IT
Hardware
2022 Olympics
Software
Computer Innards
100

IT is the short form for this term.

What is Information Technology?

100

The parts of a computer that you can physically hold in your hand.

What is Computer Hardware?

100

This is the captain of Canada's men's hockey team.

Who is Eric Staal?

100

These are the two most common types of operating systems.

What is Microsoft Windows and MacOS?

100

If the Computer were compared to the human body, this would be considered the brain.

What is the Central Processing Unit (CPU)?

200

Texting your friend is an example of this type of IT.

What is People to People?

200

Computer Monitor, Speakers, Printer are all examples of this. 

What is an Output Device?

200

This is the second time Beijing has hosted the Olympics. The last time was in the year...

What is 2008?

200

This is any program that tells your computer how to complete a task.

What is Computer Software?

200

If we compared a computer to the human body, the Motherboard would be compared to what system?

What is the nervous system?

300

Remote controls, Bluetooth and speakers are all examples of this type of IT.

What is Machine to Machine?

300

Any device that allows raw data to be entered into the computer system.

What is an Input Device?

300

In this event a person sits face up & feet first on a small sled and races on an ice track.

What is the Luge?

300

This refers to interconnected computing devices that can exchange data and share resources with each other.

What is a computer network?

300

This part of the computer is in charge of long term storage.

What is the Hard Drive?

400

Alexa is an example of this type of Information Technology. (hint: the order of the words matter)

What is People to Machine?

400

This part of the computer is in charge of computer memory, and is made up of things like the hard drive and the RAM.

What is the Storage Unit?

400

In the Men's slope style snowboarding took place a couple of days ago. Name one of the two Canadian athletes who landed on the podium.

Who is Max Parrot or Mark McMorris?

400

This is the most important software on a computer. It manages the computer's memory and processes, as well as all of its software and hardware.

What is the Operating System?

400

Used for running systems, this short term memory is cleared when ever a computer is turned off.

What is RAM?

500

As time goes on, these are the 3 things that happen to technology.

What is Technology gets smaller, faster and cheaper? 

500

It takes raw data from the input devices, changes the data into useful information, and then sends it to the output devices. It is made up of things like the Motherboard or the CPU.

What is the System Unit?

500

The captain of Canada's women's hockey team is Marie-Philip Poulin. This is her ___ Olympics.

What is 4th?

500

This is a visual way of interacting with your computer using items such as windows, icons and menus.

What is Graphics User Interface or GUI?

500

In class we learned about 4 computer "add ons". Name one of them.

What is a Graphics Card or Sound Card or Network card or Optical Disc Drives.