APL
Winter
Software/Computing
Holiday
Things Paul is interested in.
100

APL was established ____ years ago.

A) 72

B) 81

C) 86

D) 93


B) 81

100

This Disney Kingdom was covered in snow by Queen Elsa.

A) Agrabah

B) Avalor

C) Arendelle

D) Atlantica 

C) Arendelle 

100

The standard loopback network interface, also known as the hostname "localhost" is.

A)192.168.1.1

B)127.0.0.1

C) 255.255.255.0

D) 0.0.0.0


B)127.0.0.1

100

This Holiday is not my daughters favorite.

A) Halloween

B) Her Birthday

C) Christmas

D) Labor Day.

D) Labor Day

100

This is Paul's Favorite Christmas Movie

1) The Grinch

2) Home Alone

3) Die Hard

4) Elf


4) Elf

200

This is not a category of leave within e-time

A) Other - (Approved)

B) Jury Duty

C) Special - (Bereavement)

D) Administrative

A) Other - (Approved)

200

What is the name of the Stark’s ancestral home in Game of Thrones

A)WinterKeep

B)WinterFell

C)Winter's Deep

D)Hogwarts


B) WinterFell

200

Acording to the PYPL index (created by analyzing how often language tutorials are searched on Google. )

What is the most popular programming language as of December 2023.

1)Python 

2) Java

3) JavaScript 

4) C/C++

1Python

2Java 

3JavaScript 

4C#           Swapped places with C# from last year

200

The Heat Miser and Snow Miser are from this Holiday special.

A)Santa Claus is Comin' to Town

B) Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

C) Elf

D) The Year Without a Santa Claus

D) The Year Without a Santa Claus

200

According to BoardGameGeek.com as of 12/19/23 .This game is rated #1 overall.

1) Gloomhaven

2) Monopoly

3) Settlers of Catan

4) Brass: Birmingham

4) Brass: Birmingham 

300

According to the explore APL on December 12/19/2023. How many people are in QKT (includes interns)?

1) 50

2) 53

3 )58

4) 61

4) 61
300

The term "winter" comes from a germanic word meaning

A) "time of water"

B) "feeling of cold"

C) "slickness of ice"

D) "Santa "


https://www.britannica.com/science/winter 

A) "time of water"

300

The Agile Manifesto was written in:

A) 2001

B) 2003

C) 2007

D)Blood

A) 2001

300

In the movie "Elf", what is not one of the elves main food groups.

A) Candy

B) Candy Corn

C) Syrup

D) Fudge

D) Fudge

300

According to Rotten Tomatoes, this Lord of the rings Movie has the highest combined Audience and critic score.

A) The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 

B) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 

C) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 

D) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 


C) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 

400

As of 12/19/2023, this is NOT a public existing APL Slack Channel

1) apl-innovates

2) cop-sw-dev-looking-for-work

3) fun-bring-back-the-food-trucks

4) fun-save-the-geese

4) fun-save-the-geese

400

What is the lowest temperature recorded in the US (Degrees F) ?

A) -30

B) -58

C)-80

D)-92

400

CIDR, a method for allocating IP addresses and for IP routing stand for

A) Classic Internet Domain Routing

B) Classless Inter-Domain Routing

C) Calibrated Identity Description Reference

D) Complete Implementation of Doom Reloaded

B) Classless Inter-Domain Routing

400

In calendar year 2024 (Jan 1 2024 - Dec 31 2024), how many days of APL holidays will be observed.

A) 9

B)9.5

C)10

D)11

C) 10


400

This is Paul's Favorite Star Trek Captain

A) Captain Kirk

B) Captain Picard

C) Captain Sisko

D) Captain Janeway

B) Captain Picard

500

This building number is not an actual APL 'building' as seen from the campus map on 12/19/23.


A) 21

B) 11

C) 60

D) 31

B) 11
500

In the 12 days of Christmas Song, what gift was given on day 8.

A) Lords a Leaping

B) Ladies Dancing

C) Maids a Milking

D) Golden Rings

C) Maids a Milking

500

Which Pairing is Correct:

A) HTML: Hyperspace Type Markup Language

B) EEPROM : Electronically Editable Programmable Read-Only Memory 

C) GPL: General Purpose License

D) FIPS: Federal Information Processing Standards


D) FIPS: Federal Information Processing Standards

500

This "Holiday" is celebrated on December 10th. 

A) Dewey Decimal System Day

B) Pi Day

C) Star Wars Day

D) Fibonacci Day

A) Dewey Decimal System Day

500

Paul has been ranked as a top 5 player in North America, and played with professionals in this combination of video games.

A) Hearthstone: Mercenaries, Heroes of the Storm

B) Dark Souls, Dark Souls 3

C) Minesweeper, Solitare 

D) Warcraft 3, Starcraft 2

A) Hearthstone: Mercenaries, Heroes of the Storm

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