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100

Founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Microsoft introduced its Windows operating system in what year?

What is 1985?

100

This is the name of the annual international film festival held in France.

What is the Cannes Film Festival?

100

This invention by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 revolutionized communication.

What is the telephone?

100

Name all three regional TMT COI leaders (East, West, and Central).

Who is Amanda del Bove (East), Debbie Rapoport (West), Emily London (Central)?

100

This country won the most medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics with a total of 126 - 40 of which were gold!

What is the United States?

200

Known for its powerful graphics processing units, this company plays a significant role in the gaming industry and artificial intelligence.

What is Nvidia?

200

What is the name of the international music ranking chart that has been tracking the popularity of singles and albums since 1958?

What is the Billboard Hot 100?

200

This messaging app, acquired by Facebook in 2014, uses the internet to send messages.

What is WhatsApp?

200

This TMT'er is getting married next year in PA at State College, where she and her fiancé met.

Who is Audrey Shomper?

200

This network has had broadcasting rights to the summer Olympics since 1988.

What is NBC?

300

A faulty software update issued by this security company caused massive outages this July, disrupting airports, banks, healthcare providers, and more.

What is CrowdStrike?

300

This newspaper, founded in 1851, has won more Pulitzer Prizes than any other newspaper.

What is The New York Times

300

This is the term for the maximum rate of data transfer across a given path or the speed at which data is transmitted between devices. (Hint - consultants use this term too)

What is bandwidth?

300

Which new NYC based TMT'er used to be a freelance Makeup Artist in high school and college?

Who is Sophia Khan?

300

This celebrity recently began sponsoring the US women's water polo team.

Who is Flavor Flav?

400

This technology allows for secure, transparent, and tamper-proof ledgers, and is the backbone of many cyrptocurrencies.

What is blockchain?

400

This show has the record for the most Emmy nominations for a comedy series.

What is The Bear?

400

The first ever cellphone was created by this company.

What is Motorola?

400

Which New York Native used her time during the pandemic to locate the best bagel in NY? They tried over 50+ places.

Who is Dana Horowitz?

400

This sport debuted at the Olympics this year.

What is breaking / break dancing?

500

This company’s database management systems are widely used in corporate environments for data warehousing and online transaction processing.

What is Oracle?

500

This media mogul created the first major international news network, CNN, in 1980.

Who is Ted Turner?

500

This company introduced the first smartphone, named Simon, in 1994.

What is IBM?

500

Which west coast TMT'er is a professional ballroom dancer specializing in American Smooth?

Who is Brodie Kaster?

500

This swimmer holds the women's world record for 1500m freestyle.

Who is Katie Ledecky?

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