part 1 2Many previous quizzes were quite tough. And even now most questions are quite difficult. But thanks to the accompanying image you often get more than a silent hint.

John Vanderaart

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Bill Gates in jail
Attached is a so-called mugshot
from Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
A famous mugshot.Question 1
What had Bill Gates been up to
so he ended up in jail?

  1. Cross diagonally inside
    20 meters from the zebra crossing
  2. Picked up a version of CP/M without paying at RadioShack
  3. Drove around without a driver’s license

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Question 2 2Alan Turing
The film The Imitation Game tells us more about the ‘computer’ designed and built by Alan Turing that cracked the Nazi’s Enigma code. The question: who plays the role of Alan Turing in this film?

  1. Benedict Cumberbatch
  2. Daniel Day-Lewis
  3. Viggo Mortensen

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I Feel Love
Giorgio Moroder is an important oneQuestion 3 2
Italian composer, musician/
producer of the disco era and
in that capacity, among other things, responsible for the necessary
Donna Summer stompers.
Which synthesizer was used
for the disco song I Feel Love?

  1. Roland Jupiter 8
  2. Big Moog
  3. Korg M1

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Question 4 2

TRON 1982
In 1982 came the legendary science fiction film TRON out. Which computer nerd hasn’t grown up with it?
Which actor plays the leading role
in this movie?

  1. Not a single actor.
    The computer has the leading role
  2. John Malkovich
  3. Jeff Bridges

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Question 5 2The Wrestler
In the movie The Wrestler actor Mickey Rourke plays the determined wrestler Randy ‘The Ram’ Robinson. In this film, a specially developed video game is played.
On which real video game was
this video game based?

  1. WWF WrestleMania
  2. Saturday Night Slam Masters
  3. Fire Pro Wrestling World

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Question 6 2

X-Men computer
In the Marvel movie known among computer nerds X Men there is a computer. It is – of course – a computer that never existed.
What is the name of this non-existent computer?

  1. HALL 9000
  2. Cerebro
  3. Mother

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Most popular computer game
Quite a few computer games have been developed in recent decades.
There is one computer game that stands out in terms of popularity.
The question: what is the most popular computer game of all time?

  1. Tetris
  2. Angry Birds
  3. Minecraft

Question 7 2

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Question 8 2

Search picture
Attached is a key scene from an American film coming of agefilm from the 1990s. Take a good look at the picture on your computer.
In which movie do we see this screen dump?

  1. Revenge of the Nerds
  2. Pee-wee’s Big Adventure
  3. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

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Steve JobsQuestion 9 2
Without Apple’s Steve Jobs, the digital world would have looked very different.
We all know the iconic photos of
Steve Jobs from the iPhone era.
Now the photo shown here…
In what year was this photo taken?

  1. 1978
  2. 1984
  3. 1990

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Question 10 2Star Wars, Star Trek, Stargate?
A sweet childhood photo…
Look at the picture and know that we are dealing with a famous one
star traveler.
One of a kind
famous movie.
Who is this figure?

  1. Hikaru Sulu from Star Trek
  2. Lando Calrissian from Star Wars
  3. Kasuf from Stargate

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