General Tech Qs
THINK was this company's motto for more than 40 years, for the company often referred to as "Big Blue"
IBM
Brother-in-laws Burt and Irv started this now-famous chain with a flavor for every day of the month (sometimes)
Baskin-Robbins
This organization is CTG's "Q1 Cause"
the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS)
This machine can now be found in households across the world thanks to companies like Makerbot and Carbon
3D printer
The number of U.S. state capitals that lie west of Los Angeles
6 (25-point bonus per capital named in the next 10 seconds)
This was the first personal computer to be offered with a graphical user interface
Apple Lisa
A word for someone that speaks two languages
Biglot
The number of CTG team members that announced additions to their families in the Winter newsletters (Dec-Feb)
(Congrats to all!)
2
In 1917, Glenn Curtiss unveiled the first attempt at this vehicle
A flying car
Electric, Dooley, and Copperopolis are three communities in Montana that share this haunted condition
Ghost towns
In this early computer game, pioneers often die of dysentery and was later inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame
The Oregon Trail
The Cartwright family knows: an event that causes a sudden increase in wealth
Bonanza
"Who ya gonna call?" As an employee benefit, this resource is available for any employee and family member support through life's ups and downs
(general program or specific provider)
EAP or UNUM
*Please consult CTG's resource guide for specific assistance information.
In 2020, he predicted that AI would "overtake" the human race by 2025
Elon Musk
Towering Sugarloaf Mountain and its neighbor, Morro da Urca, loom over this city, home to nearly 7 million people
Rio de Janeiro
This tech tool also shares its name with the Greek word meaning "captain"
Kubernetes
This word, meaning the study of a body of water's depth and floor
Bathymetry
Have general thoughts and feelings CTG related? What email can be used to provide your ideas, thoughts, or concerns?
feedback@capitaltg.com
This company owns the world's fastest supercomputer, dubbed "Frontier", as of November 2022
Hewlett Packard (100-point bonus: which OS does it run on?)
The Principality of Monaco is bordered to the north, east, and west, by this other country
France
QR codes were invented back in 1994 as a way to track components for this type of machine during the assembly process
automobiles/cars. Bonus: What car company was the first to use QR codes? (correct answer = Bonus 500 points)
Come on, you federal government contractors! It's the longest (non-scientific) word in the English language
Bureaucratization
Throwing it back to last year, CTG's Q4 Cause was The Yellow Ribbon Fund with an additional fundraising golf tournament. This CTG partner hosted this event
540
Announced as a Facebook/Meta initiative by Mark Zuckerberg in 2021, the concept of the "Metaverse" was actually coined in this year by sci-fi author Neal Stephenson
1992
Russia shares a 231-mile-long border with this “A” nation, whose capital is Baku
Azerbaijan