Block Coding
Basic Coding Concepts
Python
AI
Random! (Tech Related)
100

What is the name of the famous orange cat in a popular block coding platform

Scratch Cat

100

What makes a chunk of code run repeatedly?

Loops/While loops

100

What is used to do division in python?

1) %

2) /

3) #

2) /

100

What unlocks an apple phone with your camera that uses AI?

Face ID

100

What is the keyboard shortcut to close a tab in google chrome?

ctrl + w

200

A block used to check if a specific statement is true, such as "if touching color?"

If-Then block

200

This term describes the process of finding and fixing a mistake in your code when it doesn't work as expected? (Think bugs)

Debugging

200

What is python named after?

A) Monty Python's Flying Circus

B) Mumbo Pythons magic castle

C) Sir hiss from robin hood

D) Kaa from the jungle book

A) Monty Python's Flying Circus


200

Is generative AI completely unbiased?

NOOOO!

200

What is the language a computer uses?

Binary/Machine Code

300

What set of blocks make characters move, glide and turn.(Hint in scratch the color of this block is blue)

Motion blocks

300

What is a variable?

The name of a stored piece of info

300

What word is used in python to output something out onto the screen?

a) Type 

b) Tell

c) Print

c) print

300

What is the type of AI that makes text, images, or music?

Generative AI

300

What year did the first personal computer come out?

A)1943

B)1903

C)1867

D)1974

D)1974

400

What college created scratch?

MIT

400

Give an example of something that fits into the boolean data type?

A) 22

B) True

C) -1.7

D) SHUT UP MOOOMMMMM!!! SILENCE FROM YOU!!!!

B) True

400

What data type is used to store a whole number?

a) string

b) int

c ) boolean

b) int

400

Chat GPT, Gemini, and Claude are known as LLMs, which stands for...

a) Long Latrine Models

b) Local Link Modules

c) Large Language Models

d) Local Link Models

c) Large Language Models

400

In 1947, engineers working on the Harvard Mark II found an actual moth stuck in a relay, leading to this term for error.

A bug

500

Scratch uses these as the limit for random movement on the stage...

the stage boundaries in Scratch

500

How many data types are there in java?

1) 15

2) 3

3) 8

4)10

3) 8

500

What does this code do?


while True:

   password = input("Please enter your password: ")   

   if (password != "SECRET"):

      print("No, try again!")                       

   else:

      print("Password verified.")                      

      break

It tells the person to guess a password and reacts differently based off the answer

500

The backbone of AI are ______, that mirror the way a human brain works so AI can learn.

a) Neural Networks

b) Pathways 

c) Flux Capacitors

d) Positronic Brains

a) Neural Networks 

500

What famous person knew/knows how to code?

a) Jimmy Fallon

b) Selena Gomez

c) Emma Watson

a) Jimmy Fallon