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Geek Trivia
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| Questions | Answers |
|---|---|
| What digital currency is Satoshi Nakamoto credited with inventing? | ▶ Bitcoin |
| What 2013 science fiction blockbuster starred Sandra Bullock and George Clooney? | ▶ Gravity |
| Which iOS App was the most downloaded in 2022? | ▶ TikTok |
| What former planet was demoted to a dwarf planet in 2006? | ▶ Pluto |
| The largest volcano ever discovered in our solar system is located on which planet? | ▶ Mars |
| What is name of the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator? | ▶ The Large Hadron Collider |
| In our solar system which two planets rotate clockwise? | ▶ Venus & Uranus |
| Bruce Willis played a convict turned time traveler in what 1995 movie? | ▶ 12 Monkeys |
| Orson Welles provided the voice for which Transformer in “The Transformers: The Movie” released in 1986? | ▶ Unicron |
| Each of a classic Rubik’s Cube six faces is covered by how many stickers? | ▶ Nine |
| What is the unit of length that is approximately 3.26 light-years? | ▶ Parsec |
| Star Trek: The Next Generation originally aired in what year? | ▶ 1987 |
| “Torchwood” is an anagram and spin-off of what popular British sci-fi series? | ▶ Doctor Who |
| The inventor Nikola Tesla was born on July 10th 1856 in what modern day country? | ▶ Croatia |
| What is the name of the American animated sci-fi sitcom about the misadventures of a mad scientist and his grandson? | ▶ Rick and Morty |
| In the movie The Terminator, what is the name of the company that created Skynet? | ▶ Cyberdyne Systems |
| What is the secret identity of the fictional superhero Batman? | ▶ Bruce Wayne |
| The Punisher is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by which company? | ▶ Marvel Comics |
| What does HTTP stand for in a website address? | ▶ HyperText Transfer Protocol |
| What was the name of the first electronic general-purpose computer? | ▶ ENIAC |
| What Harvard dropout co-founded Microsoft? | ▶ Bill Gates |
| What is the name given to an ancient analog computer that was discovered by divers off a Greek island in 1900? | ▶ Antikythera mechanism |
| One kilobyte is equal to how many bytes? | ▶ 1024 |
| 1,024 Gigabytes is equal to one what? | ▶ Terabyte |
| In 1975 an engineer created the first electronic camera while working for what company? | ▶ Kodak |
| Mario Kart is a video game series publish by which company? | ▶ Nintendo |
| Made up predominantly of young men, adult fans of the animated television series My Little Pony are known as what? | ▶ Bronies |
| What is the most abundant element in the earth’s atmosphere? | ▶ Nitrogen |
| SNES is the acronym for what popular gaming console released in the early 1990s? | ▶ Super Nintendo Entertainment System |
| What is the smallest unit of measurement in computer memory? | ▶ Bit |
| In what year was the first computer mouse invented? | ▶ 1963 |
| Who is known as the “Father of Artificial Intelligence”? | ▶ John McCarthy |
| What is the name of the AI voice assistant developed by Apple? | ▶ Siri |
| Who is the creator of the Linux operating system? | ▶ Linus Torvalds |
| What does the acronym “HTTP” stand for? | ▶ Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
| What is the first ever video game called? | ▶ Tennis for Two |
| What is the most common programming language used today? | ▶ JavaScript |
| What does the acronym “GUI” stand for? | ▶ Graphical User Interface |
| Who co-founded Apple Inc. alongside Steve Jobs? | ▶ Steve Wozniak |
| What is the name of the famous robotic telescope that orbits the Earth? | ▶ Hubble Space Telescope |
| What is the name of the first-ever search engine? | ▶ Archie |
| Who is the creator of the World Wide Web? | ▶ Tim Berners-Lee |
| What does the acronym “RAM” stand for in computer terms? | ▶ Random Access Memory |
| What is the most widely used database management system in the world? | ▶ MySQL |
| Who is known as the “Mother of Computer Programming”? | ▶ Ada Lovelace |
| What is the name of the programming language that is specifically designed for statistical computing and graphics? | ▶ R |
| What does the acronym “VPN” stand for? | ▶ Virtual Private Network |
| Who is the founder of Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, and The Boring Company? | ▶ Elon Musk |
| What is the name of the particle accelerator that is located in Switzerland and France? | ▶ Large Hadron Collider |
| Who invented the first computer mouse? | ▶ Douglas Engelbart |
| What does HTTP stand for? | ▶ Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
| Who is the creator of the Linux operating system? | ▶ Linus Torvalds |
| What does USB stand for? | ▶ Universal Serial Bus |
| What does the acronym BIOS stand for? | ▶ Basic Input/Output System |
