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In Demon Slayer, what is the name of Tanjiro’s younger sister who travels inside a wooden box?
Nezuko Kamado
You can tap this thing to pay for things at 7-Eleven or ride the MRT.
EasyCard or iPASS
What is the very first program or sentence every CS student learns to code and print out when learning a new language?
"Hello, World!"
Name 3 common programming languages.
Python, Java, C++, JavaScript, C#, Ruby, Go
What English word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
The word "Short" (Add "er" and it becomes "Shorter"
This mega-hit song by Bruno Mars and BLACKPINK's Rosé became an instant global meme, named after a traditional Korean drinking game. What is the title?
APT. (Apartment)
While 1, 5, 10, and 50 dollar coins are used every single day in Taiwan, there is an official, green-tinted coin that is still completely legal tender but incredibly rare to see in circulation. What is the value of this rare coin?
20 NTD
If an AI code assistant confidently makes up completely fake or non-existent programming libraries, what is the technical term for this AI mistake?
AI Hallucination
Name 3 fast food chains that are available in Taiwan.
McDonald's, KFC, Burger King, Subway, MOS Burger, TKK, Fat Daddy, Dicos, etc.
What is the single most frequently used letter in the entire English language?
The letter "E"
This dark fantasy anime features Eren Yeager, giant wall-scaling monsters, and the Survey Corps. What is the title?
Attack on Titan
When a trash truck drives through a neighborhood in Taiwan, what famous classical piano song does it loudly play to tell everyone to bring out their garbage?
Fur Elise or A Maiden's Prayer
This website has a black-and-white cat-octopus logo (Octocat) and is where developers host, share, and backup their code repositories.
GitHub
Name 3 Shonen anime main characters.
Luffy, Naruto, Goku, Tanjiro, Deku, Ichigo
I have a head and a tail, but I don't have a body. What am I?
A Coin
What is the name of the historic NASA program and mission that sent a crew of four astronauts to fly all the way around the Moon?
Artemis II (Artemis 2)
Counting all the operational lines (including main lines, branches, and the Circular line), exactly how many total stations are currently on the official Taipei MRT network?
131 stations
Every programmer hates this error that happens when a recursive function calls itself too many times, completely filling up the program's active memory. What is this error called?
Stack Overflow
Name 3 common excuses or lies students tell when they show up late to class or miss a deadline.
"My alarm didn't go off", "I overslept", "The traffic/MRT was delayed", "I was sick", "My computer crashed/updated"
What English word contains all five vowels (A, E, I, O, U) in their exact alphabetical order?
Education
What is the exact English name of the creature that guards the magical Azkaban prison in Harry Potter, famously feeding on human happiness?
Dementor
While Taiwan is famous for having convenience stores on almost every corner—including offshore islands like Penghu, Kinmen, and Green Island—which specific, inhabited volcanic island of Taiwan is famous for having zero chain convenience stores to protect its local traditional culture?
Orchid Island (蘭嶼)
In modern deep learning and large language models (like ChatGPT), what does the acronym "GPT" actually stand for?
Generative Pre-trained Transformer
Name 3 physical hardware components inside a desktop computer case.
CPU, GPU/Graphics Card, RAM, Motherboard, SSD/Hard Drive, Power Supply
What is the linguistic term for "sound-like-words" that mimic the noise they make, such as bang, buzz, or slurp?
Onomatopoeia