Networking
Software
Security
Hardware
Who am I?
100

A network utility used to test basic ICMP communications between two hosts.

What is PING?

100

This company's famous phrase is "You've got mail".

What is AOL/ America Online?

100

A secure, encrypted connection / tunnel on the Internet that is used to transfer data between two endpoints. 

What is a VPN?

100

On the topic of computer memory, RAM and ROM stand for.

What is Random Access Memory and Read-Only Memory?

100

Co-founded Apple in 1976, known as the face of the company and for wearing black shirts and blue jeans.

Who is Steve Jobs.

200

System used to translate website addresses/ URLs into IP addresses.

What is DNS / Domain Name System?

200

The "D.O.S" in "MSDOS" stands for.

What is Disk Operating System?

200
This is the day of the week and week of the month that Windows releases updates.
What is patch Tuesday on the second Tuesday of the month?
200

This device is used to separate and secure a Local Area Network from a Wide Area Network / Internet.

What is a firewall?

200

Co-founded Apple in 1976. Nicknamed "Woz".

Who is Steve Wozniak?

300
Amount of usable host IP addresses in a /24 network.

What is 254? (2^8 = 256 - 2 IPs for network and broadcast).

300

This is the date in which Windows 10 becomes end of life.

What is October 14th, 2025?

300

DDoS stands for?

Distributed Denial of Service.

300

This is the physical size of the floppy disk shown on the "save" icon used in most software.

What is 3.5"

300

Co-founded Microsoft with Paul Allen in 1975.

Who is Bill Gates?

400

This is the color order in which Ethernet T568B cables are wired, starting from left to right.

What is OrangeWhite, Orange, GreenWhite, Blue, BlueWhite, Green, BrownWhite, Brown?

400

In 1993 Id software developed and released this very popular first person shooter game that sold over 3.5 million copies by 1999.

What is Doom?

400

This 3 letter acronym is a public standardized database of common security flaws.

What is CVE / Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures.

400

This is the amount of data that can be stored on a typical 3.5" floppy disk.

What is 1.44 MB

400

Responsible for creating the Linux kernel in 1994.

Who is Linus Torvalds.

500

Command used to save a Cisco switches configuration.

What is Write Memory or Copy Running-config Startup-config?

500

In 1995 Microsoft released software to make using Windows 3.1, Windows 95, and Windows NT easier by providing the user with a GUI that portrayed the inside of a house, with different rooms corresponding to common real-world room styles such as a kitchen or family room. Each room contains decorations and furniture, as well as icons that represent applications. 

What is Microsoft BOB?

500

This 3 letter acronym is a security tool that is used to monitor the network and report network anomalies or malicious behavior. 

What is an IDS / Intrusion Detection System?

500

These are the 3 common voltages outputted by a PC power supply

+12V: CPU GPU Fans

+5V: USB LEDs Fans

+3.3V: Chipsets RAM 

500

in 1956, responsible for creating an algorithm that finds the shortest path through a network. This algorithm is commonly used in routing protocols. 

Who is Edsger Dijkstra?