| Who invented the World Wide Web? | ▶ Tim Berners-Lee |
| What is the smallest unit of digital information? | ▶ Bit |
| In what year was the first iPhone released? | ▶ 2007 |
| Who is considered the father of computer science? | ▶ Alan Turing |
| What is the name of the robot in the movie WALL-E? | ▶ WALL-E |
| What does the acronym RAM stand for? | ▶ Random Access Memory |
| Who created the programming language Python? | ▶ Guido van Rossum |
| In what year was the first version of Microsoft Windows released? | ▶ 1985 |
| What is the name of the main character in the movie Tron? | ▶ Kevin Flynn |
| Who invented the first commercially successful microprocessor? | ▶ Intel |
| What does the acronym HTML stand for? | ▶ Hypertext Markup Language |
| In what year was the first version of the web browser Netscape released? | ▶ 1994 |
| What is the name of the supercomputer that defeated chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov in 1997? | ▶ Deep Blue |
| Who is the author of the book “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”? | ▶ Douglas Adams |
| What does the acronym VPN stand for? | ▶ Virtual Private Network |
| What does BIOS stand for? | ▶ Basic Input/Output System |
| Who is the creator of the programming language Python? | ▶ Guido van Rossum |
| What does the acronym CSS stand for? | ▶ Cascading Style Sheets |
| What does the acronym SQL stand for? | ▶ Structured Query Language |
| What does the term “cyberspace” refer to? | ▶ The virtual space where computer networks exist |
| Who is credited with inventing the World Wide Web? | ▶ Tim Berners-Lee |
| What is the smallest unit of digital information? | ▶ Bit |
| What does the term “open source” mean in software development? | ▶ A type of software licensing that allows users to access and modify the source code |
| What is the name of the first computer virus? | ▶ Creeper |
| What is the name of the first video game ever created? | ▶ Tennis for Two |
| What does the acronym FTP stand for? | ▶ File Transfer Protocol |
| What is the name of the programming language used to create iOS and macOS apps? | ▶ Swift |
| What is the name of the first microprocessor? | ▶ Intel 4004 |
| Who is considered the “father of artificial intelligence”? | ▶ John McCarthy |
| What does the acronym HTML stand for? | ▶ HyperText Markup Language |
| Who is the creator of the Linux operating system? | ▶ Linus Torvalds |
| What does the term “debugging” mean in programming? | ▶ The process of identifying and fixing errors in code |
| What is the name of the first popular web browser? | ▶ Netscape Navigator |
| What does the acronym VPN stand for? | ▶ Virtual Private Network |
| Who is considered the “father of the computer”? | ▶ Charles Babbage |
| What was the first video game to feature a female protagonist? | ▶ Ms. Pac-Man |
| In computing, what does “RAM” stand for? | ▶ Random Access Memory |
| Who invented the World Wide Web? | ▶ Tim Berners-Lee |
| What type of animal is a tardigrade? | ▶ Water bear |
| What was the first computer to be marketed towards individual consumers? | ▶ Apple II |
| What was the first smartphone to feature a virtual assistant? | ▶ Apple iPhone 4S (Siri) |
| What does “HTTP” stand for? | ▶ Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
| Who founded SpaceX? | ▶ Elon Musk |
| What is the smallest unit of digital information? | ▶ Bit |
| What is the name of the artificial intelligence system developed by IBM that defeated human champions in Jeopardy!? | ▶ Watson |
| What is the term used to describe a computer’s ability to mimic human intelligence? | ▶ Artificial Intelligence |
| In video games, what does “FPS” stand for? | ▶ Frames Per Second |
| Who is known as the “father of the computer”? | ▶ Alan Turing |
| In programming, what is a “syntax error”? | ▶ An error that occurs when the code violates the grammar rules of the programming language |
| What is the most commonly used programming language in the world? | ▶ JavaScript |
| What does the acronym “URL” stand for? | ▶ Uniform Resource Locator |
| What is the name of the first computer virus? | ▶ Creeper |
| Who invented the first video game console? | ▶ Ralph H. Baer |
| What is the name of the video game franchise featuring the character Geralt of Rivia? | ▶ The Witcher |
| In programming, what is a “bug”? | ▶ An error in the code that causes unexpected behavior |
About the Author
Tim majored in Humanities with a bachelor in English and Theatre at New York State University. He lectured on entertainment business studies for three years at Plymouth College.
Tim has been a trivia host in his current hometown of Pittsburgh for the past two years. He enjoys hanging out with people who love trivia just as much as he does.
His friends call him the Question Master.
