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ECAWA Carnival of Computing Challenge
ECAWA Carnival of Computing Challenge
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1
Before becoming the OS for Google's smartphone, Android was being developed for what device?
Open Source Game Consoles
Televisions
In car entertainment
Cameras
2
Fortnite Battle Royale became massive in 2018. But what is the game’s other mode called?
Smackdown
Death Squad
Save the World
Capture the Seas
3
The first version of Internet Explorer borrowed from the source code of what other web browser?
Netscape Navigator
ViolaWWW
Spyglass Mosaic
IBM WebExplorer
4
Which of these statements was true of the QWERTY layout on typewriters in 1878...
The space bar worked as enter (return)
It had an escape key for paper jams
The numbers 1 and 0 were missing entirely
The first six letters weren't even QWERTY
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Apple was founded by three partners in 1976. Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and ?
Gil Amelio
Tim Cook
Ronald Wayne
Arthur D. Levinson
6
Mocking or criticising someone on Twitter, without directly mentioning them is ?
Undertweeting
Rude
Backtweeting
Subtweeting
7
SPOT PRIZE!
What is the maximum height for flying a drone in Australia?
120 m
100 m
80 m
150 m
8
Which country has the highest percentage of their population online?
Iceland
Japan
Norway
South Korea
9
Which of these is the oldest web browser still in general use and development?
Netscape
Lynx
Internet Explorer
Mosaic
10
Ghosts in the original Pacman had unique AI traits. Which one was the least predictable?
Blinky (the red ghost)
Inky (the cyan ghost)
Pinky (the pink ghost)
Clyde (the orange ghost)
11
During its earliest days in development, Windows was known by what name?
Interface Manager
Graphical Interlay
DOS Overlay
GDOS
12
SPOT PRIZE!
Which letter sits to the left of the letter ‘O’ on a Qwerty keyboard?
k
i
l
p
13
What was the first web browser?
Netscape
Mosaic
World Wide Web
NeXT
14
Which of the following is equal to 1,024 bytes?
1 mebibyte
1 kibibyte
1 tebibyte
1 gibibyte
15
How many computer languages are in use?
20
2000
50
5000
16
Which of these materials is the best conductor of heat?
Copper
Silver
Diamond
Aluminium
17
Approximately how many metres of tape fit inside a standard T-120 VHS tape?
156 metres
73 metres
36 metres
248 metres
18
"Polygon Man" was briefly the mascot for which game console?
Microsoft Xbox
Sega Dreamcast
Nintendo Game Cube
Sony Playstation
19
Installing an app on an Android phone without downloading it from the Google Play Store is ?
breaching
hooching
cracking
sideloading
20
What type of character can be substituted for any character in a search query?
Alphanumeric
Wildcard
Wildcard42.4%DInteger
Special character