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100
This AI company recently crashed the stock market, competing with OpenAI
What is DeepSeek?
100
In 2022, Twitter faced backlash after Elon Musk took over and laid off what percentage of the company’s workforce within weeks?
A) 10%
B) 25%
C) 50%
D) 75%
D) 75%
100
This is the parent company of Google
What is Alphabet?
100
This person co-founded Microsoft in 1975
Who is Bill Gates?
100
This is the President of the UWB GDG
What is Hazel Kaushik?
200
Meta created this AI Chatbot
What is Llama?
200
Which company’s self-driving car technology was involved in the first fatal pedestrian accident in 2018?
A) Tesla
B) Uber
C) Waymo
D) Apple
B) Uber
200
Google’s annual developer conference is called this
What is Google I/O?
200
This woman played a key role in early computing and is known as the first computer programmer
Who is Ada Lovelace?
200
This is the deadline for the Google Cloud Skills Boost Generative AI Certificate
What is June 16th?
300
In 2023, Meta launched this Twitter rival, integrating it with Instagram and quickly gaining millions of users.
A) Vine
B) Mastodon
C) Threads
D) Bluesky
C) Threads
300
Apple was sued in 2017 for intentionally slowing down older iPhones, a practice known as:
A) Planned Obsolescence
B) Throttlegate
C) Battery-Gate
D) iSlow
B) Throttlegate
300
This was the first product Google ever launched
What is Google Search?
300
This African-American woman was a NASA mathematician whose work was critical to spaceflight
Who is Katherine Johnson?
300
These are the days of the GDG Cloud Skills Boost Gen AI Cert Office Hours?
What is MONDAY & TUESDAY @ 6:00-6:30?
400
This institution recently passed a law regulating AI usage in social media and advertising
What is the European Union (EU)?
400
Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of Theranos, was convicted of fraud for misleading investors about her company’s technology. What was Theranos falsely claiming to do?
A) Create artificial intelligence for medical diagnoses
B) Conduct multiple blood tests with just a few drops of blood
C) Develop a cure for diabetes
D) Manufacture the first at-home cancer detection kit
B) Conduct multiple blood tests with just a few drops of blood
400
This is the name of Google's AI-powered assistant integrated into its ecosystem
What is Gemini?
400
This engineer and mathematician invented Wi-Fi
Who is Hedy Lamarr?
400
These are the brand colors of GDG
What is Red, Blue, Yellow and Green?
500
The TikTok ban in the United States lasted about ___ before the app was restored in January 2025.
12 hours
500
$500 – In 2018, Facebook faced a major scandal when this political consulting firm improperly harvested data from millions of users without consent.
A) Palantir
B) Cambridge Analytica
C) Clearview AI
D) Equifax
B) Cambridge Analytica
500
[SPECIAL QUESTION]
Who ever answers correctly gets a Squishmellow!
These are the names of the GDG Officers:
President - Hazel Kaushik
Secretary - Ruthie Lartey
Tech Officer - Kyle Chun Lai
Financial Officer - Jordy Ruiz
Outreach - Manish
General Officer - Harshitha
500
This person founded the first search engine before Google
Who is Alan Emtage?
500
This is the date of the hackathon?
A) May 14-16
B) April 25-27
C) May 6-9
D) April 16-19
B) April 25-27