Technology
Potpourri
SSA Trivia
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Film/TV
100

A unit of measure equal to 1,073,741,824 bytes, which is about one billion bytes.

What is a Gigabyte?

100

The month/day known as "Star Wars Day."

What is May 4th? (May the 4th be with you!)

100

The amount of possible combinations the 9-digit Social Security number has.

A. 650 million

B. 724 million

C. 876 million

D. 1 billion

What is 1 billion?

100

A problem that a customer or business is experiencing.

What is a pain point?

100

This quote became famous in what movie? "You built a time machine... out of a Delorean?" 

What is Back to the Future?

200

The term for a network that covers a small geographic area, such as a home or office.

What is LAN? (Local Area Network)

200

Free Points!!!

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200

The current commissioner of Social Security.

Who is Martin O'Malley?

200

To revisit at some point.

What is to circle back?

200

The creator of Marvel Comics.

Who is Stan Lee?

300

The brain of the computer.

What is the CPU?

300

The amount of colors in a rainbow.

What is seven?

300

In what year did SSA start using its first large-scale, general-purpose computer system?

A. 1949

B. 1956

C. 1962

D. 1971

What is 1956? The computer, an IBM 705, was used to post earnings, compute benefit amounts, and reinstate incorrectly reported earnings before being replaced in the 1960s by later generations of computers.

300

Free Points!!!

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300

The name of Harry Potter's owl.

Who is Hedwig?

400

An exact copy of a document, file or program.

What is a backup?
400

The amount of Great Lakes there are.

What is 5?

400

What year was the first monthly Social Security retirement check issued?

A. 1940

B. 1942

C. 1939

D. 1943

What is 1940? The first monthly retirement check was issued to Ida May Fuller on 01/31/1940 for $22.54.

400

To ponder or brainstorm unusual or off-the-beaten path ideas.

What is to think outside the box?

400

The show that took place mostly on the USS Enterprise.

What is Star Trek?

500

A markup language used for creating Web pages. 

What is HTML?

500

The speed that is measured in "Mickeys."

What is the speed of a computer mouse?

500

This is the National 1-800 number the public uses to call SSA.

What is 1-800-772-1213? (1-800-SSA-1213)

500

The coming together of two separate elements to accomplish a unified goal.

What is synergy?

500

A show revolving around friends Cooper, Hofstadter, Koothrappali and Wolowitz that worked together at Caltech.

What is The Big Bang Theory?