Time Flies
How long does it take the Earth to orbit the Sun?
1 year
Which is older: The Taj Mahal or The Eiffel Tower?
Taj Mahal
The first item ever sold on eBay was this broken object.
Broken Laser Pointer
This data structure enabled fast key-value lookups at massive scale.
Hash table
This NBA player is nicknamed “His Airness.”
Michael Jordan
How long did it take Netflix to go from DVD-by-mail to streaming?
10 years
Which was invented first: Email or Text messaging?
This well-known tech company was originally named “BackRub.”
Google!
This Google paper introduced a model that redefined large-scale data processing.
Mapreduce
This tennis player, she has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles
Serena Williams
How many years did it take WhatsApp to reach 1 billion users?
4 years
Which was released earlier: Windows 95 or India’s first mobile phone call?
Windows 95
This everyday spice was once worth more than gold by weight.
Black Pepper
This programming paradigm treats computation as evaluation of mathematical functions.
Functional Programming
This NFL quarterback has won seven Super Bowl titles
Tom Brady
How long does light from the Sun take to reach Earth?
~8 minutes
Which is older: Oxford University or The Aztec Empire?
Oxford University
Honey never spoils — archaeologists have eaten honey found in this ancient place.
Ancient Egyptian tombs
This company’s open-source project made real-time stream processing mainstream.
Apache Kafka (LinkedIn)
7 gold medals in a single Olympics
Michael Phelps
How many years did Queen Elizabeth II reign?
70 years
Which came first: The fax machine or The telephone?
fax machine
This animal can survive being frozen solid and then thawed back to life.
Wood frog
This paper introduced the concept of “eventual consistency” to a broad audience.
“Dynamo: Amazon’s Highly Available Key-value Store”
Won the first four Super Bowls (1970s)
Green Bay Packers