Originally Published: Monday, 4 June 2001 Author: IRC Staff
Published to: interact_articles_irc_recap/IRC Recap Page: 3/3 - [Printable]

Who Wants To Be a Linux Geek? Linux.com's Own Trivia Game

As part of the festivities for Linux.com's second birthday, we hosted four Linux trivia events. Whoever answered the most questions, won a prize package from ThinkGeek. By popular request, we're posting the logs from these events, so that people can go back and remember all of the interesting questions we came up with for these events.

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<starlady> ok gang, we're about to get started
<influx> errr
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<starlady> please /msg search trivia rules
<starlady> and i'll clarify the rules somewhat
<starlady> poor search
<starlady> :(
<starlady> haha
<Beret> doh
<Matt> oh dear :&/
<Beret> so much for that one
<starlady> ok, I guess I'm exlpaining the rules then *G*
<starlady> ok, the event is 20 questions
<starlady> I'll post a question in channel and unmoderate
<starlady> the first person to get a the right answer gets a point
<starlady> whoever has the most points at the end wins
<starlady> pretty simple :)
<starlady> and by request, I'm on forward.opn just so you know
<starlady> if no one gets the answer you can keep guessing
<starlady> the first person with the right answer gets it
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<starlady> any questions?
<JALH> w00t
<nr5> -> except knowlege to win you need to have faster connection and be a faster typer?
* lazarus already /server'd :)
<Rias> when's pee break?
<muks> search is back btw, but :-)
<search> is back btw, but :-): http://feedback.interplay.com/bgsoa1/msg1/10.html
<nate37> WB SEARCH!
<muks> ew
<JALH> hehe
<ziga> mhh
<Beret> Rias: keep it clean
<t-mp> starlady do u get anything for writing for linux.com?
<t-mp> a tshirt or something?
<JALH> Beret: he wants to keep them clean, that's why he was asking
<Rias> :)
<JALH> ;)
<starlady> t-mp: honor, glory, an @linux.com email alias, and sometimes the odd prize or two
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<starlady> ok, here we go
<starlady> In what year was the first version of the GPL published?
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<JALH> 1980
<nate37> 1994
<rpenguin> 1985
<jcore> 1987
<nate37> 1994
<JALH> 1981
<dett> 1981
<cube25m> 172
<infi> 1991
<ziga> 1979
<Kilroy> 1984
<nate37> 1984
<Rias> 1989
<miro> 1980
<t-mp> 1984
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<starlady> Rias: has it
<starlady> Name two of of Linus' three daughters...
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<rpenguin> Ana
<rpenguin> oh that's one.
<lazarus> alpha, beta
<MysticOne> Linus 2.0!
<cube25m> alison and ana
<flatric> hans und detlef
<MysticOne> :)
<bobj> v2.0
<t-mp> Cathleen & Ana & Alison
<miro> lol
<Rias> heh
<rpenguin> patricia miranda
<flatric> detlef, dieter und hans
<starlady> keep trying
<nate37> Patricia Daniela
<rubberpaw> Patricia and Daniela
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<starlady> nate37: has it
<starlady> they are Patricia Miranda, Daniela, and Celeste
<starlady> What date was 'Windows Refund Day?'
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<rpenguin> may 30
<cube25m> May 29
<Wu> nov 26
<nate37> may 15
<bobj> april 1
<nate37> may 14
<lazarus> 01/01/200 ;)
<dett> may 30 199
<JALH> april 1st
<Wu> XDD
<jcore> this isn't Linux!
<nate37> may 12
<darkworm> march 29
<Rias> jan 21 1999
<flatric> 28 may
<nate37> may 11
<miro> may27
<lazarus> 200 even
<ziga> 15 1999 february
<rpenguin> Jan 30
<Kilroy> feb 14th
<lazarus> 2 0 0 0 sheesh
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<starlady> ziga: got it
<starlady> Who originally wrote the GNU Emacs editor?
