PyWars Fun Round

Fun Facts

100

What is the largest planet in our solar system?
A. Earth
B. Mars
C. Jupiter
D. Saturn

C. Jupiter

200

What is the only letter that doesn’t appear in any U.S. state name?
A. Q
B. Z
C. X
D. J 

Q

300

1. What is the largest desert in the world?

A) Sahara

B) Gobi

C) Antarctica

D) Arabian

C) Antarctica

400

What is India’s only active volcano?
A. Barren Island
B. Narcondam
C. Deccan Traps
D. Lakshadweep Atoll

A. Barren Island

500

In what country was the first computer virus created?

A. Germany
B. USA
C. Pakistan
D. Russia

C. Pakistan

World Capitals

100

What is the capital of France?
A. Berlin
B. Rome
C. Madrid
D. Paris

D. Paris

200

What is the capital of Canada?
 A) Toronto
 B) Vancouver
 C) Ottawa
 D) Montreal

 C) Ottawa

300

What is the capital of Australia?
A. Sydney
B. Melbourne
C. Canberra
D. Brisbane

C. Canberra

400

What is the capital of Argentina?
 A) Santiago
 B) Buenos Aires
 C) Lima
 D) Caracas

 B) Buenos Aires

500

What is not the capital of South Africa?
A. Johannesburg
B. Cape Town
C. Bloemfontein
D. Pretoria

A. Johannesburg

Computing History and Facts

100

Who is considered the “Father of the Computer”?
A. Alan Turing
B. Charles Babbage
C. Steve Jobs
D. Bill Gates

B. Charles Babbage

200

What was the name of the first electronic general-purpose computer?
A. ENIAC
B. UNIVAC
C. Colossus
D. IBM 701

A. ENIAC

300

3. What was the first high-level programming language?
A. COBOL
B. FORTRAN
C. BASIC
D. Assembly
 

B. FORTRAN

400

Which company invented the first hard disk drive (HDD)?
A. IBM
B. Seagate
C. Western Digital
D. Hitachi

A. IBM

500

What early computer bug was literally a moth?
A. Harvard Mark I
B. ENIAC
C. Manchester Baby
D. Colossus

A. Harvard Mark I

Fun Fact: In 1947, engineers found a moth causing a relay malfunction—the origin of the term “computer bug.”

Computing Knowledge

100

Which of these file types is NOT typically executable?
A. .exe
B. .bat
C. .txt
D. .sh
 

C. .txt

200

Which HTTP status code indicates “Too Many Requests”?
A. 403
B. 429
C. 500
D. 307
 

B. 429

300

In networking, what does the term “ping” technically measure?
A. Download speed
B. Time for a packet to reach a host and return
C. Number of connected devices
D. Signal strength

B. Time for a packet to reach a host and return

400

4. What is the primary function of a DNS (Domain Name System)?
A. Encrypt internet data
B. Translate domain names to IP addresses
C. Host websites
D. Monitor network traffic  

B. Translate domain names to IP addresses

500

In computing, what does the acronym “ACID” stand for in databases?
A. Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability
B. Accuracy, Control, Integrity, Data
C. Authentication, Compression, Isolation, Delivery
D. Access, Consistency, Identification, Distribution

A. Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability

All about Python

100

1. What is the correct file extension for Python files?

A. .java
B. .py
C. .pt
D. .python

B. .py

200

2. What will the following code output?

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print(type("42"))

A. <class 'int'>
B. <class 'float'>
C. <class 'str'>
D. <class 'bool'>

C. <class 'str'>

300

my_list = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]  

print(my_list[::2])

A. [0, 2, 4]

B. [1, 3, 5]

C. [0, 1, 2]

D. [2, 4, 6]

A. [0, 2, 4]

400

4. Which of the following will create a shallow copy of a list?

A. copy.deepcopy(list)
B. list.clone()
C. list.copy()
D. copy.copy(list)

C. list.copy()

500

 5. What is the result of this function call?

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def func(a, b=[]):    b.append(a)    return b
print(func(1))  print(func(2))

A. [1] and [2]
B. [1] and [1, 2]
C. [1, 2] and [1, 2]
D. Raises an error

B. [1] and [1, 2]