Syntax / Java
Misc.
Computer / Network Components
Cybersecurity
Video Game Knowledge
100

What must always come after a statement in Java?


BONUS JEOPARDY

Semicolon

100

What word is often abbreviated as Fn on a keyboard?

Function

100

What peripheral displays images from your computer?

Monitor

100

What detects and delete malicious programs?

Antivirus Software

100

What video game has sold the most copies of all time?

Tetris ~520 Million Copies

200

What is the difference between "==" and "=" operators?

"==" is a equality operator that checks if two operands are equal, while "=" is an assignment operator used a value to a variable

200

What delicious computer term did web browser programmer Lou Montulli coin to refer to information that is sent from the browser to the web server?

Cookie

200

What does RAM stand for?

Random Access Memory

200

What verifies the public keys of the websites you use?

Certificate Authorities (CAs)

200

What game was the "Most successful Coin-operated Game" in 2005 according to the Guinness Book of World Records?


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Pac-Man

300

What is the syntax error?


public class Syntax Error {

   public static main(String[] args) {

       int x = 5;

       System.out.println("The value of x is: " + x);

   }

}

 Line 2 should be public static void main(String[] args) because the ‘main’ method does not return any value

300

What is the tasty name of the series of small single-board computers often used for the promotion of teaching computer science concepts in schools and developing countries?

Raspberry Pi

300

What does GPU stand for?


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Graphics Processing Unit

300

Appears to be a trustworthy email, which takes a user to a fake website and tricks users into sharing sensitive personal information

Phishing Scam

300

What game genre tasks a player with solving a problem using, amongst other things, pattern recognition, logic, and sequence solving and has a player solve a challenge, rather than go on an adventure?

Puzzle

400

What is the difference the difference between "==" and ".equals()" when comparing objects in Java?

"==" checks whether two object references point to the exact memory location, while ".equals()" compares the contents of two objects for equality

400

The acronym BSOD is commonly used for the blue error screen in the Windows operating system that displays upon a fatal system error. What do the letters BSOD stand for?


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Blue Screen of Death

400

What is considered the brains of the computer?

CPU (Central Processing Unit)

400

What is a "brute force attack"?

A method attempting all password or encryption key combinations until the correct one is found

400

What was the first video game console ever released?

Magnavox Odyssey - 1972

500

What is the purpose of the "static" keyword in Java?

Used to define variables, methods, nested classes that belong to the class and not the instance of the class.

500

A virus quickly spread on May 4th, 2000, in the form of a Letter via email that resulted in 10 billion dollars of damages. What is the name of this virus?

ILOVEYOU Virus

500

What function does the motherboard serve?

Connects all of internal components together. (Memory, Processor, Graphics Card, and other hardware)

500

The intentional paralyzing of a computer network by flooding it with data sent simultaneously from many individual computers


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DDos Attack

500

This video game engine introduced dynamic global illumination, which simulates light bouncing off of surfaces in a scene in real time, instead of being baked onto surfaces during development using a proprietary system called Lumen.

Unreal Engine 5