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The keyboard shortcut used to copy selected text or files.
What is Ctrl + C?
The full name of the person after whom the Allen School is named.
Who is Paul G. Allen?
The acronym COM² stands for this.
What is "Computing Community"?
This movie franchise features a character named Luke Skywalker.
What is “Star Wars”?
Known as the “Eternal City,” it’s the capital of Italy.
What is Rome?
The company that developed the Windows operating system.
What is Microsoft?
The number of undergraduate students served by the Allen School (answers in the range of ±200 will be accepted).
What is 2300?
The name of COM²'s mentorship program.
What is the Big/Little Mentorship Program?
He is a famous spy known as 007.
Who is James Bond?
This is the longest wall in the world, extending over 13,000 miles.
What is the Great Wall of China?
The name of the programming language developed by Guido van Rossum that is widely used for web development, data analysis, and scientific computing.
What is Python?
The current director of the Allen School.
Who is Magda Balazinska?
The theme of COM²'s 2024 Fall Fest.
What is "Into the Galaxy"?
These three Pokémon were the original starter choices in the Pokémon games released in 1996.
What are Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle?
In 1985, this popular beverage company revealed a new formula for its famous soda.
What is Coca-Cola?
The name of the first widely-used web browser released in 1993.
What is Mosaic?
The decade during which the Allen School was founded and began offering graduate studies.
What are the 1960s? (Graduate studies started in 1967)
The first COM² event of February this year.
What is dodgeball?
This animated sitcom, created by Matt Groening, holds the record as the longest-running American scripted primetime TV show.
What is The Simpsons?
Known for his “Four Seasons,” this Italian composer was a virtuoso violinist.
Who is Antonio Vivaldi?
The name of the computer pioneer who created the world's first compiler for a computer programming language and is often referred to as "Amazing Grace."
Who is Grace Hopper?
Which Turing Award laureate, known for his contributions to computational complexity theory, was a faculty member at the Paul G. Allen School from 1995 to 1999?
Who is Richard M. Karp?
The decade in which COM²/ACM was established at UW.
What is the 1960s?
This 90s sitcom was set in the wealthy neighborhood and included a famous dance move called "The Carlton."
What is The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air?
This game show has been running since 1964 and is known for its distinctive answer-and-question format.
What is Jeopardy!?