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100

23% of BenchSciers agree that this hobby pays tasty dividends

Cooking

100

This Nobel-Prize winning Scot made microbial art by painting with bacteria -- when he wasn't (accidentally) discovering moldy miracles

Alexander Flemming

100

Many people would pick this as the most memorable CFT - it was the first after all

Selector

100

This programming language has kept many engineers up at night.  It was developed by Sun Microsystems and is named after an Indonesian coffee.

Java

100

In the year 2000, this American actor reprised his role as a secret agent with a license to kill in the film "Die Another Day."

Pierce Brosnan

200

23 BenchSciers call this Nation home (hiBob)

United Kingdom

200

This pioneer of evolutionary theory was onto cold therapy long before podcasters made it cool.   He spent much of the mid-19th century in Northern England wrapped in wet fridgid blankets

Charles Darwin

200

This Lepidopteran helped us fly before ASCEND

Butterfly

200

This popular language, named after a snake, first slithered onto the scene in 1991

Python

200

In 2000, this pop sensation released her debut single "Oops!... I Did It Again" and quickly became a teen idol.

Britney Spears

300

BenchSciers have upload 41 custom emojis of this feathered friend

Parrot

300

This scientist discovered the "slacker" gene in fruit flies, proving that even genes can be lazy.

Thomas Hunt Morgan

300

The king of rock n' roll and data

Elvis

300

... named after this daughter of Lord Byron who is called the world's 1st computer programmer

"Ada" Lovelace

300

The turn of the millennium saw the premiere of this reality TV show, where contestants competed for a chance to "outwit, outplay, and outlast" each other.

Survivor

400

Can you assist? this Slack Channel has 1934 messages this year - more than any other!

#help-it

400

This primatologist is often seen conversing with chimpanzees in sign language, and her friends playfully call her "Chimpy Chatterbox."

Jane Goodall

400

This application was called by a different name as part of the original ASCEND lineup, maybe it was offended the last letter wasn't pronounced

Dossier

400

This pioneering computer language got its name from its early use in translating formulas

Fortran

400

This critically acclaimed film, directed by Ridley Scott, depicted the ancient Roman general Maximus seeking revenge

Gladiator

500

This Guru card is the most viewed 3428 times this year and is the most popular in the stack by any metric

Accessing Datasets Through Data Catalog

500

This biologist's experiments with peas led him to create the "Pea-ceful" laws of inheritance.

Gregor Medel

500

Lucky BenchSciers remember this former Google CFO, who was our first Scale-up Series presenter -- a session too spicy to be recorded.

Patrick Pichette

500

...has his own principle of pressure & has a computer language named for him

Pascal

500

In 2000, this English director released a film that combined elements of crime, comedy, and caper, featuring an ensemble cast including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Julia Roberts.

Ocean's Eleven