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<JALH> ESR
<dett> RMS
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<starlady> dett: has it
<influx> 4 way tie with 1 pt :)
<starlady> What does NFS stand for?
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<dett> Network Fiel sysytemn
<infi> network file system
<nate37> network file system
<rpenguin> network file system
<Kilroy> Network file system
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<starlady> give dett a point for getting it and infi a point for being the first to spell it right
<starlady> :)
<starlady> On what date was Kernel 2.2.0 released?
<influx> got it
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<xim> 6 feb 1999
<jcore> January 20, 1999
<ILWM> too late, imho
<rpenguin> Jan 21 1999
<b> jan 99
<infi> heh
<rubberpaw> jan 21 1999
<t-mp> ILWM has it
<lazarus> no pres'?
<Rias> heh
<darkworm> feb 4th 1999
<ziga> 09/30/1996
<jcore> Feb 2 1999
<ziga> arg
<infi> 29 dec 1998
<dett> Jan 21, 1999
<darkworm> feb 9th 1999
<rpenguin> Jan 26 1999
<Rias> 26 jan 199
<Rias> 1999
<jcore> Jan 27 1999
<dett> Jan 21, 1999, 11:07 UTC
<t-mp> somewere in the last 3 years
<rpenguin> december 1998
* tesmako notes that he should have googled for it. Would have had plenty of time if he had started in time.
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<starlady> ok, I've got conflicting dates on that one
<starlady> so we're going to throw it out and replace it
<starlady> What does DMCA stand for?
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<lazarus> [ ] [167]linux-2.0.tar.gz 08-Jun-1996 17:00 5.6M
<MysticOne> Digital Meillenium Copyright Act
<rpenguin> digital millenium copyright act
<infi> digital millineum copyright act
<jcore> digital millenium copyright act
<Kilroy> Digital milennuim coyriht act
<MysticOne> Millenium
<cutnpaste> digital music copywrite act
<rubberpaw> digital millennium copyright act
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<starlady> MysticOne: got it
<starlady> What Gimp artist created Tux, the Linux mascot? (first and last name, spelling counts)
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<rubberpaw> larry ewing
<bkenoah> garrett
<nate37> larry ewing
<Kilroy> larry wall
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<starlady> rubberpaw: got it
<starlady> On what date was the first User Friendly comic strip posted?
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<influx> dett still in the lead with 2 pts
<Kilroy> oct 15th 1991
<TomK32> hi there
<info> what's up, tomk32
<ILWM> i need cable
<jcore> 1997
<miro> 1998
<rpenguin> a day that will live in infamy
<Kilroy> nov 17 1997
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<starlady> Kilroy: got it
<starlady> When was version 1.0 of the Linux kernel released?
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<miro> 91
<rpenguin> 1994
<infi> 1991
<miro> 1991
<lazarus> [ ] [16]linux-1.0.tar.gz 12-Mar-1994 16:00 1.2M
<starlady> (what date)
<rpenguin> 1995
<jcore> 1995
<nate37> march 14 1994
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<starlady> nate37: got it
<starlady> What does UCITA stand for?
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<d0pp1er> lazarus: nice
<rpenguin> don't give info for 12 year olds
<cube25m> uniform computer information transactions act
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<starlady> cube25m: got it
<starlady> Name the two people who founded Slashdot. (Nicknames or real names)
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<nate37> cmdrtaco hemos
<lazarus> starlady: how does ftp.kernel.org have it timestamped two days earlier?
--- You are now known as xeon42
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<starlady> nate37: got it
<influx> nate37 pulls into the lead with 3
<starlady> lazarus: I don't know, this is the date all the publications I looked at said
<starlady> you know, when I asked that question yesterday
<starlady> (the slashdot one)
<starlady> everyone knew rob malda
<starlady> but no one knew hemos' real name
<starlady> twas pretty funny *G*
<starlady> Where did the name 'Debian' come from?
