VIDEO GAMES
This 1993 first-person shooter pioneered the genre and features a slayer battling demons from Hell.
What is Doom?
This billionaire inventor, once expertly portrayed by Robert Downey Jr, was among the first five heroes who founded the Avengers in 1963.
Who is Iron Man?
In The Lord of the Rings, this Sindarin word, "Mellon," opens the doors of Moria, and means this.
What is "friend"?
This sci-fi series introduced the phrase, “So say we all.”
What is Battlestar Galactica?
This Vulcan science officer served aboard the original USS Enterprise under Captain Kirk.
Who is Spock?
This Vasion mission statement serves as both a reminder and a call to action.
What is make digital transformation attainable for everyone?
This pioneering operating system, first released in 1991 by Linus Torvalds, is still the backbone of most servers today.
What is Linux?
The best-selling video game of all time, as of 2025, is this world-building gem.
What is Minecraft?
Before he became Deadpool, Wade Wilson was part of this covert Canadian program.
What is Weapon X?
In Harry Potter, Nicholas Flamel is famous for creating this alchemical object.
What is the Philosopher’s Stone? (also acceptable: Sorcerer's Stone)
This landmark sci-fi novel explores themes of ecology, religion, and political power through the struggle for control of the spice melange on the desert planet Arrakis.
What is Dune?
This chilling Borg catchphrase serves as a reminder and a warning to the Federation.
What is "Resistance is Futile"?
This powerful user-facing feature lets employees pick and install printers themselves—complete with floor maps and driver deployment—without needing IT support.
What is the Self-Service Installation Portal?
This 1988 anime cyberpunk film, directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, is credited with bringing Japanese animation to international acclaim.
What is Akira?
This insectoid alien race is one of the three playable factions in StarCraft.
Who are the Zerg?
In DC Comics’ Crisis on Infinite Earths, which character sacrificed himself to save the multiverse.
Who is The Flash?
This ancient Sith artifact, a crimson-hued crystal, is infused with dark side energy and was used to create countless red-bladed lightsabers
What is a synthetic kyber crystal?
This online video and streaming platform, which features gamers, speedrunners, and a chatbox, nearly grew double in size during the 2020 pandemic.
What is Twitch (or Twitch TV)
Famous for being profit-obsessed--and all ears--this alien species follows 285 separate guidelines in their code of ethics.
Who are the Ferengi?
This Vasion component is installed on user devices, allowing them to securely submit print jobs without manually installing printer drivers.
What is the Vasion Client?
In a popular book series, this war college serves as the academy for four quadrants of cadets, including Riders who hope to bond with dragons.
What is Basgiath?
This genre of competitive shooter shares it's name and premise with a Japanese film from the year 2000.
What is Battle Royale
The comic book version of Marvel's Infinity Gauntlet saga had seven power stones, while the movie had but six. This seventh black stone, created by Thanos, was named after the enemy it imprisoned.
What is the Death Stone?
In Dungeons & Dragons, and featured in Netflix's Stranger Things, this powerful lich is the lord of the undead and a recurring villain across editions.
Who is Vecna?
In Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash, this term describes a shared virtual world, inspiring a a modern product name 29 years later.
What is the Metaverse?
This ex-Borg drone struggles to regain her humanity after being freed from the Collective.
Who is Seven of Nine?
In enterprise deployments, the Vasion Client can integrate with this type of directory service, allowing IT to control printer access via user accounts.
What is Active Directory (or LDAP)?
This 1982 sci-fi film directed by Ridley Scott features a dystopian Los Angeles, replicants, and the line, “I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe.”
What is Blade Runner?
This juggernaut title features champions like Ahri, Jinx, and Yasuo, and boasts one of the largest competitive scenes in gaming history.
What is League of Legends
This graphic novel, written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons, deconstructs the superhero genre and was adapted for both a film and an HBO Limited Series.
What is Watchmen?
The Stormlight Archive features ten magical orders of knights, collectively known by this name.
What are the Knights Radiant?
This cyberpunk novel by William Gibson coined the term “cyberspace.”
What is Neuromancer?
In Deep Space Nine, this strategic stable wormhole connects the Alpha Quadrant to the Gamma Quadrant.
What is the Bajoran Wormhole?
These methods of secure release are used by federal agencies, since in many cases phones are not allowed to serve as the authentication method.
What is CAC/PIV (Common Access Card and Personal Identity Verification)?
This early 1990s MMORPG is considered the spiritual ancestor of modern online role-playing games like World of Warcraft, and featured a text-based interface.
What is MUD (Multi-User Dungeon)?