Coding Jeopardy!

Coding Vocab

100

What is an algorithm?

A list of steps that you can use to follow a task

200

What is a program?

An algorithm (or collection of algorithms) that has been coded into something that can be run by a machine

300

What is looping?

The act of doing something over and over again

400

What are conditionals?

Programs or "rewards" that only run when certain parameters are met.

500

Why is debugging necessary? What causes bugs?

Many things. Misplaced commands, not knowing what the code does, missing semicolon, and just simple mistakes.

Coding IRL

100

Name the videogame company that didn't put any work into debugging its games, creating face-melting, awful, bug filled titles such as Assassin's Creed Unity

Ubisoft

200

Hackers are suspected of possibly tampering with what MAJOR US event?

What is the presidential election!

300

Name a household item (NOT A COMPUTER OR PHONE) that employs coding and programming to function

Varies

400

What gameshow did a coded robot intelligence completely DESTROY the human champion in?

Jeopardy!  (IBM's Watson)

500

With how mainstream coding and programming has become, pop culture is beginning to feature it in several tv shows and movies. Name one example of a show or movie that works in coding and/or programming

Varies

Type of code, or science fiction?

100

Java

REAL CODE!

200

KASSHYK

SCIENCE FICTION

300

C++

Code!

400

NeuroNet

Science Fiction

500

Rust

CODE! Used by Adobe

Coding In The Commonwealth

100

Facebook was invented here

Harvard

200

This School is at the top of colleges for engineering programs.

MSOE

300

This company is designing robots for the US Military. They also made a cool robot dog.

Boston Dynamics

400

This tech company that works in the senior living industry that is right next to MSOE.

Direct Supply

500

What MASSIVE tech/coding internet company has their east coast headquarters in Cambridge??

GOOGLE

TECHNOLOGY GRAB BAG!

100

What company codes phones (that sometime explode), washer machines, and now FRIDGES!

Samsung

200

This American city is known as the tech capital of the United States. Home of Google, Cisco, and other tech companies.

What is San Francisco (cable cars)

300

This technology allows for computer aided designs to be built to their exact specifications, in real time.

What is a 3D Printer. There is one in the room. If you didn't get this, man. thats embarassing.

400

This company wants to use drones to deliver packages

Amazon

500

This well known tech genius is one of the foremost names in clean energy and transportation. He also named his kid X Æ A-Xii.

Elon Musk