toasted bread and seared meat.

What is the Maillard reaction?

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