Functions
300 - 20 seconds
The terms/words for the required parts of a function
Get 5 to get the points
What is ...
def, function name, parameters, colon, indentation, function signature, code block
500 - 30 seconds
The value and datatype of: (-2**2 + 3 * 3)/2 + (not False or True and True)
What is 3.5 and float?
100 - 10 seconds
Collection of items with no order between them
What are sets
200 - 15 seconds
The difference between syntax and semantics
What is the grammar of code vs. the meaning of code?
300 - 20 seconds
The function for executing a specified function on all items of an iterable
What is map()
300 - 20 seconds
The keywords which "disrupt" the natural flow of iteration code blocks
What is continue and break?
300 - 20 seconds
The 3 known set operations (symbol AND name)
What is intersection, union, and difference (& | -)
200 - 15 seconds
The placeholder for no code (but no error for empty)
What is pass
500 - 30 seconds
The base case and recursive step for a palindrome checker pali(s)
What is ...
if len(s) < 2:
return True
return s[0] == s[-1] and pali(s[1:-1])
400 - 25 seconds
The base case and recursive step for a factorial function fact(n)
What is ...
n == 1:
return 1
return n*fact(n-1)
500 - 60 seconds max
Pictionary Time!
Pick a team member who will come up to the whiteboard to draw ... (topic, term, keyword, who knows)
No words, only visual explanation
What is binary search
200 - 15 seconds
The allowed datatypes for dictionary values
What is any
400 - 25 seconds
The purpose of * and ** in function parameters
What is ...
multiple argument collection
multiple keyword argument collection
200 - 15 seconds
The expression for a list comprehension of squared numbers from 1 to n
What is [i**2 for i in range(1, n+1)]?
400 - 25 seconds
The value of (True and (False or True and True) or False) / 2
What is 0.5?
300 - 20 seconds
The string that ... returns
a = "appletree"
for i in range(1, len(a), 2):
a[i] = "d"
return a
What is ...
str doesn't support item assignment
OR
error
400 - 25 seconds
4 built-in functions that work on all sequence types
What is ...
any, all, max, min, sorted, len
500 - 30 seconds
The formats of comprehension depending on conditional(s)
What is ...
[x for x in seq]
[x for x in seq if x ...]
[x if x ... elif x ... else ... for x in seq]?
300 - 20 seconds
An iterative approach to access every other element of a sequence
What is ...
for i in range(0, len(seq), 2):
or
while i < len(seq):
i += 2
200 - 15 seconds
The placeholder for the absence of a value
What is None
200 - 15 seconds
The single most important info to remember about dictionary keys
What is uniqueness
BONUS! - 60 seconds
Both teams come up with a Jeopardy question/trivia related to iteration
If the other team answers it, they get 400 points, if they can't within 25s, they lose points
The other team can petition it was too difficult, and I can waive the point loss, up to my discretion :)
What is ...
I have run out of very hard iterative trivia