The document describes a quiz event with the following key details:
- Teams of 4-5 people should write their name on sheets for the cryptic crossword round.
- Front-end developer and software engineer job opportunities are mentioned with application deadlines in June, July, and August.
- The quiz contains rounds on topics like algorithms, binary, and responsive web design with questions answered using the hashtag #thequizmcr.
theQuiz(5); - The Toughest, Geekiest Quiz in Manchester
1. Welcome to #thequizmcr!
4-5 people per team
Write team name on every sheet
Begin the Cryptic Crossword on
your table now!
#thequizmcr
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2.
3. Ongoing…
Some of our
Front-End team
say hello.
Tommy
Andy
Yousef
CV Deadline: 17 Jun
Start date: 16 Sep
Front-End Developers.
7. Question 1
What is the worst case performance
big-O for a quick sort algorithm?
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@dandart
will
give
you
a
hint!
8. Question 2
What is the number 100 expressed in
trinary / ternary?
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@dandart
will
give
you
a
hint!
9. Question 3
What does the following non-
optimised pseudocode do?
def f(n) :
if (1 >= n) :
return 1;
return f(n-1) + f(n-2);
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@dandart
will
give
you
a
hint!
10. Question 4
What is the computational complexity
of the function in question 3?
a. None (O(1))
b. Linear (O(n))
c. Logarithmic (O(log n))
d. Polynomial (O(n^k))
e. Exponential (O(k^n))
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@dandart
will
give
you
a
hint!
11. Question 5
What's the binary 8-bit two's
complement for the decimal number
-42?
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@dandart
will
give
you
a
hint!
12. Question 6
What is the truth table for the binary
XNOR gate?
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@dandart
will
give
you
a
hint!
13. Question 7
Name three sorting functions!
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@dandart
will
give
you
a
hint!
14. Check this out
Free and open source project to host
and share videos, import and
videoconference in plugin-less HTML5.
https://github.com/dandart/
projectchaplin
https://projectchaplin.com
16. Question 1
How many pixels per inch is the iPhone
4S and iPhone 5 retina display?
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17. Question 2
Sketch how this large screen width
layout would naturally stack in 2
smaller screen widths:
768px and 320px
(assume the site uses twitter bootstrap)
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18. #thequizmcr
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19. Question 3
According to an eConsultancy article in
January 2013, which is the only large
UK retailer who has a responsive
website?
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20. Question 4
Viewport dimensions at which we
decide to alter the page design, are
known as:
a. Media queries
b. Flexible grids
c. Breakpoints
d. Compound fractures
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21. Question 5
In RWD, what does
img {max-width: 100%} do?
a. It allows images to fill the page
b. It helps IE render images properly
c. It confines images to the dimensions of
their parent container
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22. Question 6
Media Queries were introduced as part
of:
a. CSS1
b. CSS2.1
c. CSS3
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23. Question 7
Write the CSS that this LESS code
would compile.
@color: #4D926F
#header {
color: @color;
}
h2 {
color: @color;
}
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24. Question 8
The term "Responsive Web Design"
was coined by:
a. Ethan Marcotte
b. Jeffrey Zeldman
c. Jason Santa Maria
d. Si Scott
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26. Question 1
[redacted] takes a bunch of flowers to
'The Office of Siri' and enters to find
that Siri is a beautiful woman. When
she asks him if she can help, he finds
that he can't talk to her, even when she
tells him that she'll make love to him if
he'll just tell her. Then he wakes up
screaming.
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27. Question 2
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28. Question 3
Rick and Glenn find Hershel in the
town bar, relapsing into his alcoholic
habits and lamenting his futile hopes
of a cure for his reanimated loved ones.
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29. Question 4
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30. Question 5
When co-worker Linda is labelled Best
Woman, Jen becomes jealous and tells
a lie that she can speak Italian, which
causes calamity when she is nominated
to act as translator for a top Italian
businessman, Bernatelli.
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31. Question 6
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32. Question 7
Wesley comes in contact with Lakanta,
an Indian holy man of sorts. He guides
Wesley on a journey of self-discovery,
in which he talks to his long-dead
father, who tells Wesley that he is
destined to go down a path different
from his own.
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33. Question 8
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34. And the winner is...
Joint winners!
Bie Wassily &
Man in the Middle