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Is it Code Enough for You? Trivia Quiz

The simple English word "code" has loads of meanings, both as a noun and a verb. How many of them can you sort out of this quiz?

A multiple-choice quiz by FatherSteve. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
FatherSteve

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
370,902

Updated
Jun 06 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
8 / 10

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855

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Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who invented the system of dots and dashes, dits and dahs, short and long tones, which was first used on telegraphs and then on radio? Hint

Thomas Alva Edison

Samuel F.B. Morse

Guglielmo Marconi

Michael Faraday

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Question 2 of 10

2. In the U.S., what is the UCMJ? Hint

the Uniform Code of Military Justice

The University of California Morality Judgements

the Utah Code of Mormon Justice

the Utilitarian Congress Majority Judgements

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who wrote the 2003 bestseller "The DaVinci Code" which was the basis for the 2006 film directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks?
Hint

Umberto Eco

Dan Brown

J.K. Rowling

H.P. Lovecraft

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the Code of Hammurabi? Hint

a code used by the Iraqi military during Desert Storm

a code of laws from 18th C BC Babylonia

an anti-virus code used to combat hackers

ancient Jewish Law contained in the Torah

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Question 5 of 10

5. The use of barcodes to automate checking out at the grocery store is now ubiquitous. It began in 1974 with what product? Hint

Coca Cola

Hormel SPAM

Wrigley chewing gum

Bayer aspirin

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Question 6 of 10

6. In the Mafia and Mafia-like organizations, "omerta" is sometimes referred to as "the code of ____________." Hint

hands

silence

life

guns

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Question 7 of 10

7. The hospital public-address system blares "Code Blue, Second Floor, Room 258." What is most likely happening?
Hint

the central heating is off on 2nd floor

police (or security) officer needed

cardiac arrest or respiratory arrest

woman in difficult labour

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Question 8 of 10

8. If a computer programmer is "writing code," what is she up to? Hint

crafting instructions in computer language

changing words into binary expressions

copying programmes written by others

translating from Morse code to binary code

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who wrote the 1938 full-length novel "The Code of the Woosters"?
Hint

Saki

Dorothy Parker

Rudyard Kipling

P.G. Wodehouse

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Question 10 of 10

10. James Coburn breaks hearts and laws in the 1967 Western comedy "Waterhole #3." Who sang (and wrote) the movie's theme song "The Code of the West"? Hint

Roger Miller

Carroll O'Connor

James Coburn

Kenny Rogers

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who invented the system of dots and dashes, dits and dahs, short and long tones, which was first used on telegraphs and then on radio?

Answer: Samuel F.B. Morse

Morse invented both the recording telegraph and the alphabet (Morse code) used to operate it. Further iterations of Morse Code have been proposed and used but Morse's remains the basic code known by the most operators.

2. In the U.S., what is the UCMJ?

Answer: the Uniform Code of Military Justice

Adopted by Congress in 1950, the Uniform Code of Military Justice replaced a hodgepodge of ancient statutes and service traditions which governed the discipline of members of the United States military. It applies not only to members of the US Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard, but also to commissioned NOAA officers and commissioned Public Health Service officers, if they are attached to military activities.

3. Who wrote the 2003 bestseller "The DaVinci Code" which was the basis for the 2006 film directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks?

Answer: Dan Brown

I believe this to be a poorly-written book resting on a weak premise supported by an historically inaccurate foundation and it was a huge success. Salman Rushdie called it "A novel so bad that it gives bad novels a bad name." Horror writer Stephen King called it the literary equivalent of "Jokes for the John" and "intellectual equivalent of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese".

4. What is the Code of Hammurabi?

Answer: a code of laws from 18th C BC Babylonia

The Code of Hammurabi is the oldest large collection of laws in the world. It touches upon numerous subjects including what to do with a child who strikes his father (Answer: cut his hand off).

5. The use of barcodes to automate checking out at the grocery store is now ubiquitous. It began in 1974 with what product?

Answer: Wrigley chewing gum

The 10-pack of Wrigley's Juicy Fruit gum rang up its 67-cent cost as it passed an optical scanner at 8:01 on the morning of 26 June 1974. This occurred in the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio.

6. In the Mafia and Mafia-like organizations, "omerta" is sometimes referred to as "the code of ____________."

Answer: silence

The prohibition is not only of informing the police about criminal activities but also of having any resort to civil police authorities for any purpose. If one (or one's family) suffers a wrong, it is to be solved through revenge rather than involving the police.

7. The hospital public-address system blares "Code Blue, Second Floor, Room 258." What is most likely happening?

Answer: cardiac arrest or respiratory arrest

Codes are used in hospitals to quickly and clearly inform needed personnel of events and to prevent family members and other visitors from becoming upset. A code blue is most often used to indicate the need for a resuscitation team to respond.

8. If a computer programmer is "writing code," what is she up to?

Answer: crafting instructions in computer language

Computers "understand" instructions written in a language which they "speak" such as COBOL or FORTRAN. When a programmer wishes to tell a computer to perform a particular task, the instruction must be expressed in the language (code) which the computer "understands."

9. Who wrote the 1938 full-length novel "The Code of the Woosters"?

Answer: P.G. Wodehouse

This book contains the further adventures of Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves, begun in the first two novels and some short stories. There is no such thing as "the Code of the Woosters" but Bertie, as dim as he can so often be, is governed by a rather strict personal code of right and wrong to which he refers by that name frequently.

10. James Coburn breaks hearts and laws in the 1967 Western comedy "Waterhole #3." Who sang (and wrote) the movie's theme song "The Code of the West"?

Answer: Roger Miller

The lyrics of the theme song include the following sage advice: "The Code of the West: Show your backside to evil. The Code of the West: Give the devil his due. The Code of the West: You must do unto others, do unto others before they do it unto you."

Source: Author FatherSteve

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