Desautels
Montreal & QC
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200
How many master’s programs does Desautels have?
MMA, MMF, MBA, and MMR
200
Which place was Montreal’s name based on?
The name “Montreal” derives from “Mount Royal”
200
What was the name of the application that Mark Zuckerberg before Facebook?
FaceMash
200
What is Professor Juan’s office code?
BRONF 534
200
Where was the party that Spliney went to?
R-lounge in R Town
200
What is the name of the “Festival of Colors”?
Holi.
400
In what year was the MMA program founded?
January 2018
400
Which current F1 driver is from Montreal?
Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
400
In what language is Python written in?
C Programming Language.
400
What sports does Shoeb play?
Hockey and tennis.
400
Which landmark AI system, developed by IBM defeated Garry Kasparov in a famous chess match in 1997?
Deep Blue
400
What is the tip of the shoelace called?
Aglet
600
Who is Desautels named after?
Dr. Marcel Desautels CM
600
What was Habitat 67 named after?
Expo 67 / Biosphere
600
What’s the name of the technology feature that identifies errors in your code, code-completion based on context, tooltips, and parameter hints?
IntelliSense
600
What’s Professor Animesh’s name on his birth certificate?
Singh
600
This great statistician developed the fast Fourier Transform algorithm. What’s his full name?
John Tukey (1915 – 2000
600
The hot and spicy curry style known as Vindaloo is based on a dish from which country?
Portugal
800
This alumnus is featured on the MMA success stories page and is here today. Guess who this person is.
Steven Liang (MMA ’21)
800
What’s the name of the bridge that collapsed twice in 1907? It is also believed to be the origin of the iron ring for Canadian engineers.
The Quebec Bridge
800
What is the name of the official repository for R packages?
CRAN
800
What’s niche about Professor Elizabeth’s pens?
In the shape of flowers
800
What is the name of the Google-owned company that develops self-driving cars and is a pioneer in autonomous vehicle technology?
Waymo
800
Who drew The Vitruvian Man?
Leonardo da Vinci
1000
How many discussion rooms (that you can book) does Armstrong have?
23
1000
Which Montreal-born singer is known as the "Queen of Pop" and has sold millions of albums worldwide?
Céline Dion (originally from Charlemagne, QC)
1000
What TV show inspired the name of the Python programming language?
Monty Python’s Flying Circus
1000
What’s Professor Mehmet’s favorite soccer team?
Galatasaray S.K.
1000
Who is the Father of World Wide Web?
Tim Berners-Lee
1000
Which is the largest ice hockey stadium in the world and it’s capacity in thousands?
Bell Centre (21000)