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Geek Quiz March 2014 Finals

Nemo
March 03, 2014
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Geek Quiz March 2014 Finals

The finals for the Geek Quiz. Videos and audio questions are available at http://ge.tt/8O1nGbN1/. Answers are within the same pdf after each question.

Congratulations to Vikram Rathore, Rushil Nagda, and Akshay Agarwal for winning the quiz.

Prelims for the quiz are at https://speakerdeck.com/captn3m0/geek-quiz-march-2014-prelims

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March 03, 2014
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  1. Quiz Masters are root You accept the permissions we give

    you. You don’t get to request for more. 4 rounds 6 teams
  2. 2. Connect (in no order) - Block - Beehive -

    Loaf - Boat - Blinker - Toad - Beacon - Pulsar - Glider - Lightweight spaceship - Tub - Aircraft Carrier - Python - Long boat - Ship
  3. 2/2

  4. 5. Who? - When X’s code fails to compile, the

    compiler apologises. - X is the traveling salesman. Only he knows the shortest route - X does not use revision control software. None of his code has ever needed revision - X programs in binary, then compiles it into human-readable code - X can recite π. Backwards - X's code doesn't follow a coding convention. It is the coding convention. - There are two types of programmers: good programmers, and those that are not X - X does not sleep.. He waits - X can throw an exception further than anyone else - X can stop an infinite loop just by thinking about it - X only solves NP-awesome problems
  5. 6. Which Game? In late 1995, X was estimated to

    be installed on more computers worldwide than Microsoft's new operating system Windows 95, despite million-dollar advertising campaigns for the latter. Its popularity prompted Bill Gates to briefly consider buying the company behind X and led Microsoft to develop a Windows 95 port of X to promote the operating system as a gaming platform.
  6. 6.

  7. 7. Connect - WINE - GNU - LAME - PHP

    - RPM - XBMC - PIP - YAML - XNA
  8. 7. Recursive Acronyms - WINE (WINE is not an Emulator)

    - GNU (GNU’s not Unix) - LAME (LAME ain’t an MP3 Encoder) - PHP (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) - RPM (RPM Package Manager) - XBMC (XBMC Media Center) - PIP (PIP Installs Packages) - YAML (YAML Ain’t Markup Language) - XNA (XNA’s Not Acronymed)
  9. 8. J. J. Abrams on X : I know I

    get a lot of grief for that, but I'll tell you, there are times when I'm working on a shot, I think, 'Oh this would be really cool… with X.' But I know it's too much, and I apologize. I'm so aware of it now. This is how stupid it was. But I think admitting you're an addict is the first step towards recovery. I actually had to use ILM [Industrial Light & Magic] to remove X in a couple of shots, which is, I know, moronic. J. J. Abrams on directing Star Trek Into Darkness
  10. 10. Funda “Yes, [we will not find a solution to

    political problems in cryptography] but we can win a major battle in the arms race and gain a new territory of freedom for several years. Governments are good at cutting off the heads of a centrally controlled networks like Napster, but pure P2P networks like Gnutella and Tor seem to be holding their own.” “X is very attractive to the libertarian viewpoint if we can explain it properly. I'm better with code than with words though.” Both quotes by Satoshi Nakamoto
  11. 11. “Right. The bowlers have done their job, now it's

    up to the batsmen.” Who? When ? Why ?
  12. 11. AUS vs SA at Johannesburg (Mar ‘06) It seems

    far-fetched but so did 434 and not only did Australia get it but South Africa chased it down. One of my favourite quotes comes from that match, where Jacques Kallis is alleged to have said (in the innings break, when the team was sitting in the dressing room, wondering what had just happened): "Come on, guys: it's a 450-wicket. They're 15 short!
  13. Round 2 Written Round (+10 for each) 2 Question :

    5 images each Identify each image + Connect (10) (Max +60/ question)
  14. 2.1

  15. 2.2

  16. 2.3

  17. 2.4

  18. 2.5

  19. Answers 1. Rock and Gravel Slag | The Boulder Mobile

    2. Peter Perfect | The Turbo Terrific 3. Prof. Pat Pending | Convert a Car 4. Penelope Pitstop | The Compact Pussycat 5. Dick Dastardly & Muttley | The Mean Machine 1. Rapunzel 2. The Ugly Duckling 3. The Three Little Pigs 4. Pied Piper of Hamelin 5. Pinnochio
  20. 3. Name this storytelling style Made famous by Aaron Sorkin,

    These sequences consist of single tracking shots of long duration involving multiple characters engaging in conversation as they move through the set; characters enter and exit the conversation as the shot continues without any cuts.
  21. 5. Douglas Engelbert gave a demonstration of multiple technologies on

    Dec 9 1968. The various tech demonstrated on stage that day were precursors to various later computer inventions including: • The Computer Mouse • Multiple Windows • HyperText • Graphics • Video Conferencing • Word Processing • Version Control • Real-Time Collaboration It went on to influence work at Xerox PARC, and various design elements of the Macintosh and Windows interface as a result. What is the demonstration popularly known as?
  22. 9. Connect - RSS - Creative Commons - Markdown -

    JSTOR - Infogami - Reddit - SOPA
  23. Round 4 Long Connect. Points mentioned on slide. Topic mentioned

    for each question separately. 3 Questions