Computer Potpourri
Technology Origins
Security
About Mr. Nelson
Fun Science Facts
100
The average person spends _ hours per day on some form of digital media (not including television). (Points for being within 1 hour, double for exact).
6
100
Amazon began as a company selling books, True or false: it now sells more e-books than hardcopy books.
True
100
Every month, about 5,000 new of these are released onto digital platforms across the world.
Viruses
100
Mr. Nelson didn't always want to be a teacher, he initially started out learning this science related field at the University of Washington.
Engineering
100
True or False: Identical twins have the same fingerprints.
False
200
This computer term that keeps track of your internet whereabouts can trace its origins back to the story of Hansel and Gretel.
Cookie
200
This project began in 1982 and still exists today, it’s original name was Interface Manager
Microsoft Windows
200
Cybercrime is expected to cost businesses around $10.5 ______ in 2025.
Trillion
200
Located in western washington and typically abbreviated KW, what high school did Mr. Nelson attend?
Kentwood (Covington, WA)
200
The biggest in the world of this creature has a wingspan of 31cm.
Butterfly
300
There was a famous programming language called “B” that was the predecessor to the now famous programming language “C”.
True
300
This was developed to slow down people’s typing speeds.
QWERTY keyboard
300
Known as a CAPTCHA, what does CAPTCHA stand for? (How many words you get correct is your multiplier).
Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
300
Including his student teaching, how many different high schools has Mr. Nelson worked for? (Points for being within 1).
5
(Shorecrest, Nathan Hale, White River, Olympic, Central Kitsap)
300
For six consecutive years, this Scandinavian country has been named the happiest country on Earth.
Finland
400
What is the biggest word you can create using only one row of the keyboard? (class competition)
Typewriter
400
These were free before 1995. Now you need to pay companies like GoDaddy.com to register one.
Domain Name (I'll accept website or URL).
400
For every 12.5 million spam emails, this happens.
A reply
400
Mr. Nelson loves to travel and visit US National Parks, how many has he been to? (Points for being within 5).
34
400
You will travel 1.6 million miles in this amount of time.
A day
500
This computer can perform 38 quadrillion operations per second. (Hint: You've likely owned one)
Your brain
500
The first computer network was developed in the 1960’s called ARPANET as a way for the US Department of Defense to communicate. NET stands for Network, what does ARPA stand for? (Points for one, word, bonuses for extra).
Advanced Research Projects Agency NETwork
500
75% of cyber attacks start with this
An email
500
If Mr. Nelson graduated High School in 1996, how old is he in binary?
101111
500
Ironically, Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is this?
Fear of long words