Change++ Lore
How many exec members are there this year?
What command is used to check the current status of your working directory and staging area?
git status
In what 2010 movie does Jesse Eisenberg play the socially awkward genius who creates Facebook?
The Social Network
What does “HTML” stand for?
HyperText Markup Language
What startup accelerator launched Airbnb, Stripe, and Dropbox?
Y Combinator
Who were last year's co-presidents?
Carol and Isa
What command stages all modified and new files for the next commit?
git add .
What app was shut down in 2017 but later reborn as Byte, inspiring TikTok?
Vine
In Python, what keyword is used to define a function?
def
What company’s tagline was “Don’t be evil”?
When was Change++ founded?
2019
What command lets you see the history of commits in the current branch?
git log
What 2013 film stars Joaquin Phoenix as a man who falls in love with his AI assistant?
Her
What does “API” stand for?
Application Programming Interface
Which YC-backed startup was founded by three Vanderbilt alum in 2025?
Atlog
Who is our faculty advisor?
Graham Hemingway
What command is used to undo the last commit but keep the changes staged for editing?
git reset --soft HEAD~1
What was the location-based mobile game created by Niantic before Pokémon GO?
Ingress
What design pattern involves a class having only one instance throughout a program?
Singleton
What startup lets people rent scooters on the streets?
Bird or Lime
Who were the Change++ 2022-23 co-presidents?
Berke and Intiser
You just pushed a commit to main by accident. What command sequence would you use to remove it from the remote history safely?
git reset --hard HEAD~1 followed by git push --force
What company released a virtual pet named ‘Clippy’
Microsoft
In JavaScript, what will this return: typeof null
object
What startup’s original name was “Backrub”?