Inventions
This British scientist invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989
Who is Tim Berners-Lee?
This invention, traditionally limited to gaming, has recently transitioned into industries such as education and architecture
What is virtual reality?
An error in a program that stops it from working in the way it should
What is a bug?
The founder of FUBU and an investor on the ABC's Shark Tank
Who is Daymond John?
This 1999 box-office hit movie features a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth
What is The Matrix?
On 3 April 1973, this company was the first to mass-produce the handheld mobile phone
What is Motorola?
A tradable digital asset or digital form of money, built on blockchain technology that only exists online
What is cryptocurrency?
The process of performing the same task again and again usually, but not always, for a set number of times
What is a loop or iteration?
An American computer scientist and internet entrepreneur who co-founded Google Inc. with Sergey Brin
Who is Larry Page?
This movie features a human soldier who is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop a cyborg killing machine
What is The Terminator?
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In the 15th century, this innovation, invented by German goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg, enabled people to share knowledge more quickly and widely
What is the printing press?
This technology makes it possible for machines to learn from experience, adjust to new inputs and perform human-like tasks
What is artificial intelligence?
Fill in the blank. When we __________ a function, we specify the instructions, inputs, and name of the function
What is define?
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The inventor of Spanx undergarments for women and men
Who is Sara Blakey?
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The name of Tony Stark's (Iron Man's) computer that featured advanced artificial intelligence
What is J.A.R.V.I.S.?
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The first known calculator invented in Babylonia in 2400 BC
What is an abacus?
A method of creating a three-dimensional object layer-by-layer using a computer created design
What is 3D printing?
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The way to represent information using 0s and 1s
What are binary numbers?
This founder of a private equity company went viral for pledging to pay over $34 million to settle the student loan debt for the nearly 400 students who graduated from Morehouse College in 2019
Who is Robert F. Smith?
In The Social Network, this singer-turned-actor played the Napster co-founder who served as the first President of Facebook
Who is Justin Timberlake?
A multilingual free online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers
What is Wikipedia?
A digital asset that represents real-world objects like art, music, in-game items and videos
What is a non-fungible token (NFT)?
An approach to programming in which units of data are viewed as active “objects” rather than the passive units envisioned by the procedural paradigm
What is object oriented programming?
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This entrepreneur founded a plug-in grill that became a sensation in the late 1990s
Who is George Foreman?
In this 1980s sci-fi classic, a teen is thrown back into the '50s when an experiment by his scientist friend goes wrong
What is Back To The Future?