Computer History
This British computer scientist decoded the German Enigma machine during World War II.
Who is Alan Turing?
A value in code that cannot be changed after being initialized.
What is a constant?
A program that translates a high-level language program such as a C++ program, into a machine-language program that the computer can directly understand and execute. G++
Compiler
This actor plays the main character Paul in Dune (2021)
Who is Timothee Chalamet?
This person is the Vice President of the Fordham University Computer Science Society 2023-2024
Rayan Checa
Jim Cramer coined this term in 2013 to describe some prominent tech companies.
What is FAANG
This data structure stores key-value pairs that can insert and retrieve items in O(1) time.
What is a Hashmap; Dictionary?
What is the value and datatype of the result of this Javascript operation?
16 + "3"
"19" (string)
This 1982 album has been certified Platinum 34 times
Thriller by Michael Jackson
What condiment was used as medicine in the olden times?
Ketchup
The original Pong game was not written with code, but created entirely with ___
logic gates
A programming technique where a problem is broken into subproblems, their answers are saved and optimized to form the overall solutions.
What is dynamic programming?
What date is time measured from in UNIX?
Jan 1, 1970
What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
About 20.1 mph
The rock dove is known by most people by this name.
The pigeon
Chuck Hull invented this device in 1984.
The 3D Printer
This Greek philosopher, famous for calculating the circumference of the Earth, also is credited to an algorithm that finds Prime Numbers.
Who is Eratosthenes?
What is the time complexity of this operation?
def print_str(string):for char in string:
print(char)
O(n)
In Futurama, Lrrr asks why this character, "the largest Friend, not simply eat the other five?" Which character from "Friends" is he talking about?
Ross
"Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq" is painting by this Baroque artist.
Rembrandt
The niece of poet Lord Byron, this early computer programmer is known for inventing the first machine algorithm.
Who is Ada Lovelace?
A value in a designated place in an operating system that each process can check and change to prevent collisions in critical sections of code.
What is a semaphore; flag?
enum days { Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday };
What is the integer value of Tuesday?
1
In the video game franchise 'The Legend of Zelda,' what is the name of the sacred realm that serves as the resting place of the Triforce, accessible only to those who possess the three spiritual stones and the Ocarina of Time?"
Answer The Temple of Time.
What do the following makeup brands have in common: Fenty Beauty, Haus Labs, Rare Beauty, and R.E.M Beauty?
They were all founded by famous pop stars. Rihanna founded Fenty Beauty, Lady Gaga founded Haus Labs, Selena Gomez founded Rare Beauty, and Ariana Grande founded R.E.M Beauty.