Programming Languages
World Landmarks
Food
Hackathon History
Movie Quotes
100

This programming language is often mistakenly associated with an animal. Its roots are, in fact, much funnier.

What is Python?

100

You can find a great wall stretching across this country.

What is China?

100

Margarine is a common substitute for this.

What is butter?

100

Hackathon is a combination of hack and this word.

What is marathon?

100

"May the Force be with you" comes from this movie franchise.

What is Star Wars?

200

This programming language is read relatively easily and is not hard to use.

What is Ruby?
200

Machu Picchu is located in this country.

What is Peru?

200

This “nut” isn’t a nut at all—botanically, it’s a legume masquerading in your sandwich spread.

What is a peanut?

200

This year was when the inaugural LA Hacks event was held.

What is 2013?

200

"I'm the king of the world!" is from this movie.

What is Titanic?

300

Much of this Rollercoaster Tycoon was written in this language.

What is Assembly?

300

This giant clock tower in London is often mistakenly called Big Ben.

What is the Elizabeth Tower?
300

This fast food chain has the most locations in the US.

What is Subway?

300

This person originally spoke at LA Hacks in 2014 before making a recent return.

Who is Evan Spiegel?

300

"You're gonna need a bigger boat" is from this movie.

What is Jaws?
400
This programming language was initially named Oak before being renamed due to copyright reasons.

What is Java?

400

This ancient city, carved into red sandstone cliffs, is located in Jordan.

What is Petra?

400

The name of this dessert means “pull me up” in Italian, but its layered sweetness might just pull you into a food coma.

What is tiramisu?
400

LA Hacks has historically been held in Pauley Pavilion, except in 2022, when it was held at this venue.

What is the Ackerman Grand Ballroom?

400

"Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore" is from this movie.

What is the Wizard of Oz?

500

This language is named after a French mathematician and logician, but you might use it to build embedded systems, not solve theorems.

What is Ada?

500

This famous New York landmark was originally envisioned to be a lighthouse.

What is the Statue of Liberty?

500

A food called "Poutine" comes from this country.

What is Canada?

500

It is widely believed that the first hackathon was held in this year.

What is 1999?

500

"There's no crying in baseball!" is from this movie.

What is A League of their Own?