Bathcamp #8: Quiz Of The Year

BathCamp 2008 13th/14th September 2008 --------------- Evening 1: Web Design - 4th Feb 2009 - Paul Boag - Ryan Carson --------------- Evening 2: Arduino and Current Cost - 4th Mar 2009 - Ben Tomlinson - Dale Lane --------------- Event 3: Mobile - 1st April 2009 - Chris Book, - Giles Turnbull - Dan Zambonini --------------- Event 4: Quiz night - 6th May 2009 Compered by Darren Beale --------------- Event 5: Eclectic night - 1st June 2009 - Pete Ferne - Sam Machin - Cameron Neylon --------------- Event 6: Linked data, adobe AIR, UX - 1st July 2009 - Leigh Dodds - James Whittaker - Joe Leech --------------- Event 7: Bathcamponified - 21st July 2009 - Amy Mahon - Ryan Carson - Sam Machin - Dan Zambonini - Julian Cheal - Steve Pope - Brian Kelly - Chris Book - Mike Ellis --------------- Bathcamp - the barcamp - 26th/27th September 2009

the quiz 40 questions, 4 rounds

Round 1
Design and hardware hacking

Round 1 / Q1
What does the site "No!Spec" do?

Round 1 / Q2
What is the missing word?

Round 1 / Q3
Ryan Carson talked about an add-on called "Ubiquity". What does it do?

Round 1 / Q4
What nationality is Jakob Nielsen?

Round 1 / Q5
What is the name of the energy-monitoring device that Dale talked about at BathCamp 2?

Round 1 / Q6
What is an "Arduino"?

Round 1 / Q7
Name an alternative platform to Arduino

Round 1 / Q8
What language is Arduino programming based on?

Round 1 / Q9
When was Lego invented? (within +/- 5 years)

Round 1 / Q10
Where does the name "Lego" come from?

Round 2
Mobile and....eclectic

Round 2 / Q1
What is the estimated replacement time for mobile devices?
(+/- 3 months)

Round 2 / Q2
What percentage of iPhones have an application installed that is not on the phone at purchase?
a) 59%
b) 63%
c) 78%
d) 93%

Round 2 / Q3
What does XMPP stand for?

Round 2 / Q4
Which web-based XMPP application was launched during 2009, to much fanfare...?

Round 2 / Q5
Which country's constitution did Giles show as being available as an iPhone app?

Round 2 / Q6
Which country does "World's Worst War" come from?

Round 2 / Q7
What percentage of UK people accessed email or internet using their phone in 2009? (within +/- 5%)

Round 2 / Q8
What is “Open Research”?

Round 2 / Q9
Which UK city searches for more porn than any other city in the world?

Round 2 / Q10
Name the Make and Model of this phone (1 Point)

Round 3
Linked Data...AIR.... UX....BathCamponified... ...BathCamp08

Round 3 / Q1
What does RDF stand for?

Round 3 / Q2
What does the AIR in Adobe AIR stand for?

Round 3 / Q3
What was Julian Cheal’s tie made of?
(no points for his team..)

When was the piano invented?
1650
1678
1698
Round 3 / Q4

Round 3 / Q5
According to Dan Zambonini’s BathCamponified talk, what is the most important technology?

Round 3 / Q6
What is the #1 photo-sharing application in the world?

Round 3 / Q7
What does “RIA” stand for?

Round 3 / Q8
What are a, b and c? (1 point each)
a b c

Round 3 / Q9
Which of the following is not a consituent of an RDF triple?
predicate
syndicate
object
subject

Round 3 / Q10
Which company develops FLEX?

Round 4
General geekery

Round 4 / Q1
What percentage of UK households have internet access in 2009?
50%
60%
70%
80%

Round 4 / Q2
What percentage of UK households have a games console?
10-30%
31-50%
51-70%
70% +

Round 4 / Q3
What percentage of people in the UK (admitted to) using adult sites in 2009?
0-20%
21-50%
51-70%
70%

Round 4 / Q4
Name (in any order) three of the top five most popular websites in the US

Round 4 / Q5
Name these logos (1 point each)
a) b) c) d)

Round 4 / Q6
Name three of the top ten most tweeted people in 2009?

Round 4 / Q7
When was the first computer mouse introduced?

Round 4 / Q8
Worldwide, how many songs have been sold on iTunes? * (to within 10 million)
* January 2009 statistic

Round 4 / Q9
What is the name of Google’s “Wikipedia-killer”?

Round 4 / Q10
What does WWGD stand for and name the person who coined the phrase in 2009 (2 Points)

Bathcamp #8: Quiz Of The Year

by Mike Ellis

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