Intern Jeopardy (Unhinged Edition)

Corporate Speak Translator

100

"Let's table this for now."

"We're never talking about this again."

200

"Let's take this offline." 

“This convo is awkward and I want to bail.”

300

“Just FYI...”

“This is your problem now.”

400

“Let’s circle back.”

“I’m hoping you'll forget.”

500

"We’re being agile.”

“We’re improvising and pretending it’s intentional.”

Intern or AI

100

I am big into anything horror related. Video games, movies, books, etc

Intern

200

I like dune bashing

Intern 

300

Prior Military (Air Force)

Intern

400

Can turns thumbs backwards

Intern Leader 

500

I can drink five chai lattes from the free MSFT Starbucks machine in one day. (proven)

AI - Tori could only drink 4 ;)

Wait, People Actually Say That?

100

I'll ping you later

I'll message you later, probably on Teams or email. 

200

We'll just crack on with it. 

Let's get started and keep going, no drama. (UK)

300

It's a dogs breakfast. 

It's a complete mess - very disorganized. (Canada/UK)

400

I'll give it a bash. 

I'll try it out, even if I don't know what I'm doing (Ireland/UK)

500

Let's circle the wagons. 

Let's regroup as a team and protect the plan. (US Corp. meets wild west)

Did this actually happen at Microsoft?

100

A Microsoft intern once sent a mass email to every employee globally asking for Xbox game recommendations.

What is: Fake (but dangerously believable).

200

In 2022, a Microsoft employee was charged with insider trading after tipping off a friend about an upcoming acquisition.

What is: Real (U.S. Department of Justice case, public info).

300

Microsoft once threw an actual funeral — with a coffin and bagpipes — for the iPhone after launching Windows Phone. 

What is: Real (2010, photos exist — look it up, it's legendary).

400

A product team once released a version of Word with a hidden Clippy easter egg that swore at the user when opened on April Fools' Day.

What is: Fake (sadly, Clippy never snapped like that)

500

Satya Nadella once played cricket against interns during an annual event at the Redmond campus.

What is: Real (multiple reports from past interns — he's surprisingly good).

2 Truths and a Lie

100

1. Microsoft once made a smart fridge.
2. Excel is considered a programming language.
3. Clippy was rebooted as a blockchain assistant.

 What is: #3 is the lie (but imagine).

200

1. Microsoft owns LinkedIn.
2. Microsoft made its own perfume in the early 2000s.
3. There’s a secret level in Excel 97.

 What is: #2 is the lie (no perfume — yet).

300

1. Satya Nadella used to work in Microsoft’s cloud division.
2. Microsoft Teams was originally built in just 3 months.
3. Internet Explorer is still being actively developed.

What is: #3 is the lie (RIP IE).

400

1. There’s a working treehouse meeting space at Microsoft’s Redmond campus.
2. Microsoft tried to buy TikTok.
3. Microsoft once ran Windows on a potato to test low-power devices.

What is: #3 is the lie (though someone probably tried).

500

1. Microsoft had a pizza-delivery robot prototype.
2. Excel once caused a pandemic tracking error.
3. Microsoft developed a game called “Doom 365” for productivity training.

What is: #3 is the lie (sadly, no demon-fighting in Word).