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Computer Geniuses
100

Predecessor to the Macintosh this Apple computer for business offered one of the first GUI's

Lisa

100

HAL 9000

2001: A Space Odyssey
100

This famous cyclist was at the center of the largest doping scandal in cycling history

Lance Armstrong

100

Body, neck, head, bridge, frets

Guitar

100

This personal computer maverick is famously misquoted saying "640k ought to be enough for anybody" in 1981? Bonus: Name the CPU he was referring to that imposed the 640k limit

Bill Gates (Intel 8086)

200

This Microsoft product failed to capture significant market share after five years against the Apple iPod

Zune

200

SKYNET

Terminator

200

This controversy alleged Tom Brady ordered manipulation of the footballs

Deflategate

200

Lever, pin, wick, detonator

Grenade

200

This eccentric anti-virus pioneer lost his fortune in the 2008 financial collapse

John McAfee

300

After being forced out by Apple Steve Jobs started this short lived computer company

Next

300

WOPR

War Games

300

This team illegally used cameras to steal signs in the 2017 baseball season

Houston Astros

300

Pressure hull, bridge fin, ballast tanks

Submarine

300

This English mathematician is credited as being the father of the computer

Charles Babbage

400

Sony could not overcome VHS with this video tape format

Betamax

400

VIKI

iRobot

400

In 1989 this Cincinnati Reds player nicknamed "Charlie Hustle" was suspended from baseball forever

Pete Rose

400

Tensioner, Spool pin, Presser Foot, Bobbin case

Sewing Machine

400

The test that bears this person's name is used to define if an artificial intelligence is indistinguishable from a human's

Alan Turing

500

From 2010 to 2015 Microsoft attempted to compete in the smartphone market with this technology

Windows Phone

500

ARIIA

Eagle Eye

500

Eight players of the 1919 White Sox became know as this for attempting to fix the World Series

Black Sox

500

Face, hands, main spring, pendulum

Clock

500

This "human computer" is the subject of the film "Hidden Figures"

Katherine Johnson

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