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<Kilroy> debian and ian
<ILWM> dceborah ian
<cutnpaste> deb and ian
<lazarus> deb and ian
<ziga> debby and ian
<TomK32> Debby Ian
<pinto> Deb and ian
<dett> Ian Murdock and his wife
<Rias> deborah and ian
<cube25m> daughter
<jcore> deb ian
<xim> debby ain
<d0pp1er> ian and his wife debra
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<starlady> uhhh
<starlady> ILWM got it
<starlady> What does the 'S' in Eric S. Raymond stand for?
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<Kilroy> Steven
<rpenguin> stuart
<TomK32> Stephan
<rubberpaw> Stephen
<cube25m> stallman
<jcore> Stephen
<miro> Simon
<infi> scary
<jcore> haha
<b> stepehn
<bobj> lol
<tesmako> Steven
<jcore> superman
<cube25m> simpson
<miro> scot
<darkworm> sucker
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<starlady> tesmako: got it
<starlady> oooop
<starlady> sosrry
<starlady> Kilroy: got it
<starlady> sorry sorry
<starlady> went right by me
<starlady> What's OctobrX's real name?
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<bkenoah> trae
<t-mp> john
<bkenoah> mccombs
* jcore thinks this game is rigged
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<starlady> bkenoah: got it
<starlady> On what date was the first Halloween document released?
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<rubberpaw> halowwen
<jcore> October 10th
<cube25m> may 2 1999
<lazarus> oct 31 :)
<darkworm> oct 11th 200
<zarfleen> oct 31 96
<xim> 31/09/1998
<TomK32> 1998
<d0pp1er> october 31st 1999
<cube25m> oct 1999
<jcore> October 15
<Kilroy> Oct 31st 1998
<zarfleen> oct 31 97
<jcore> 1999
<infi> wtf is octobrx?
<cube25m> oct 31 1999
<Twilight1> Christmas!
<dett> 1998.11.02
<cube25m> oct 31 2000
<rpenguin> nobember 2 1998
<cube25m> oct 31 1998
<miro> oct 11 1997
<nate37> aug 11 1998
* jcore guffaws
<zarfleen> more tech questions :P
<rpenguin> August 11 1998
<lazarus> not oct 31 ??
<darkworm> oct 18th 2000
<jcore> this is gay
<nate37> oct 11 1997
<dett> Fri, 6 Nov 1998
<Twilight1> jcore: Then /leave
<jcore> most of these questions have nothing to do with Linux
<ILWM> last week of october 1998
<rpenguin> October 29 1998
<pinto> My BitchXSpeak is suffering in here.
<miro> oct 12 1997
<t-mp> how about:waht is the superior OS
<rpenguin> October 28 1998
<bkenoah> October 1998
<zarfleen> BSD, baby, BSD!
<rubberpaw> doh. opensource took down the halowween doc page ;-)
<Rias> August 11 1998
<rpenguin> October 27 1998
<freax> 1 november 1998
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<starlady> freax: got it
<starlady> (finally)
<starlady> ok, gang
<starlady> (1) no one is making you play
<starlady> (2) it's linux TRIVIA, not linux technical knowledge
<starlady> Linus Torvalds holds an honorary doctorate from what university?
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<Kilroy> Stockholm uni
<zarfleen> stockholm
<nate37> haronisk
<infi> stanford
<miro> helsinki
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<starlady> Kilroy: got it
<influx> Kilroy and nate37 tied at 3 for the lead
<starlady> How many architectures did the Linux 1.0 kernel support?
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<zarfleen> 2
<rubberpaw> 1
<Kilroy> 1
<miro> 1
<nate37> 1
<dett> 3
<Rias> 1
<darkworm> 1
<cube25m> 4
<ziga> 2
<Rias> 5
<ziga> 5
<cube25m> 9
<tesmako> If we are to complain about the questions I would like to mentio





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