HackDavis
UC Davis
College
Computer Science
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100

Name one of the animals on the HackDavis website.

Cow, bunny, duckling, or frog

100

Who is the Chancellor of UC Davis?

Gary May

100

What is the oldest college in America?

Harvard

100

Who is considered the father of computer science?

Alan Turing

100

What does the “www” stand for in a website address?

World wide web

200

Name a director, aside from me.

Abishek, Alex Lazo, Alex Long, Angie, Barno, Ben, Brandon, Cathie, Cheryl, Ghanshyam, Ishani, Joyce, Julie, Michelle, Nadia, Nick, Omid, Phillip, Rachael, Shachi, Sivania, Stephenie, Tanvi, Vivek, Yiling, Ying

200

What is UC Davis’ mascot?

Gunrock the Mustang

200

What major has the highest dropout rate?

Computer Science

200

What was the name of the first computer?

Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC)

200

Which two US States don’t observe daylight savings time?

Arizona and Hawaii

300

Where is HackDavis normally held each year?

The ARC Pavilion / The Pavilion

300

What university was Davis a branch of before it became its own university? 

UC Berkeley

300

How many CSU’s are in California?

23

300

What programming language is the following function in: fmt.out.printf()?

Golang

300

Tennis Star Serena Williams won which major tournament while pregnant with her first child?

Australian Open

400

What year did HackDavis first take place?

2015

400

How many eggheads are around UC Davis campus?

5

400

What percentage of college students drink alcohol?

80%

400

What is the difference between a class and an object in the context of programming?

An object is an instance of a class, while a class is the template from which objects are created.

400

What does BMW stand for?

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

500

What color were last year’s volunteer shirts?

Yellow

500

What year was the first Picnic Day?

1909

500

Who was the youngest person to earn a college degree?

American Michael Kearney (10 years 4 months)

500

What is the total runtime of Dijkstra’s algorithm?

O(E log V)

500

Samuel Tilden, Grover Cleveland, Al Gore, and Hillary Clinton share what distinction among U.S. presidential candidates?

They all won the popular vote but not the elections

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