Minnesota Affiliated Inventions
Frank Oppenheimer participated in the project led by his brother to create this weapon.
What is the atomic bomb?
IN 1912, this "unsinkable" ship collided with an iceberg.
What is the titanic?
One of the first computer scientists, known for cracking codes in WWII.
Who was Alan Turing
This language, commonly used in scientific spaces, is actually named after a British comedy troupe, not a snake.
what is Python
The first of this type of integrated circuit is commonly cited as the 1971 release of the Intel 4004, however it was likely preceded by a US military project for the F-14.
What is a (micro)processor?
Alexander P Anderson invented this rice product, leading to a new breakfast cereal.
What is Puffed Rice? (rice krispies is an acceptable answer but not technically correct)
A 1989 student protests in China, recognized for photos of tanks rolling into Beijing.
What are the Tiananmen Square Protests?
An astrophysicist, well known as the first woman in space.
Who was Sally Ride
Part of a software suite for statistical analysis, was named to come alphabetically after its predecessor.
What is R?
In 1981, the NEC 7220 was released as the first single-chip implementation of this type of unit designed to speed up displays.
What is a Graphics Processing Unit?
Seymour Cray designed the firs series of these machines that connect many computing cores for high performance.
What is the Supercomputer?
In 2019, this French Cathedral caught fire.
What is Notre-Dame (de Paris)
A radical in the field of Economics, known for the school of thought connected to The New Deal
Who is John Maynard Keynes
This language, recognized for it's installer's claim that it runs on 3 Billion Devices, is named after a type of coffee.
What is Java?
In 1945 the first general purpose computer, ENIAC, was built to do the math for this task.
What is artillery shelling?
Earl Bakken, who went on to found Medtronic, developed the first version of this cardiac device that could be worn outside of a hospital
What is a pacemaker?
In 1947, he debuted for the Dodgers, as the first person of color in the MLB
Who is Jackie Robinson?
A Black American agricultural scientist in the early 20th century, often mistakenly believed to have invented peanut butter.
Who was George Washington Carver?
A low level language, named as such because you are supposed to let a completed project age away without fixing it.
What is Rust?
In 1997, Samsung debuted this type of memory that speeds up memory access by transferring data on both edges of a clock signal.
What is DDR?
Walter Brattain and John Bardeen (along with William Shockley) received the Nobel prize for developing this electronic device that is at the core of most computers.
What is the transistor?
In 1994, the Marrakesh Agreement was adopted by 123 nations, establishing this organization that facilitates international commerce.
What is the World Trade Organization?
The physician who fought for public health in New York City, also known for tracking down "Typhoid Mary".
Who was Sarah Josephine Baker?
This language, which takes the first name of a Dr. Curry, is known for being highly opinionated on "functional purity".
What is Haskell?
The author of several letters to Charles Babbage, which contain the first description of a computer algorithm published in 1843.
Who was Ada Lovelace?