SCSP
Technology
Defense/Intelligence
Washington D.C.
Random Knowledge/Pop Culture
100

How old is SCSP? 

5 years old 

100

What year did the first iPhone launch?

2007

100

Which intelligence agency focuses primarily on foreign intelligence? 

The CIA

100

What city was Washington D.C. inspired by? 

Paris

100

Which country is Zara Larsson from? 

Sweden

200

Who are the PhDs we have on staff?

Dr. Nandita Balakrishnan and Dr. Ryan Carpenter 

200

What emerging tech threatens to break current encryption standards?


Quantum Computing 

200

Who is the chair of the National Security Council? 

The President 

200

In what year was Washington D.C. designated the capital of the Untied States?

1800

200

Who is the smallest nation by population in the World Cup?

Curacao

300

Where does the name Special Competitive Studies Project Come from?

Henry Kissinger's Special Studies Project 

300

How many days did it take ChatGPT to reach 1 million users—making it the fastest-growing app ever?

5 days

300

Pete Hegseth is what number Secretary of Defense?

29th

300

Rock Creek Park, one of DC's largest green spaces, was designed by the same landscape architect who designed what other famous park?

Central Park (Frederick Law Olmsted)

300

How many islands does Hawaii have? 

137

400

How many attendees were at the 2026 AI+Expo? 

16,843

400

OpenAI released GPT-4 in March 2023. What major visual capability did GPT-4 add that ChatGPT didn't have?

Ability to process images 

400

Who is the father of nuclear deterrence theory? 

Thomas Schelling 

400

What iconic pop culture figure adorns the National Cathedral? 

Darth Vader 

400

What is the occupation of Lana Del Rey's husband, Jeremy Dufrene?


Swamp/alligator boat tour guide

500

Who was the first SCSP staff hire?

Katie Fiergang 

500

When was the term "artificial intelligence" first coined? 

1955

500

What is colloquial saying to describe USINDOPACOM's Area of Responsibility? 

"From Hollywood to Bollywood" 

500

DC's Adams Morgan neighborhood takes its name from two merged neighborhoods. What were the names of the two schools that merged and gave the neighborhood its hyphenated name?

John Quincey Adams School and Thomas P. Morgan School (desegregated in 1950s)

500

When was the Magna Carta signed in England?

June 15, 1215