Pop Culture
What is the name of the evil computer in the film "2001: A Space Odyssey"?
Hal 9000
What company does JimR currently work for in addition to his professor role?
Veterans United
What does HTML stand for?
Hypertext Markup Language
Who is considered to be the "father of artificial intelligence"?
Alan Turing
What do the letters BSOD stand for?`
Blue Screen of Death
What cult British TV series focused on three members of the IT department at the fictional Reynholm Industries?
The IT Crowd
What city is Dr. Michael Jurcyzk from?
Essen, Germany
What was the programming language Python named after?
Monty Python
What British woman is considered to have written the first computer software?
Ada Lovelace
What company invented the first GUI?
Xerox
Mendicant Bias and Offensive Bias are fictional AIs in what "holy" video game franchise that shares its name with a Beyonce song?
Halo
Who currently teaches CMP_SC 3330 Object Oriented Programming?
Ekin!
What term is used for the most basic level or core of an operating system, responsible for resource allocation, file management and security?
Kernel
What was the first computer bug?
A moth caught in a mainframe
Doug Engelbart was the inventor of what computer accessory? The first one was made from wood.
The mouse
In what early computer game did pioneers often die of dysentery? The game was later inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame.
Oregon Trail
What professor is a core maintainer of "Augur", a software suite used for tracking free and open source software contributions?
What website is known for its iconic Octocat (part cat, part octopus) logo?
GitHub
Who is considered the "father of algorithmic analysis"?
Donald Knuth
Google Buzz, Google Friend Connect, and Orkut were all Google products that were retired attempts at a social media platform. The fourth attempt was named what?
Google+
Love Thru the Computer" is a 2019 song from what American rapper?
Gucci Mane
What university did Dr. Jeffrey Uhlmann complete his doctorate?
Oxford University
What name was Java almost called? (It was copyrighted, so Java was picked instead.)
Oak
What famous computer scientist's birthday was one week ago (Jan 31st)? They are known for inventing Python.
Guido van Rossum
What does CAPTCHA stand for?
Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart