Science Fiction
Video Games
Sci-Geography
San Bruno & Zurich
Abbrev & Acronyms
100

This Spiderman physicist foe appeared in The Amazing Spiderman #3 in 1963 and is typified by his 4 appendages in addition to his arms and legs.

Who is Dr. Octopus?

100

If you don’t have an iron nugget, you’ll be unable to upgrade some of your flimsy tools in this game.

What is Animal Crossing?

100

This renowned science and technology laboratory famous for the design/build of the atomic bomb is located in this Southwest city and was conceived in 1943.

What is Los Alamos, New Mexico?

100

This building houses the YouTube Claw Machine

What is 1000?

100

This acronym stands for the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network, the technical foundation of the internet.

What is ARPANET?

200

“You will be assimilated” is the infamous tagline of which alien collective in the Star Trek franchise.

The Borg

200

Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde will chase you around this maze as you chomp your way through to the exit.

What is PacMan?

200

Arecibo Observatory is located in what Caribbean commonwealth of the U.S. and will be dismantled soon due to extensive damage.

What is Puerto Rico?

200

San Bruno was named after this explorer.

Who was Captain Bruno Heceta?

200

The Large Hadron Collider particle accelerator is located at this Swiss science and technology organization established in 1954.

What is CERN?

300

This famous radio broadcast in 1938 was performed by Orson Welles and caused mass hysteria as well as making pop culture history

What is War of the Worlds?

300

Which was the first Call of Duty Game to feature Zombies Mode?

What is World at War?

300

An asteroid hit this part of Siberian Russia at 33,500 miles/hr in 1908, flattening an estimated 80 million trees.

 What is Tunguska?

300

This cafe is located on the lobby level of 900 Cherry and serves perhaps too many salads.

What is Craft?

300

Exploring the possibilities of life in the universe is the mission of this non-profit institute founded in Mountain View in 1984.

What is SETI?

400

In this science fiction novel, the Voight-Kampff test was inspired by the Turing test.

What is "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"

400

Ghostwire: Tokyo, launching in 2021 is an exclusive new game for this game console.

What is the PS5?

400

The Hubble Telescope was the first to be launched in this geo-location in April 1990 and one of its many important discoveries was that of dark energy.

What is space?

400

During the Roman conquest of the region, Zurich was named this by the Romans.

What is Turicum?

400

This acronym stands for The American Standard Code for Information Interchange and can make really cute bunnies and more.

What is ASCII?

500

Denis Villeneuve is the director for this re-imagined epic space opera to be released in 2021.

What is Dune?

500

Released in 1972, this Atari video game became hugely popular and helped launch the video game industry.

What is Pong?

500

This country has had the most Nobel laureates to date.

What is the United States?

500

The City of Zurich is divided into this many districts

What is 12?

500

This abbreviation stands for the boundary between the Cretaceous and Tertiary period and is indicative of high levels of iridium. 

What is K-T? Or What is the K-T Boundary

600

This yearly July convention in San Diego, owes its roots to comic books, science fiction/fantasy and popular culture.

What is Comic-Con (or San Diego Comic-Con?)

600

This plumber videogame character created Shigeru Miyamoto first appeared in Donkey Kong (1981) and was originally known as Jumpman.

Who is Mario? (or Super Mario?)

600

Tesla is headquartered in this Santa Clara County city.

What is Palo Alto?

600

Not only does it rhyme with wine, it is also the longest river in Switzerland

What is the Rhine River?

600

This Cambridge, MA uni not only claims 95 Nobel laureates, but awards a Pirate Certificate to its PE students who complete fencing, archery, sailing and rifle/pistol courses.

What is M.I.T.?

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