Home Infrastructure TheLinuxShow!! Linux� Trivia Scavenger Hunt Entry Form By October 27, 1999 Linux® Trivia Scavenger Hunt Entry Form (and question list) See bottom of page for rules. You may want to save this to your hard drive or print for reference. You represent: SelfA LUG Group Your Name LUG Group Name LUG Group Email Address Your E-mail Number Playing Tonight Your Address City State Zip Code Telephone (optional) FAX (optional) Catagory One- Linux OS Question One- What is partition type 0xFD? Hint: You have upgraded fdisk, haven’t you? Question Two- What are the current stable/devel kernel versions as of 10am CST, 10/26/99? Question Three- Which popular mail client supports qmail type maildirs natively? Question Four- Which Linux distribution includes a binary package for gnu hello? ux? Question Five- Who would have given Linus Torvalds a poor grade for his design of Linux? Hint: related to something that “sounds like” Linux Question Six- What was the anniversary of the release of the first version of the kernel? Hint: LDD Question Seven- Which popular Linux distribution is now working on a competitive OS kernel? Hint: Question Eight- In what year was the first X package get released? Hint: Right around the time of Windows 1.0… Question Nine- Name a currently produced computer platform Linux doesn’t run on. Question Ten- What does GNU stand for? Hint: none needed Catagory Two- Linus Torvalds Question One- Linus works at and they do or make what? Hint: You your brain Question Two- Doc Searls of the Linux Journal hosted Linus at a round table at the “Linux For Suits” event. Linus commented that “people always ask me if I minded that somebody was taking Linux and trying to make a buck,” how did Linus reply? Hint: Linux Journal Question Three- What is Linus’s favorite beer” Hint: no hint should be needed Question Four- What is Linus’s wiles name? Hint: yippee Question Five- Linus has children, their names are and they are years old and years old respectively. was born in . was born in . Hint: TLS Question Six- What is Linus’s native language? Hint: not Finnish Question Seven- In September Linus predicted a crash in the price of software, when did he predict this might happen? Hint: /. or techweb Question Eight- with family and the kernel, Linus is too busy for most forms of recreation, but he has been known to play what game “with gusto” if not skill? Hint: TLS Question Nine- Who is the God-father to Linus’s children? Hint: woof Question Ten- Linus recently did something that he almost never does, what was that? Hint: Catagory Three- Linux Community Question One-Who is the “LUG coordinator” for “Linux.Com”? Hint: linux.com Question Two-What is the present “home lug” for Linux.Com’s lug coordinator? Hint: LC Question Three-Where the nearest cross street where the home lug of the linux.com lug coordinator meets? Hint: LC Question Four-San ‘Nettwerk’ Mehat Presently works at VA Linux Systems. Where did San work prior to VA, what famous thing did he develop while working there and what does San really love to do for grins? Hint: Question Five-Larry Augustin President of VA Linux Systems has made a significant error in judgement in his life, what was that? Hint: Question Six-Eric S. Raymond is a very interesting member of the Linux community, and is one of the communities best authors. He has written such ground breaking work as The The Cathedral and the Bazaar, Homesteading the Noosphere, and The Magic Cauldron. Where does Eric Live (please give name of town and longitude and latitude)? Hint:tuxedo.org Question Seven- What impact did the Novelist “Heinlein” have on the early development and future hobbies of Eric Raymond? Hint: geeks with x Question Eight- What musical instrument did Eric Raymond play for belly dancers at the VA “LinuxWorld Wrap Up” party? Hint: It takes 2 hands and your mouth. Question Nine- In Eric Raymonds The Magic Cauldron he predicts that in the long term the Open Source movement will create a condition or environment where, “the software industry as a whole will remain” what? Hint: tuxedo.org Question Ten-Eric likes Guns, what is his favorite? Hint: tuxedo.org Question Eleven- What is Eric’s wifes name? Hint: tuxedo.org Question Twelve- Doc Searls of the Linux Journal is also well known for being one of the creators of the “Cluetrain Manifesto”. In the manifesto Doc says, “Markets are conversations. They are subjects people talk about, not just battles between competitors. In fact, getting people to talk about your subject is the best way to beat competitors. Conversation is fire. The best topics are the hottest ones. As the expression goes, the best words spread “like wildfire.” If “markets are conversations and conversation is fire” then “Marketing” is what? Hint: cluetrain.com Question Thirteen-Phil Hughes CEO of SSC, the publishers of the Linux Journal is often mistaken for who? Hint: another famous Linux community person. linuxjournal.com Question Fourteen- How did slashdot.org “news for nerds” get its name of slashdot? Hint: /. Question Fifteen- How long have now rich and famous slashdot founders Rob and Jeff known each other? Hint: /. Question Sixteen- Robin Miller better known as roblimo of slashdot, is