Data 101
Staff Fun Facts
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Hobbies
100
This is the title of the course Data 101 at UC Berkeley.
What is Data Engineering?
100
This staff member has 2 cats but is allergic to cat hair.
Who is Li?
100
This hit Netflix sci-fi series takes place in fictional Hawkins, Indiana and stars Millie Bobby Brown.
What is Stranger Things?
100
This is the name of UC Berkeley's mascot.
Who is Oski?
100
This is the highest voice type for female singers.
What is soprano?
200
This is the default user on JupyterHub.
What is jovyan?
200
This staff member dreams of owning a really nice blender in the future, and knows a lot about Steph Curry and his family (but promises they're not a stalker).
Who is Christy?
200
This manga series (1997-present) has been turned into an anime (1999-present) and a live-action Netflix series (2023-present). It is the best-selling manga series in history.
What is One Piece?
200
The name of this famous campus landmark.
What is Sather Gate?
200
Angel's Landing is a famous hike at this national park in Utah which culminates in a treacherous climb to the top of the rock formation.
What is Zion National Park?
300
This kind of join taught in Data 101 can only be used for equijoins.
What are hash joins?
300
This staff member is from South Brunswick, NJ.
Who is Hima?
300
This actress who plays Mabel Mora in the comedy-drama Only Murders in the Building is also the singer behind pop hits like Calm Down, Lose You to Love Me, and Same Old Love.
Who is Selena Gomez?
300
This individual was the 78th United States Secretary of Treasury (appointed by President Biden) and the 15th Chair of the Federal Reserve (appointed by President Obama). They are also a professor emeritus at Berkeley Haas School of Business and the Department of Economics.
Who is Janet Yellen?
300
This ancient civilization is credited with being the first bakers.
What is Egypt?
400
The name of the database used in Project 2 (released yesterday!) is this sport.
What is baseball?
400
This staff member's favorite outdoor activity is mushroom foraging.
Who is Michelle?
400
This Emmy Award-winning animated series based on the video game League of Legends is a collaboration between Riot Games, Fortiche (a French animation studio), and Netflix.
What is Arcane?
400
Student Ethan Hu ran under this name (in reference to the squirrels on campus) for ASUC Senate in 2024.
What is Furry Boi?
400
The name of this sketching technique.
What is cross hatching?
500
This person created System R, a query optimizer.
Who is Pat(ricia) Selinger?
500
This staff member enjoys playing Super Smash Bros. and volleyball.
Who is Zack?
500
Starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, this series based on a post-apocalyptic video game was HBO's most-watched debut season in history.
What is The Last of Us?
500
Students and alumni of UC Berkeley have collectively won this many Olympic medals.
What is 207?
500
This 1922 silent vampire film was based on Bram Stoker's Dracula. After Stoker's heirs sued over the adaptation, all copies of the film were ordered to be destroyed but some copies survived and today it is regarded as a horror masterpiece.
What is Nosferatu?