Jacquard/Antikythera
Dates
Scytale/Abacus/First mention computer
Robot/Cipher/Binary
Turk/Telegraph
100

Jacquard Loom invented

1801

100

2500 BCE

Sumerian Abacus

100

What type of computer was the first mention talking about?

A human computer.

100

Did Heron ever build his robot?

No

100

What game did the Mechanical Turk play?

Chess

200

When did divers discover the Antikythera shipwreck?

1900

200

1613

First use of the word Computer

200

What was the Scytale used for?

Encryption

200

How many states can a binary represent?

2

200

What was one potential problem communicating with the optical telegraph?

Weather, destruction

300

Who Said: The Analytical Engine weaves algebraic patterns, just as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves.

Ada Lovelace

300

60

Programmable Robot

300

This is where the modern version of the Abacus was developed.

China

300

Inventor of the programmable robot

Heron

300

Tried to beat the turk by making illegal moves.

Napolean

400

What input method was used for the Jacquard Loom?

Punch Cards

400

Cipher Disk

1470

400

What is sexagesimal?

Base 60

400

The Cipher is an example of a _______ device(begins with C)

cryptographic

400

Played the turk twice.  Some say it inspired his failed Difference Engine.

Charles Babbage

500

What movie featured the Antikythera Mechanism?

Indiana Jones and the dial of Destiny

500

Antikythera

150BCE

500

Which army used the Scytale?

Sparta

500

Inventor of the Cipher Disk.

Alberti

500

At it's peak what distance did the Optical Telegraph cover?

Over 3000 miles