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100

This foundational concept in object-oriented programming allows objects to inherit properties from other objects.

What is inheritance?

100

This city is the capital of NC

What is Raleigh?

100

This UNC alumnus is widely regarded as the greatest basketball player of all time.

Who is Michael Jordan?

100

This actor played Captain Jack Sparrow in Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean series.

Who is Johnny Depp?
100

This iconic clock tower is located in London, England.

What is Big Ben?

200

This term describes a network of interconnected devices.

What is the Internet of Things?

200

This mountain range runs through western North Carolina and includes the Great Smoky Mountains.

What are the Appalachian Mountains?

200

The year UNC was founded

What happened in 1789?

200

This actor slapped comedian Chris Rock during the 2022 Oscars, causing global headlines.

Who is Will Smith?

200

This country has the third-largest population in the world.

What is the USA?

300

A category of algorithms that optimizes locally at each step in search of the best solution overall.

What is a greedy algorithm?

300

This city is nicknamed "The Southern Part of Heaven."

What is Chapel Hill?

300

The first building constructed on UNC’s campus.

What is Old East?

300

This movie, starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, is a modern-day musical that won multiple Oscars in 2016.

What is La La Land?

300

This mountain range is home to Mount Everest, the tallest peak in the world.

What are the Himalayas?

400

Name for half of a byte

What is a nybble?

400

The tallest NC mountain east of the Mississippi

What is Mount Mitchell?

400

UNC Chapel Hill’s women’s soccer team has won this many NCAA championships

What is 23?

400

This character says “To infinity and beyond!”

Who is Buzz Lightyear?

400

This landlocked country is completely surrounded by South Africa.

What is Lesotho?

500

This person decided to change the IBM 360 series from 6 bytes to 8 bytes

Who is Fred Brooks?

500

The state flower of NC

What is the Flowering Dogwood?

500

This former U.S. president briefly attended UNC during his military training in World War II.

Who is George H.W. Bush? (or Gerald Ford)

500

This singer holds the record for the most Grammy Awards won by any artist, with a total of 32 awards.

Who is Beyoncé?

500

This European river passes through the most countries, a total of 10.

What is the Danube River?

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