Technology
Founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Microsoft introduced its Windows operating system in what year?
What is 1985? (+/- 5 years)
This is the name of the annual international film festival held in France.
What is the Cannes Film Festival?
This invention by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 revolutionized communication.
What is the telephone?
Name all three regional TMT COI leaders (East, West, and Central).
Who is Amanda del Bove (East), Debbie Rapoport (West), Emily London (Central)?
This area in Wyoming is known for its geothermal features, including Old Faithful, and sits atop a volcanic hotspot.
What is Yellowstone?
Known for its powerful graphics processing units, this company plays a significant role in the gaming industry and artificial intelligence. (Hint: A client of EY's)
What is Nvidia?
What do the following movies have in common: The Polar Express, Wonder Woman, and Joker?
What is Warner Bros?
This messaging app, acquired by Facebook in 2014, uses the internet to send messages.
What is WhatsApp?
This TMT'er is getting married next year in PA at State College, where she and her fiancé met.
Who is Audrey Shomper?
This iconic land formation in Arizona is known for its visually stunning layers of red rock.
What is the Grand Canyon?
Which fast-food franchise is credited with inventing Redbox, the video rental kiosks?
What is McDonalds?
In Star Trek, Deep Space Nine was originally called this by the Cardassians.
What is the Gamma Quadrant?
This is the term for the maximum rate of data transfer across a given path or the speed at which data is transmitted between devices. (Hint - consultants use this term too)
What is bandwidth?
Which TMT'er is currently working to achieve their Sommelier certification from the Court of Master Sommeliers?
Who is Anna Deluca? Ask her about any wine-related inquires you may have!
This park in southeastern California is renowned for its namesake trees.
What is Joshua Tree?
What is 8 billion gadgets? (+/- 0.5 billion)
In which Disney movie was a did a princess sing a duet with a villain character for the first time in Disney movie history?
What is Frozen? (Ana sings a duet with Hans)
This British multinational company, which is the third largest mobile network operator in the world, has its name derived from "voice data fone."
What is Vodafone?
Which TMT'er born and raised in NYC, attended and graduated from Columbia and NYU then went on to settle down in California?
Who is Mai T Huynh?
This is the largest tropical wilderness area in the U.S., known for its mangrove forests and coral reefs.
What is the Everglades?
Name the individual who is credited as the founder of the decentralized digital currency, Bitcoin?
What is ~unknown~? The founder remains unknown to this day!
Name a Disney movie where both parents and present and alive during the course of the movie. (Hint: There are only 4 in total)
What is...
1. 101 Dalmatians
2. Peter Pan
3. Lady and the Tramp
4. Mulan
This company introduced the first smartphone, named Simon, in 1994.
What is IBM?
Which west coast TMT'er is a professional ballroom dancer specializing in American Smooth?
Who is Brodie Kaster?
Also known as "Wildflower National Park" this protected area in the Appalachian region has over 1,5000 species of flowering plants.
What is the Great Smoky Mountains?