Executing Gummiworms The trials and tribulations of a grumpy curmudgeonly old git

4Dec/111

Christmas Quiz

 

I've decided to set a Christmas Quiz, there will be at least one prize (something zipit related) for the person who gets the most answers correct and if I can find anything suitable in my bits and bobs boxes then i'll have a couple of runners up prizes too.

[Update: So far I have decided that the prizes will incl. A Zipit Z2 with extra battery, A Timex 1000, An unidentified PCB that has a Rabbit Z80 clone on it. More updates as I go through the boxes and find stuff that is suitable.]

[Update2: I decided to add the Palm Z22's to the available prizes as i haven't got around to doing anything with them, i have a couple of other old pda's too and if i can find them i'll add those to the pile as well. So it looks as if i have prizes for 5 people so far.]

Rules:-

  1. No one related to me can enter.
  2. My decision is final.
  3. Closing date for entries is December 24th @ 00:00 -5GMT.
  4. If more than one person has the most correct answers I will ask a tie-breaker question. If it is still tied then I will flip a coin or roll a dice.
  5. My decision is final!!!
  6. Entries are to be sent via the contact page but you can whine about the questions in the comments of this post.

Ok on to the questions. Some of the questions are computer related, some are about me (so have you been listening?) and some are just random things that popped into my head when I was thinking of the questions. Some can be found via google, bing.... and some you'll just have to know and a couple I hope are impossible.

  1. In the early 1980s (1983ish) there was a British made home micro that's BASIC had floating point line numbers. Name that micro?
  2. Name three operating systems that ran on the Tandy TRS-80 Model3 micro computer?
  3. What was special about British 5 pence pieces when going to West Germany in the 1980s?
  4. What programming language is named after a French philosopher and mathematician?
  5. What does LDDR do?
  6. In the late 1980s I helped with a book about hacking & phreaking. Name the book and the two authors? (Bonus points if you can name the location of the launch party).
  7. In the 1980s I used several chat systems in West Germany. One was called Altger. Name two others.
  8. In the 1980s I was co-sysop of the hacking section of a BBS in England. Name the BBS? (Thanks to it's sysop and his sense of humour it became quite famous).
  9. What are Fuggles, Goldings and Bullion?
  10. What is the next number in the sequence?  0, 1, 6, 9, 27, 62, 150, ...
  11. Where would 026245400050233 and 023422230016102 take you?
  12. I went to high school at a school that had the same name as a maximum security prision. Name the school and the prison?
  13. When were Foxton Locks built? (start and end date)
  14. In 1990 I was a consultant and actor in a 30 minute documentary for YTV (part of a series). Name the series, the episode name, the director, the producer and the book it was based on. (Bonus points if you have a copy on VHS or DVD and can make me a copy)
  15. Final question and i'll make it an easy one. what are the SUVAT equations?
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  1. Had my first entry and they did pretty well. 10 out of 15. Can you do better?


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