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100

Who is considered “the mother of computing,” and has an annual women-centric technology conference named after her?

Grace Hopper

100

What language are Apple apps written in?

Swift

100

What company does Sheryl Sandberg currently serve as the chief operating officer of?

Facebook

100

What major computer-science organization on campus holds 2 annual hackathons?

USACS

100

In what 2014 movie does Matthew McConaughey play a NASA pilot sent on a mission to identify a new planet for humans to inhabit?

Interstellar

200

Which technology executive started off her career as a marketing manager at Google, and now serves as CEO of Youtube?

Susan Wojcicki

200

Who is credited with designing the first automatic digital computer?

Charles Babbage

200

What American global aerospace, defense and technology company is currently ranked #1 in defense contracting?

Lockheed Martin

200

Which computer science organization started hosting hackathons since 2014?

WiCS

200

What movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is about a billionaire inventor who creates an armored suit?

Iron Man

300

Which computer dating pioneer created the first online dating service (e.g. Operation Match at Harvard University)?

Joan Ball

300

What programming language was created by Guido Von Rossum in 1991 and is completely open-source?

Python

300

What organization was founded in 2013 by former developer evangelists Mike Swift and Jonathan Gottfried

MLH

300

Who is currently the department chair of the computer science department?

Thu Nguyen

300

What HBO show features a futuristic amusement park that looked after by robotic hosts?

Westworld

400

This woman was the first woman to head IBM and currently serves as its chief executive officer (CEO).

Ginni Rometty

400

The _________ is a virtual reality system that completely immerses you inside virtual worlds.

Oculus Rift

400

Which HackHers sponsor has contributed $1.25 billion dollars to STEM education programs around the world?

ExxonMobil

400

What computer science course at Rutgers is notoriously known for its ability to weed-out students?

Data Structures

400

What USA network show features an antisocial hacker who is hired to hack the company he works for?

Mr. Robot

500

Which computer scientist developed software for the Centaur rocket stage at NASA, and was one of the first African-Americans to work there?

Annie Easley

500

_______ is an open-source hardware and software company, project and user community that designs and manufactures single-board microcontrollers and microcontroller kits for building digital devices and interactive objects that can sense and control both physically and digitally. 

Arduino

500

Which HackHERS sponsor has the following functional groups in their technology division: software engineering, financial modeling, infrastructure engineering, and cyber security?

Goldman Sachs

500

What was WICS’ (Women in Computer Science) most recent event?

Google's #IAmRemarkable

500

What was the first Disney movie to use computer generated imagery (CGI) in 1985?

The Black Cauldron