The Riddler
Cybersecure
Code or Science Fiction
Coding in the Commonwealth
Tech Grab Bag
100

The more you code, the more of me there is. I may be gone for now but you can’t get rid of me forever. What am I?

A bug

100

True or false, white hat hackers are also known as ethical hackers.

True

100

ColdFusion

Code! (Adobe)

100

Facebook was invented here.

Harvard

100

What company codes phones (that sometimes explode), washer machines, and fridges!

Samsung

200

I’m a language for everything yet I have no real identity of my own. Good luck trying to compile me. What am I?

Pseudocode

200

This hacking technique is uses emails to gather credentials and personal information from users.

What is Phishing

200

SkyNet

Science Fiction (Terminator)

200

This School is at the forefront of all robotics, coding, and overall tech.

MIT

200

This American city's public transportation system runs ENTIRELY off of pullies and cables

What is San Francisco

300

As a developer, you usually get mad at me because I complain a lot, although I’m usually right. What am I?

A compiler

300

An email from your boss asks for the name, addresses, and credit card information of the company’s top clients. The email says it’s urgent and to please reply right away! You should reply right away! True or false.

FALSE! (no trust here, all verify)

300

Simulink

Code! (#42 on the TIOBE index)

300

This company is designing robots for the US Military.

Boston Dynamics

300

This company wants to use drones to deliver packages

What is Amazon

400

I’m your “waiter” for information. What I am?

A server

400

Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability make up this Cybersecurity model.

What is the CIA Triad

400

Kashyyyk

Science Fiction (Wookie planet in Star Wars)

400

What MASSIVE tech/coding internet company has their east coast headquarters in Cambridge, MA.

Google

400

This well known tech CEO is one of the foremost names in clean energy and transportation. He also frequents Twitter.

Who is Elon Musk

500

I have a pulse but no heart, a brain but can’t think and while I can sleep, I usually don’t stay asleep for long. What am I?

A CPU

500

This kind of attack requires a carrier file in order to self replicate.

What is a virus

500

Befunge

CODE! (Goal to be as difficult to compile as possible)

500

A major scientific facility and birthplace of the World Wide Web.

What is CERN

500

This distributed ledger technology groups transactions together into an irreversible timeline of data.

What is Blockchain

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