Teradata Trivia
Completes the Founding Fathers' phrase "We hold these truths to be..."
self-evident
If you want to be a magician, learn this skill in which an old word for "skill" precedes "of hand"
sleight of hand
This 2-word term for the start time of a military operation
zero hour
On an extra hot day on this planet closest to the sun, temperatures can reach over 800 degrees
Mercury
The Service Analytics team uses this tool to save and send Alert Bundles from ServiceNow
BLAAST (or BLASTA)
Status in common of freelance writers, sole business proprietors & contract killers
self-employed
K8RX is a call sign in amateur radio, which is also known as this "meaty" radio
ham radio
Someone interested in animals may find themselves studying this field
Zoology
More than 4,500 ex-players have sued the NFL for not disclosing the long-term dangers of these brain injuries
concussions
This 1984 computer, like Teradata itself, gets its name from the amount of data it could manage
the DBC/1012
The Offspring sang, "I know she's playing with me, that's okay cause I got no" this
self-esteem
Coin collectors look for unusual items like the 1960 Hong Kong dollar coin with this woman still on it
Queen Elizabeth
This restaurant rating service that began in 1979
Zagat
TLC describes this show with a rhyming title as "part fashion show, part bridal story, part family therapy"
Say Yes to the Dress
The nickname of Teradata founder Mr. Shemer
Cactus Jack
Adjective for an autodidact
self-educated
If your new interest is mycology, the study of these, be careful which ones you eat
fungi (mushrooms)
Nietsche's magnum opus "Thus Spoke this name" contains the famous line "God is dead"
Zarathustra
80% of this molasses-based potent potable consumed in the U.S. is imported from Puerto Rico
Prior to joining the Teradata, this C-suite employee worked at F5, Oracle, and IBM
Steve McMillan
This adjective is a synonym for "modest"; literally, it would mean erasing one's own person
self-effacing
John Spilsbury is credited with making the first of these amusements in the 1760s, then called "dissected maps"
jigsaw puzzles
This eponymic word for Mexican rebels of the 1910s & their modern descendants
Zapatistas
Mary Poppins, as well as Northerners who went to the South after the Civil War, carried this type of satchel