Fictional Technology Companies
Current Events
20/20
Edible “P”otpourri
Names Named State Capitals
100

This technology company required strict procedures on TPS Reports, which incidentally went up in flames.

What is Initech? Office Space

100

On June 3, 2020, this became the first private company to launch an astronaut into space.

What is SpaceX?

100

The brain processes binocular vision to determine depth, creating the world in this geometric setting.

What is three-dimensionality?

100

This fall vegetable is best smashed, spiced and baked into a pie.

What is pumpkin?

100

Austin

What is Texas?

200

Cyberdyne Systems Corporation created this computer software that had the unintended consequence of ending humanity.

What is Skynet? Terminator

200

On April 23, 1947, U.S. President Harry Truman officially changed the name of Boulder Dam to this, in recognition of this former president.

Who is Herbert Hoover? What is the Hoover Dam?

200

Reflecting sound waves are another way that humans "see" their environments, known as this process.

What is echolocation?

200

The famine of this vegetable forced many to migrate to new countries like the U.S.

What is the potato?

200

Madison

What is Wisconsin?

300

This tech startup created a compression software that stores your data across a network of devices.

What is Pied Piper? Silicon Valley

300

On April 15, 1892, the War of the Currents would come to an end when the Thomson-Houston Electric Company merged with this company, despite abandoning its founder’s original technology.

What is Edison Electric or General Electric?

300

The retina is covered in millions of light-sensitive receptors known as these.

What are rods and cones?

300

Some say these are the cowards of garden flowers.

What are pansies?

300

Carson City

What is Nevada?

400

This technology company extracted DNA from mosquitoes to recreate extinct animals.

What is International Genetic Bio-Engineering, Incorporated (inGen)? Jurassic Park

400

Albert Einstein published his Theory of Relativity on November 25, 1915, popularizing E=mc2 or this principle.

What is mass–energy equivalence?

400

The human eye only detects three different wavelengths of light in the form of these three colors.

What are blue, red, and green?

400

This spice comes from the dried red fruits of the Capsicum plant originally found in Mexico.

What is Paprika?

400

Helena

What is Montana?

500

This corporation started out in frozen yogurt, but quickly became the global conglomerate, producing everything imaginable including a robot tasked with cleaning up their waste on Earth.

What is Buy n Large Corporation? WALL-E

500

Thomas Newcomen is credited with developing the first steam engine on June 3, 1712, for this purpose.

What is to remove water from coal mines?

500

Some species of fish, reptiles, and birds have four-color vision, including this light that humans cannot see.

What is ultraviolet or infrared light?

500

This spice is often used as garnish, but also found inside Middle Eastern falafel.

What is Parsley?

500

Pierre

What is South Dakota?