Cyber Crimes and Lies
Cheese Please!
World Religions
Rock Genres
Fun with Biases
100

This cyberattack, one of the most common ones out there, involves an outside source pretending to be another company or person over emails or another avenue in order to trick the person into giving out their personal information

phishing

100

This cheese is the most popular cheese in the US due to its presence on pizza

Mozzarella

100

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are all classified as this due to their origins with the same biblical figure Abraham

Abrahamic religions

100

This type of rock developed during the late 1960s-early 1970s and is characterized by loud and distorted sounds and vigorous vocals. Notable bands include Metallica, Led Zeppelin, and Black Sabbath.

Heavy metal

100

This bias involves favoring information that confirms one's own beliefs while ignoring those that don't

Confirmation bias

200

Individuals who own certain electronics can do this method that allows access to the kernel and thus perform illegal acts such as piracy.  

Jailbreaking

200

The holes in Swiss cheese are caused by bubbles of this gas released by bacteria during aging

Carbon dioxide

200

The majority religion in Japan is this

Shintoism

200

This type of rock is part of the alternative rock genre and is characterized by distorted guitars; the use of bass guitars, drums, and vocals; and angst-filled vocals. Notable bands include Nirvana and Pearl Jam. 

Grunge

200

In WWII, mathematician Abraham Wald told the military to armor the parts of returning bombers that had no bullet holes, spotting this bias: the planes that were hit there never made it back.

Survivorship bias

300

This protection method uses fake targets to lure cyber criminals away from the real one, potentially catching them in the act

Honeypots

300

The origin of the name Gouda comes from a city in this European country

The Netherlands

300

This monk famously began the Protestant Reformation after posting his Ninety-five theses on a church in the town of Wittenberg

Martin Luther

300

This type of rock is characterized by long compositions, poetic and thematic lyrics, and high-level technical proficiency in both old instruments and new musical technologies. Notable bands include Pink Floyd and Yes. 

Progressive rock

300

This bias involves the tendency for people with low ability at a task to drastically overestimate it, with experts doing the opposite. 

Dunning-Kruger Effect

400

in 2013, the FBI arrested this individual who was behind the Silk Road, the largest drug trafficking website on the internet. He was pardoned in 2025

Ross Ulbricht

400

Ricotta’s name means “recooked” in Italian, and it’s made from this liquid byproduct of other cheeses

Whey

400

The Tao Te Ching is traditionally attributed to this ancient Chinese sage

Laozi (Lao Tzu)

400

This type of rock is characterized by a general deviation from the mainstream in terms of composition and can feature a wide variety of genres within it. Notable bands include Arctic Monkeys and Sonic Youth

Indie rock

400

This bias (or rather heuristic) involves the tendency to believe in an idea more if it is presented in an appealing way, no matter if it is logical or not.  

Fluency heuristic 

500

This worm was the first computer worm in existence, released in 1988 by Robert Tappan Morris in the MIT servers

Morris worm

500

Sardinia, Italy's casu marzu is (unfortunately) aged with live larvae of this insect. It is banned in the US.

Flies (specifically cheese flies)

500

This religion originates in ancient Persia, is one of the oldest monotheistic religions, and focuses on the teachings of the prophet Zarathustra 

Zoroastrianism

500

This type of rock is characterized by strange rhythmic choices, including odd time signatures, polyrhythms, and unusual starting and stopping spots. Notable bands include Rush and King Crimson. 

Math rock

500

This bias involves the tendency to avoid acknowledging a bad situation in order to avoid the mental burden that comes with it (hint: this bias is named after an animal).

Ostrich effect

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