Tech History/Internet Firsts
Code in Pop Culture
Tech Acronyms
Company Taglines & Logos
Potluck Trivia
100
Tim Berners-Lee invented this in 1989 while working at CERN.
World Wide Web
100
In The Office, Dwight Schrute once claimed to have memorized this programming language in a single night.
Java
100
Git is sometimes said to mean “Global Information Tracker,” but originally it meant this.
A British slang insult (“git”) meaning fool, idiot, annoying person, or jerk
100
This company’s unofficial slogan is “Don’t be evil.”
100
Weird but true laws-
In this U.S. state, it is illegal to carry an ice cream cone in your back pocket on Sundays.
Alabama
200
This email service, launched in 2004, began with invites only and 1GB of free storage.
Gmail
200
The falling green code in The Matrix was created from this language’s writing system.
Japanese (katakana)
200
In web development, CORS errors relate to this acronym.
Cross-Origin Resource Sharing
200
This company’s original logo featured Sir Isaac Newton sitting under a tree.
Apple
200
Movie Makeovers- name this altered movie poster
127 Hours
300
The 2010 movie The Social Network dramatized the founding of this website.
300
In web security, XSS is a common exploit that stands for this.
Cross-Site Scripting
300
“Imagination at Work” was the tagline for this American conglomerate.
General Electric (GE)
300
Famous first lines-
"There is no lake at Camp Green Lake."
Holes
400
This company introduced the first mass-produced personal computer, the Altair 8800, in 1975.
MITS (Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems)
400
Tony Stark famously uses this fictional AI assistant in the Iron Man movies.
J.A.R.V.I.S.
400
CAPTCHA was invented at this university and stands for “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart.
Carnegie Mellon University
400
“The Ultimate Driving Machine” is the slogan of this company.
BMW
400
History but weird-
The shortest war in history lasted 38 minutes between these two countries.
Britain and Zanzibar
500
This company’s “Think” slogan was first used in the 1910s, decades before “Think Different.”
IBM
500
In Jurassic Park, Lex Murphy says, “It’s a ____ system! I know this!”
UNIX
500
In system design, the architectural style known as SOA stands for this
Service-Oriented Architecture
500
This software company once used the tagline "Where do you want to go today?" in the 1990s.
Microsoft
500
This cheese is intentionally infested with live maggots to give it a stronger flavor.
Casu Marzu