Famous Computer Science Figures
Programming Languages
Logic Puzzles
UO facts
Pop Culture
100
This man's ideas led to early versions of modern computing and helped win World War II.
Who is Alan Turing?
100
Named after a snake, this high level programming language has quickly become one of the most popular programming languages currently.
What is Python?
100
The day before two days after the day before tomorrow is Saturday. What day is it today?
What is Friday?
100
What is the mascot of the University of Oregon?
What is the Duck?
100
Who was the Time person of the year in 2023?
Who is Taylor Swift?
200
She broke gender and race barriers by working for NASA during the first moon launch. She was assigned to work on the all-women team analyzing flight data (Hidden Figures).
Who is Katherine Johnson?
200
A general purpose low-level programming language that utilizes pointers and dynamic memory.
What is C?
200
A man went on a trip with a fox, a goose, and a sack of corn. He came upon a stream that he had to cross and found a tiny boat to use to cross the stream. He could only take himself and one other - the fox, the goose, or the corn - one at a time. He could not leave the fox alone with the goose or the goose with the corn. How does he get all safely over the stream?
What is take the goose over first and come back. Then take the fox over and bring the goose back. Now take the corn over and come back alone to get the goose. Take the goose over and the job is done!
200
What famous movie was filmed partially on the UO campus?
What is Animal House?
200
Who is the author of the infamous bestselling memoir Spare?
Prince Harry
300
Founded the institute for Women in Technology and dedicated her career to empowering women in the technology industry.
Who is Anita Borg?
300
This programming language is a core technology of the World Wide Web, alongside HTML and CSS. As of 2024, 98.9% of websites use this programming language on the client side for webpage behavior.
What is javascript?
300
Five friends (Allegra, Ben, Clara, Flora, and Zach) are each allergic to something different: pollen, shellfish, bee stings, cats, or nuts.
- Allegra has a food allergy
- Ben can play with his kitten for hours without issue (or medicine).
- Clara’s allergy is not related to animals.
- Flora has seasonal allergies?
Can you figure out who is allergic to what?W
What is:
Allegra is allergic to shellfish, Ben to bee stings, Clara to nuts, Flora to pollen, and Zach to cats.
300
What is the most popular major at the UO?
What is Business Administration?
300
What is the name of the hit Hulu show featuring Ayo Edebri and Jeremy Allen White?
What is The Bear?
400
The first computer programmer. Wrote code before computer hardware existed.
Who is Ada Lovelace?
400
This is a general-purpose programming language that emphasizes performance, type safety, and concurrency. It enforces memory safety without a garbage collector.
Hints: used at Amazon, what happens when metal gets wet
What is Rust?
400
There are six glasses in a row. The first three are filled with milk, and the next three are empty. Can you rearrange six glasses so that the full and empty glasses are in alternating order by moving only one glass?
What is pour milk from the second glass into the fifth glass
400
What year did the UO open?
What is 1876?
400
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Who is this character?
Who is Grimace?
500
They created the first compiler, a program that translates high-level language code into machine-readable code.
Hint: Famous college career conference is named after this person
Who is Grace Hopper?
500
Created in 1963, this programming language is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages designed for ease of use. It was one of the most popular programming languages in the 70s and 80s.
What is BASIC?
500
What is the weight of the animals in the photo
What is 27kg?
500
How many people were in the first graduating class from the University of Oregon in 1878?
What is 5 people?
500
Who won the Oscar for best lead actress in 2023?
Who is Michelle Yeoh?