Results of Bad Pranks
Tricks in Music
Mythological Tricksters
Windows Tricks
Linux Tricks
Camera and Movie Tricks
100

16-year-old Vífill Atlason doesn't remember where he got the private phone number for this leader of the free world, but after pretending to be the Icelandic President, he got through!

Who George W. Bush

100

Run DMC said it was this to rock a rhyme.

What is Tricky
100

Indigenous Native American mythologies base the animal as an anthropomorphic trickster

What is the coyote

100

Clicking the title bar of the window you want to remain open to select it. Then, hold the mouse down and move the window back and forth quickly -- shaking it will do this.

What is minimize every window except the active one

100

In cat /etc/passwd | column -t -s :

This is the separator

What is the :

100

These lines can help you balance your shots

What are gridlines

200

After scrambling these on the windsheild of a passing car, the resulting road rage did not end well for the person who through them.

What are eggs

200

If you believe in the Force, you may have heard of this American rap group who's initials are JMT

What is Jedi Mind Trick

200

Sly and audacious mortal king in Greek mythology who managed to cheat death twice, but angered the gods in the process and was condemned to endlessly push a boulder up a slope in Tartarus.

Who is Sisyphus

200

In Windows 10 a lesser-known second Start menu that makes accessing important features like the Command Prompt, the Control Panel and the Task Manager much easier. Can be accessed by

What is pressing Windows key + X

200

If you want to watch you logs as they fill in, you can use the tail command, but you should use this, if you want to "multiply" the logs being watched.

What is the multitail command

200
Phone cameras automatically do this

What is focus.

Tapping the screen will help keep the subject in focus even if they move.

300

After a nation wide search,  David R. Stewart, a correctional officer was arrested for pulling this prank 70 times in 30 states between 1992 and 2004.

What is phone call pranks to make people strip naked

300

This American rock band rose to prominence in the late ‘70s and early '80s. Consisting of singer Robin Zander, guitarist Rick Nielsen, bassist Tom Peterson, and drummer Bun E. Carlos

Who are Cheap Trick

300

A clever and magical cat who tricks a king into raising a lowborn miller to the station of a great noble, and defeats a shapeshifting ogre by tricking him into becoming a mouse.

Who is Puss in Boots

300

The key combination Windows key + Print Screen key produces this in Windows 10

What is take a screenshot

300

This command along with df -h, allows you to "observe" the free space and how it is growing.

What is the watch command

300

This refers to the areas around and between the subjects of an image

What is negative space

400

Using an ultrasonic image can assist women to prank this joyful condition.

What is pregnancy

400

If you sing this song on a certain night while skipping down the street, you might get some candy!

What is Trick or Treat Smell my Feet

400

This African American folklor trickster born from slave stories is a trickster who succeeds by his wits rather than by brawn, provoking authority figures and bending social mores as he sees fit and was the bases for Buggs Bunny.

Who is Br'er Rabbit

400

Users who want to be "power users" can enter this code {ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C } inside a new folder and switch to this mode.

What is God Mode

400

When you want to automate a positive answer to a command requiring your input, you can use this command.

What is the yes command eg

yes | apt-get update

yes no | apt-get update to say no to all questions

400

These lines draw the viewer's eye toward a certain part of the frame. 

What are "lead lines"

500

The chemical compound DHMO is “colourless, odourless, and kills thousands of people every year” through “accidental inhalation,”  One California town became so alarmed that residents debated banning foam cups, which are shown to contain this compound.

What is Water

500

This Texas based American rap groups rose to the top of the charts with My Mind Playing Tricks On Me


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Who are the Geto Boys

500

This Greek Goddess of discord in Greek mythology is infamous for starting a fight between other goddesses over the Apple of Discord, leading to the Judgement of Paris and, ultimately, the Trojan War.

Who is Eris

500

The Windows Key and any directional key does this.

What is fit the current screen to half the screen

500

If you want to record what you've typed in your shell screen, you can use this command, which will save all of your typing to a file.

What is script

500

This term can be defined as "a vague sense of harmonious and beautiful proportion and balance, creating an image that can be divided into two equal parts that are mirror images of each other. 

What is symmetry

600

In 1938, this radio broadcast convinced millions of listeners the earth was under attack by aliens.

What is Orson Welles's War of the Worlds

600

This Paul Simon song hit the charts in 1980 with galloping success.

What is One Trick Pony

600

Thor's adopted brother

Who is Loki

600

To try it out, click on Task View (the icon next to the search box). This will separate all your open windows and apps into this.

What are icons

600

This command string uses the tr command to do this

cat my_file | tr a-z A-Z > output.txt


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What is go from lower to upper case in the file output.txt

600

One of the most important things you can do to your phone lens before snapping a photo!

What is clean it