Team / Name(s)__________________________

Quizmasters: Roger & Sam GreenhalghNational Rural Knowledge Exchange

Christmas IT Olympics 2007

Score: ____________________ / 30

You are welcome to do this quiz individually or in small teams

Please respond by circling one answer for each question.

Question 1

0xFF =

A. 1024

B. 0

C. 255

D. None of these

Question 2

Douglas Adams's middle name was…

A. Neil

B. Noel

C. Allen

D. Douglas

Question 3I would rather stand in the way of

a high velocity…

A. SOAP Packet

B. EDO simm

C. Digital Micro Vax

D. Particle accelerator

Question 4

You can fit more porn in a…

A. exabyte

B. bit

C. terabyte

D. yottabyte

Question 5Alan Turing once said…

A. "The oldest, shortest words - "yes" and "no" - are those which require the most thought"

B. "A tool is usually more simple than a machine; it is generally used with the hand, whilst a machine is frequently moved by animal or steam power."

C. "Machines take me by surprise with great frequency".

D. "Hey, you, get off my shroud"

Question 6

FREE BSD's Logo is…

A. a penguin

B. a demon

C. a gnu

D. a buck-toothed specky git

Question 7

True Xor True returns…

A. True

B. False

C. Neither

D. A blue screen of death

Question 8

Tux can fly…?

A. True

B. False

Question 9

"I don't know how to work this thing..."

A. RTFM

B. FTRM

C. MRTF

D. ROTFL

Question 10

An "Eprom" is…

A. American nerds having a "virtual" party

B. black and spiky

C. white and smooth

D. a figment of Stephen Spielberg's fertile imagination

Question 11

"Dilbert" is a creation of…

A. Matt Groening

B. Scott Adams

C. Gilbert Shelton

D. Robert Crumb

Question 12Who said…

"I'm sorry Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that…"?

A

B

C

D

Question 13Who said… How about a nice game of Global Thermonuclear War?

A

B

C

D

Question 14Who's credited with inventing the World Wide Web ?

A

B

C

D

Question 15Who's credited with the Three Laws of Robotics ?

A

B

C

D

Question 16Which is the odd one out ?

A

B

C

D

Question 17Which is the odd one out ?

A

B

C

D

Question 18

Which set is the Odd One Out ?

A. script serif sans-serif

B. purple green red

C. bold italic italic underlineunderline

D.D. camel AllCaps camel AllCaps LOWERLOWER

Question 19

Spot the deliberate mistake…

A. <tr><td>Hello from Roger &amp; Sam</tr></td>

B. Hello from Roger &amp; Sam<br />

C. <div>Hello <span>from Roger and Sam</span></div>

D. <div>Hello from Roger &amp; S<a name="m"/>am</div>

Question 20Spot the Odd One Out…

A. \r\n

B. CRLF

C. ¶

D. &&

Question 21What am I…?

A. Motherboard

B. RS232 connector

C. Printer head

D. Heat sink

Question 22What am I…?

A. DIN socket

B. Floppy disc

C. Laser printer

D. Video card

Question 23Where am I…?

A. Microsoft Way, Redmond

B. Google HQ, Palo Alto

C. IBM, Feltham

D. GCHQ, Cheltenham

Question 24Three of these items share their inventor's name.

Which is the odd one out ?

A

B

C

D

Question 25Which is the Odd One Out…?

A. DTR

B. RTS

C. RXD

D. RGB

Question 26Which is the odd website out ?

A

B

C

D

Question 27Which is the Odd One Out…?

A. Bagaza

B. Bagle

C. Netsky

D. Nimda

Question 28

Which is the Odd Group Out…?

A. Chicago, Longhorn, Whistler

B. Barbarossa, Overlord, Sealion

C. Trinity, Littleboy, Fatman

D. Adamantium, Homokaasu, Phlogiston

Question 29

Which is the correct order of magnitude…?

«-- Operationally good ----------- Totally defunct --»

A. OK, NDG, U/S, SNAFU, TARFU, FUBAR

B. OK, FUBAR, SNAFU, TARFU, U/S, NDG

C. OK, U/S, TARFU, NDG, FUBAR, SNAFU

D. OK, U/S, SNAFU, TARFU, FUBAR, NDG

Question 30

Which is the odd group out…?

A. 1, 4, Zebra, 12, 15

B. Ass, 1, 2, 6, 10

C. 3, 7, 8, Horse, 40

D. 11, 12, 20, 80, Donkey

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