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Mr. Waite Trivia
100
Facebook's founder, who also challenged Elon Musk to a Mix Martial Arts fight

Who is Mark Zuckerberg?

100

This world changing technology was initially released to the public in 1990 to help scientists exchange research papers.

What is the internet/World Wide Web?

100

Although not exclusive to Facebook, social media platforms struggle to curb the spread of this type of information.

What is Fake News or misinformation 

100

A major challenge facing Social media companies in the future, which involves bad actors using AI technology to create false video or audio content of notable people.

What is a deepfake?

100

Mr. Waite built these over the summer in his front yard.

What are garden beds?

200

While commonplace today, this button, which allows users to effortlessly interact with posts, was one of the key factors that lead to the success of Facebook.

What is the Like button?

200

This early era of the internet was characterized by text based, non-interactive websites, and static web pages that did not let users interact with each other.

What is Web 1.0

200

After studying the impacts of its platform on teen mental health, Facebook took this action to correct the problems it created.

What is nothing?

200

Although its negative impacts on this are widely known, social media companies don't seem to be able to do anything about it.

What is mental health

200
The postsecondary school Mr. Waite attended (there are three but you only need to name one).

U of Saskatchewan, Mount Royal, or U of Calgary

300

Facebook was founded by a group of students in a dorm room of this prestigious American university.

What is Harvard?

300

This Social Media website was the first of its kind to truly be adopted by the mainstream. After being purchased by Justin Timberlake, it changed from a social media website to a website for sharing music.

What is MySpace?

300

The government of this country is known to use Facebook advertising to spread misinformation and sow discord and division is society

What is Russia?

300

The massive warehouses that store all of the photos, posts, and, user data that power social media sites. Also a substantial energy users that pose challenges to fighting climate change.

What are data centers?

300

Mr. Waite competed in this category of bike racing this summer

What is Gravel racing?

400

Facebook is often associated with this era of the internet, which is characterized by user generated content and online interaction

What is Web 2.0?

400

This website became the first social media website to reach 1 million users.

What is Friendster

400

Its was for this reason that the general public learned about a variety of troubling aspects of Facebook, including the fact that Facebook did nothing to stop political violence spread on its platform in other countries, or stop the spread misinformation on the COVID pandemic

What is a document leak/whistleblower?

400

When moderating content online, social media companies have to find the right balance between allowing fake news to circulate and this.

What is free speech/free expression?

400

Mr. Waite competed on the glass squash court at this squash tournament in spring of 2024

What is Canadian Nationals?

500

Before adopting the name Facebook, Facebook's founders called the website by this name.

What is FaceMash?

500

Widely considered the first true social media site, this webpage was seen as ahead of its time and pioneered many aspects of social media, including friend lists, direct messages, and posts, but failed to gain a large user base and eventually folded.

What is SixDegrees?

500

This scandal involved a private consulting firm illegally collecting the user date of 87 million Facebook users and using their data to target political ads in the 2016 US election 

What is the Cambridge Analytica Scandal?

500

The proposed name for the Era of the internet that revolves around the use of cryptography and blockchain technology to promote user anonymity and and decentralization 

What is Web 3.0?

500

The breed of Mr. Waite's dog

What is a keeshond?

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