often times referred too as (at least by Jeff at The Linux Show!!) “the only adult working at slashdot, and just barely.” How did Robin get the handle “roblimo?” Hint: /. Question Seventeen- Peter H. Salus, managing editor of Linux Journal, has been a contributing member of the greater “Unix” community for decades. In fact, his book is considered the consummate historical book about Unix! Hint: yippee Question Eighteen- What is the name OF and email address for linux.com head honcho? What did he previously create? Hint: LC Question Nineteen- The Atlanta Linux Showcase is often called The Best user group event for the Linux Community. is the sponsoring LUG for ALS, but there is also a second “non Linux” IT community group that helps with ALS. Who is that group? Hint: LC, LT or /. Question Twenty- What former Netscape CTO is on the Red Hat Board of Directors? Hint: Question Twenty One- Red Hat overall has had a great year. Not very many companies experience this kind of explosive growth. There are a lot of Red Hat folks that are now very (very) wealthy. However, not everything this year has been 100% good. What bad thing happened? Hint: VA Uber Question Twenty Two- What former VA employee is now a President of a major Linux Company? Hint: I will be your server today Mr Gates Question Twenty Three- Patrick Volkerding’s most common “nickname”? Hint: you slacker Question Twenty Four- Art Tyde & Dave Sifry co-founders of major Linux support vendor “Linuxcare” are active in what LUG? Hint: linuxcare.com Question Twenty Five- “Linuxcare” has made a great impact on the non-linux community with some very good PR. The had the “infamous” Girl with the Red Hat box poster, the Suckers with bugs in them, but above all their most well known campaign was . Hint: Catagory Four- Misc Geek and Space Stuff Question One- What is a Schwartzian sort? Hint: Question Two- What does EMacs stand for? Hint: Question Three- Who invented the Biofeedback PC interface? Hint: COCO Question Four- How many Boolean operators are there? Hint: Question Five- Has Bill gates ever had an original thought in his life? Hint: Question Six- STS-103 is scheduled to launch on December 2nd, why is this date critical to the completion of the mission? Hint: NASA Question Seven- Name the first commercially available hobbyist PC and what happened to Ser#1 of that PC? Hint: Question Eight- What is Paradichlorobenzine used for? Hint: 3 possible answers will be accepted, but bonus for what we feel is the answer. Men use this all the time. Question Nine- What major planetary event is taking place right now? Hint: has nothing to do with lost spacecraft Question Ten- What “new” major project has been launched by our favorite team of little green men chasers? Hint: does not have an “@home” in the name Question Eleven- Who discovered the “Top quark” ? Hint: Fermi labs Question Twelve- According to the American Computer Company, how may have “Bell Labs” develop the transistor and IC? Hint: Rules: The general concept is to find answers to Linux and technology related trivia questions. It is recommended that people participate as teams, and would be a fun thing for a LUG to do as an event. Adult beverages are encouraged (for adults). At exactly 8:00 pm CST on the 26th of October on the LIVE broadcast of The Linux Show, we will reveal the location of a web site that will have a simple list of questions, clues and associated URLs. You will need to go to those URLs, or deduce the location of a URL based upon the clue, and then gather information to answer the questions. Some of these questions will stand on their own and be easily solved. Other questions will require an answer from a previously asked question as the clue to solve that later question. Additional ?Cryptic? clues will/may be given out during the contest at our IRC server. Each question will have a point value associated with its answer. Use this web form to submit answers. We are hoping to create a list of questions that a reasonably sharp person could complete in a couple hours. In this way a team should complete the contest in about one hour. The word contest implies prizes. At this time we have collected a number of T-shirts from vendors that will be awarded. Prizes will be awarded by the discretion (and whim) of the Linux Show staff. TIME is also a factor. We are allowing 2 wrong or missing answers. At least one question is almost impossible to answer. So, the first returned forms with the most points will win. We will post a list of winners in a day or two. Comments Complete Story Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Print Previous articleBillwatch.net: Extract from MS Revised Findings of Fact Next articleU.S. Senate May Pass Patent “Reform” Tomorrow Get the Free Newsletter! Subscribe to Developer Insider for top news, trends, & analysis Email Address By subscribing, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Subscribe Must Read Developer How to Install Gitea DevOps Platform using Docker on Debian 12 Blog 15 Best Free and Open-Source Linux File Managers Blog How to Install HandBrake on Ubuntu and Linux Mint Security How to Install Bitwarden on Manjaro Developer How to Install Apache Spark on Ubuntu 22.04