An Easter quiz

In the spirit of holiday fun, test your knowledge of Easter-themed topics loosely related to the world of IT and data.

1. In data science, what activity does the term ‘egg hunting’ describe?
a. Searching for hidden datasets or patterns
b. Cracking data encryption
c. Visualizing clean data
d. Building neural networks

2. The UK’s first chocolate Easter egg was produced in the same year as one of the longest-running classical journals in the world, Hermathena, was established. What was the year?
a. 1665
b. 1790
c. 1836
d. 1873

3. The date of Easter Sunday varies each year. What type of calendar calculation is used to determine the date of Easter?
a. Gregorian formula
b. Lunar cycle and Spring Equinox
c. Solar calendar
d. Roman numeral rotation

4. Easter Island in Polynesia is a special territory of which country?
a. United States
b. France
c. New Zealand
d. Chile

5. The first Easter egg in computing is thought to have been created when a game creator hid his name in the software to get round Atari’s policy of not including developer credits. Which game does it appear in?
a. Space Invaders
b. Pong
c. Adventure
d. Frogger

6. Google celebrated the 25th anniversary of the US sitcom Friends in 2019 by adding Easter eggs to the searches for each character. Which of Ross Geller’s famous lines does his Easter egg relate to?
a. My sandwich?
b. We were on a break!
c. I’m the holiday armadillo!
d. Pivot!

7. In Christian tradition, Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus. What ‘resurrection’ term is sometimes humorously used in big data when recovering a lost or corrupted dataset?
a. Data resurrection
b. Bit rebirth
c. Phoenix backup
d. Zombie data

8. What is the ‘bunny theory’ in computing?
a. That ‘short-tailed’ code is preferable to ‘long-tailed’ code
b. That limiting the hop count between computer networks is essential in improving hosting performance
c. That code multiplies when you’re not looking
d. That digital marketing should include ‘carrots’ to incentivise users

9. According to studies, around three-quarters of people eat a particular part of a chocolate Easter bunny first. Which part?
a. Tail
b. Face
c. Ears
d. Feet

10. In what country is Easter College?
a. Philippines
b. Palau
c. Indonesia
d. Viet Nam

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