The 2017 VANGE ARC Hot Cross Quiz
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                            (Geeks and Nerds)


Q.1.  How many coloured stickers were there on each of the 6 faces of 
      a classic rubic cube?

Q.2.  1024 Megabytes is equivalent to what?

Q.3.  In our Solar System, which two planets rotate clockwise?

Q.4.  What is the name of the world’s largest and most powerful particle 
      accelerator?

Q.5.  What is the name given to the ancient analog computer, 
      that was discovered by divers off of a Greek Island in 1900.

Q.6.  What Harvard dropout co-founded Microsoft?

Q.7.  What is the most abundant element in the Earth's atmosphere?

Q.8.  What 2013 Sci-Fi Blockbuster starred Sandra Bullock and George Cluney?

Q.9.  What was the name of the first General Purpose Computer?

Q.10. What does "HTTP" Stand for?

Q.11. Which English Author is also known as the Mother of Modern Sci-Fi?

Q.12. Invented by Russian Alexey Pajitnof in 1984, 
      what is the best-selling game of all time?

Q.13. The measurement unit "Tesla" relates to : 
      Sound, Rigidity, Magnetism, Sweetness.

Q.14. Who escorts Commander Adams to Dr Mobius?  
      Alfred, Chappie, Robbie the Robot, Andrew Martin.

Q.15. What ritual does Logan escape by running? 
      Decathlon, Carousel, Limbo, Hunger Games.

Q.16. Who is the only human survivor on Red Dwarf?  
      Dave Lister, Steve Carell, Buzz Lightyear, Kryton.

Q.17. What is the TARDIS Disguised as? 

Q.18. What do the Apes nickname Astronaut George Taylor? 
      Moses, E.T., Major Tom, Bright Eyes.

Q.19. What is the name of the computer in Quantum Leap? 
      Uber, Linux, Vulcan 3, Ziggy.

Q.20. What is the name of Morks furry friend? 
      Bebo, Timon, Furby, Alf.

Q.21. At what speed does Dr Browns DeLaurian car enter Time Travel Mode? 
      73, 77, 88, 95

Q.22. Rayban sunglasses tripled in sales after? 
      Back to the Future, Men In Black, Gremlins, Independence Day.

Q.23. What does TARDIS stand for?

Q.24. The computer abbreviation "OS" stands for:   
      Order of significance, Open software, Operating system, Optical sensor.

Q.25. Often made from carbon, which component inhibits the flow of current? 
      Choke, Inductor, Resistor, Capacitor.

Q.26. In the UK, the TV broadcast standard is?   
      PAL,  NTSC,  SECAM,   RGB.

Q.27. "FET" is a type of transistor, what does the "F" stand for?   
      Factor,  Flash,   Field,   Force.

Q.28. In the original specification, how many minutes of music should a CD hold?  
      56,  60,  74,  90.

Q.29. Which Car Maker also makes ASIMO, the robot? 

Q.30. Firefox, Opera, Chrome, Safari. are types of what?

Q.31. Which science fiction writer wrote the three laws of robotics.

Q.32. What was the first Personal computer to sell more than one million units?

Q.33. What is the next number in this sequence?    
      16.66, 33.33, 45, __?

Q.34. What type of file has the extension "MOV"?  
      Audio,  Text,  Video,  Configuration.

Q.35. Marvin was the _WHAT_ Android?



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ANSWERS:
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A.1.  Nine.                                  A.2.  A Gigabyte.
A.3.  Venus and Uranus.                      A.4.  The Large Hadron Collider.
A.5.  The Antikythera mechanism.             A.6.  Bill Gates.
A.7.  Nitrogen.                              A.8.  Gravity.
A.9.  ENIAC.                                 A.10. HyperText Transfer Protocol. 
A.11. Mary Shelley.                          A.12. Tetris.
A.13. Magnetism.                             A.14. Robbie the Robot.
A.15. Carousel.                              A.16. Dave Lister.
A.17. Police box.                            A.18. Bright Eyes.
A.19. Ziggy.                                 A.20. Bebo.
A.21. 88 MPH.                                A.22. Men In Black.
A.23. Time And Relative Dimension In Space.  A.24. Operating System.
A.25. Resistor.                              A.26. PAL.
A.27. Field.                                 A.28. 74.
A.29. Honda.                                 A.30. Browser.
A.31. Isaak Asimov.                          A.32. Commodore VIC-20.
A.33. 78.                                    A.34. Video.
A.35. Paranoid.