GR Famous
Brain Rot 101
Women in Tech
Say what now?
Hello World
100
Known for her work on the X-Files and more recently as Margaret Thatcher on The Crown, this Chicago native spent her formative years living in Grand Rapids with her parents.
Gillian Anderson
100
Which generation is most likely to have Brain Rot? (rough ranges, obviously up for debate)
A. Gen X, 1965 - 1981
B. Millenials, 1982 - 1994
C. Gen Z, 1995-2009
D. Gen Alpha, 2010 - 2024
A. Gen X, 1965 - 1981
B. Millenials, 1982 - 1994
C. Gen Z, 1995-2009
D. Gen Alpha, 2010 - 2024
100
This movie tells the story of three African-American women mathematicians —Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson— whose brilliance helped NASA launch astronaut John Glenn into orbit.
Hidden Figures (2016)
Set amidst the backdrop of racial segregation and gender discrimination in the 1960s, the film celebrates their remarkable contributions while showing their struggle for recognition and equality.
100
In a naval battle, if you hoist your flag high after hiding it, you are said to ____________
Show your true colors
100
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Hello, World!</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>Hello, World!</p>
</body>
</html>
HTML, 1990
Developed by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN.
200
This Twilight star is originally from GR.
Taylor Lautner (far right)
200
When your kid says "that's so sigma", what do they mean?
That's so cool / That's so good
In reference to someone who's a Sigma Male, above even Alpha Males in the social hierarchy.
200
Who is often regarded as the world's first computer programmer?
Ada Lovelace is considered the first computer programmer for her work with Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine in the 19th century.
She translated and annotated an article on the engine, adding her own insights and describing an algorithm to compute Bernoulli numbers. Lovelace's visionary understanding of computing, beyond numerical calculations, set the stage for modern computer programming.
200
Dating back to the 19th century, the phrase refers to horse jockeys loosening their grip on the reins when their horse had a strong lead in a race.
Hands Down
200
BASIC
Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (BASIC) was invented in 1964 by Dartmouth professors John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz.
Originally designed for basic mathematical work - the character string functionality was not added until 1965.
300
This 3-time Golden Gloves winner grew up in Grand Rapids and attended Ottawa Hills High School.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
300
Rizz is short for which of the following:
1. Tourism
2. Prison
3. Grisly
4. Charisma
Charisma = rizz
Examples:
A. That guy has negative rizz. = "That guy is not charismatic."
B. I rizzed her but she already has a girlfriend. = "I tried to flirt with her but she already has a girlfriend."
300
Name that programmer:
Margaret Hamilton
“Here, Margaret is shown standing beside listings of the software developed by her and the team she was in charge of, the LM [lunar module] and CM [command module] on-board flight software team.”
Hamilton, now an independent computer scientist at age 88, described for MIT News in 2009 her contributions to the Apollo software — which has now been added in its entirety to the code-sharing site GitHub.
300
This idiom means to take credit for someone's work or to prematurely reveal someone else's news.
It comes from the dramatist John Dennis early in the 18th century, after he had conceived a novel idea for a sound effect for his unsuccessful 1709 play Appius and Virginia -- and later found it used at a performance of Macbeth.
To steal one's thunder
There is an account of the incident in The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland by Robert Shiels and Theophilus Cibber:[3][4]
Mr Dennis happened once to go to the play, when a tragedy was acted, in which the machinery of thunder was introduced, a new artificial method of producing which he had formerly communicated to the managers. Incensed by this circumstance, he cried out in a transport of resentment, "That is my thunder, by God; the villains will play my thunder, but not my plays."
300
public class Program
{
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
System.Console.WriteLine("Hello, World!");
}
}
C#
Created in 2000 by Anders Hejlsberg, Scott Wiltamuth, and Peter Golde from Microsoft.
400
This guy is a YouTube star from Grand Rapids, originally known for comedic Zoom adventures. He is instantly recognizable for his unique figure.
Frankie LaPenna
400
What is a fanum tax?
Stealing or demanding someone share their food.
"You have gummy bears? Pay the fanum tax."
400
Which woman, who also happened to be an actress, invented signal hopping, which was a precursor to wi-fi, GPS, and bluetooth?
Hedy Lamarr
400
This phrase originally spoke of an antidote to poison, but nowadays means to not take something as seriously as it's presented.
"Take it with a grain of salt."
The phrase is thought to come from Pliny the Elder's Naturalis Historia, regarding the discovery of a recipe written by the Pontic king Mithridates to make someone immune to poison.[2] One of the ingredients in the recipe was a grain of salt. Threats involving poison were thus to be taken "with a grain of salt", and therefore less seriously.
400
print("Hello, World!")
Python, 1991
Guido Van Rossum named his creation after the BBC comedy tv series 'Monty Python's Flying Circus'.
500
Before he became the front man for the band Tool, this person lived in East Hills and performed at a music shop / coffee shop called 'Music Expresso' on the corner of Fulton and Jefferson.
Maynard James Keenan
500
What is the term 'mewing' used for?
A pseudoscientific method to restructure someone's jawline by pressing their tongue to the roof of their mouth.
Originally coined by controversial British dentist John Mew.
500
Who invented the first compiler?
1. Grace Hopper
2. Anita Borg
3. Marsha Rhea Williams
4. Adele Goldstein
1. Grace Hopper is an American computer scientist and US Navy rear admiral known for inventing the compiler in addition to her other contributions to computer science.
2. Anita Borg was an American computer scientist who founded the Institute for Women and Technology, and the annual Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing.
3. Marsha Rhea Williams is a professor and researcher and is known for being the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in computer science.
4. Adele Goldstine was an American mathematician and computer programmer who wrote the manual for ENIAC, which was the first electronic digital computer.
500
This seemingly nonsensical British phrase now means "et voila" or "and there you have it", but was supposedly associated with nepotism.
Bob's your uncle!
The origins are uncertain, but a common hypothesis is that the expression arose after Conservative Prime Minister Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury ("Bob") appointed his nephew Arthur Balfour as Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1887, an act of nepotism, which was apparently both surprising and unpopular. Whatever other qualifications Balfour might have had, "Bob's your uncle" was seen as the conclusive one.
500
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. IDSAMPLE.
ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
DISPLAY 'HELLO WORLD'.
STOP RUN.
COBOL, 1959
The result of US Department of Defense work in the 1950s. Partly based on the programming language FLOW-MATIC, designed by Grace Hopper.