who am I?
what am I?
when did they?
where did I?
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100
I put flowers in order and ask where to send them to
florist
100
black and yellow and like the garden
bee
Bonus points! Name three types
100
Pythagoras's theorem is discovered by Baudhayana in the Hindu Shulba Sutras in Upanishadic India
700 BC
100
see the Eiffel Tower?
Paris, France
Bonus points! Say a word in French
100
a term used by frustrated software engineers performing useless, small tasks to complete or solve a bigger problem. The unrelated tasks distract the engineer from the original goal.
yak shaving
200
I often mix flour, sugar, eggs together and put it in the oven to create food
baker
200
the elevated, enclosed platform on a ship from which the captain and officers direct operations.
bridge
Bonus points! explain the other type of "bridge"
200
Grammar is first studied in India
700 BC
200
see "Big Ben"
London, England
Bonus points! Say an English word they only say in the UK
200
used to make changes to a program without changing the source code. Its name is believed to stem from either the earlier term “guerrilla patch”, which referred to using sneaky methods to change code, or from the phrase “monkeying about” meaning to mess with something
monkey patching
300
someone who writes news stories or pieces for a newspaper or magazine or shares them on radio or TV
journalist
300
A component that provides stability, strength, or support
“The cathedral’s centuries-old walls were recently reinforced with strong ___.”
buttress
300
Negative numbers are accepted as numeric by the late Han-era Chinese text The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art.
210 BC
300
Grand Canyon
Flagstaff, Arizona
300
is a style of programming that results in a whole collapse when the programmer touches just one single block of code
jenga code
400
someone who works in a coffee shop and makes and serves coffee
barista
bonus points! do you drink coffee? How do you like it? Do you have a favorite spot to get it?
400
that causes a catastrophic event that destroys data, shuts down systems, or causes other significant problems
Hindebug...from Hindenburg catastrophe
400
Robert Boyle: Boyle's law of ideal gases.
1662
400
Mount Fuji
Shizuoka, Japan
Bonus points! Would you like to visit Japan? Why/why not?
1 million extra points!! Have you even seen Mount Fuji in person?
400
a "bug" that causes a catastrophic event that destroys data, shuts down systems, or causes other significant problems
Hindenbug...
Bonus points! From which catastrophic event was the "Hindenbug" named?
500
a type of job where someone works in an office and meets people, and answers the phone
receptionist
Bonus points! From which verb is "receptionist" derived?
500
I cut meat
butcher
500
Anton van Leeuwenhoek: observes microorganisms using a refined simple microscope.
1675
500
Neuschwanstein Castle
Bavaria, Germany
Bonus points! Say a German word
500
This term is used to describe code that is messy and difficult to read.
This refers to code that has been rushed in the development process, causing problems for future developers who need to untangle the messy code to proceed.
spaghetti code