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100

What was the famous test that Alan Turing proposed?

Turing test

100

1 = 5

2 = 15

3 = 215

4 = 3215

5 = ? 

5 = 43215 

100

What is the operating system android is coded in?

Java

100

What is the name of the positional number system that can only be expressed in 0’s and 1’s?

Binary 

100

What class is replacing IBCS in SSIS next year?

AP Computer Science Principles 

200

Who is considered the first computer programmer?

Ada Lovelace 

200

MON = 3

TUE = 5

WED = 4

THU = ?

THU = 6

200

What was the most popular programming language in 2019?

Python 


200

What was Python named after?

The television show, Monty Python's Flying Circus

200

What is Ms. Richardson’s CS lab called?

Ada Lovelace Lab

300

What was 1 major change between the first iteration of CS class offered in IBDP and the second iteration of CS class offered?

Java -> Pseudocode

Mathematics -> Sciences  

300

Bob borrowed 500 coins from each Alp and Charles. Bob purchased a bag of the cookie with 970 coins. Then Bob is left with 30 coins. So he gave 10 coins to Alp and 10 to Charles. Then this means that Bob borrowed 490 coins total from Alp and Charles, which is a total of 980 coins when added up together. When Bob added his 10 coins to 980, it becomes 990. Where did 10 coins go?

Bob borrowed 495 each and kept 10, not 490 each.

300

What is the current industrial revolution called? And what is its main factor?

4th Industrial Revolution, Wifi, network, accept any other answers that are related to ‘connection’

300

What is a Q-bit?

A bit that can be 0 and 1 simultaneously (Do not accept quantum bit)  

300

Why can’t you call someone using your cell phone in an elevator?

Most elevators are made of metal, and it is like faraday’s cage 

400

What year was Windows 1.0 released by Microsoft?

1985

400

On an island, each person always tells the truth or each person always tells a lie. Three people say 𝐴, 𝐵 and 𝐶 have a conversation. 

Find out who is lying and who is telling the truth.

  1. 𝐴 says that 𝐵 is lying 

  2. 𝐵 says that 𝐶 is lying

  3. 𝐶 says that both 𝐴 and 𝐵 are lying



C can only be a liar, and from that, A is a liar, and B is a truth-teller.

400

What is the average salary of a computer science graduate in the USA straight out of undergrad in USD?

$65,900 (accept between 60,000 - 66,000)

400

What is the history of the languages Apple has used to code their operating systems?

Objective C -> Swift

400

 What is the name of the cat on Scratch?

Scratch Cat (for those who say Scratchy, sad)

500

What are the names of the 3 cipher machines Japan used in WW2 to encrypt messages? (as nicknamed by the Americans)

Purple, Coral, Jade

500

I am on Ear Pad [?] 

What is inside the blank? (hint, think of card symbols)

‘D’iamon’d’  ‘H’ear’t’  ‘s’pad’e’  ‘c’love’r’

500

What is the name of Facebook’s cryptocurrency? What is the big difference compared to other cryptocurrencies out there?

Libra, The plan is for the transactions to be managed by 1 group of investors and companies

500

Why are Java and Javascript so similar in name?

'The language's name is the result of a co-marketing deal between Netscape and Sun, in exchange for Netscape bundling Sun's Java runtime with their then-dominant browser." It was originally called Mocha, renamed to LiveScript, and then renamed to JavaScript'

500

Decrypt the following binary:  01001110 01101001 01100011 01100101 

Nice