From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 6/17/23 21:06, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 3, Round 2 - Science - Computers   
   >   
   > 1. Nvidia is best-known for making what type of computer hardware?   
   >     During the pandemic, some of the GeForce line of these devices,   
   >     like the RTX 3080, ballooned in price as people used them to   
   >     mine cryptocurrency.   
      
   Graphic Processing Units   
      
   >   
   > 2. The Core i7 and i9 and the Pentium are lines of CPUs by   
   >     which technology company?  In 2005, when Apple's iPhone was in   
   >     development, this company declined to produce chips for it.   
      
   Intel   
      
   >   
   > 3. Apple's failed contract with  was a boon for TSMC   
   >     -- who, as their name suggests, are a semiconductor company   
   >     in which country?  In the same country, Foxconn has come under   
   >     fire for poor worker conditions in its iPhone factories.   
      
   Taiwan   
      
   >   
   > 4. In 2022, the EU announced that all devices will have to include   
   >     ports that support Type C of what "Universal" connection   
   >     standard?  No word on whether you'll still have to flip over   
   >     your cables multiple times to plug them in properly.   
      
   USB   
      
   >   
   > 5. "Tiramisu" was the codename of the 13th version of what mobile   
   >     operating system, developed primarily by Google?  This operating   
   >     system's mascot is a cute, unnamed, green robot.   
      
   Android   
      
   >   
   > 6. What name is given to the component of an operating system   
   >     that interfaces between hardware and software?  This word is   
   >     also something you may not want to accidentally encounter when   
   >     you're eating popcorn.   
      
   kernel   
      
   >   
   > 7. Though not the best-known, the HSL model, the similar HSV model,   
   >     and the subtractive CMYK model, may all be used to describe   
   >     what property of a pixel?   
      
   color   
      
   >   
   > 8. Please complete the previous question before decoding the   
   >     rot13: Gur ETO pbybe zbqry ercerfragf rnpu bs erq, terra, naq   
   >     oyhr, pbzzbayl jvgu n gjb-qvtvg ahzore va jung ahzrevpny flfgrz?   
   >     Hayvxr gur qrpvzny flfgrz, guvf ahzrevpny flfgrz nyfb hfrf gur   
   >     yrggref N guebhtu S.   
      
   hexadecimal   
      
   >   
   > 9. The kibibyte ["ki-beh-byte" or "ki-bee-byte"] is a quantity used   
   >     to distinguish between a decimal definition of a kilobyte as   
   >     1,000 bytes and a binary definition where it is what slightly   
   >     larger number?  This number is 2 to the 10th power.   
      
   1024   
      
   >   
   > 10. So, by the decimal definition, a kilobyte is 1,000 bytes;   
   >     a megabyte is 1,000 kilobytes; and a gigabyte is 1,000 megabytes.   
   >     What unit, abbreviated TB, is 1,000 gigabytes?   
      
   terabyte   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 3, Round 3 - Sports - Pro Wrestlers by Nickname   
   >   
   > We'll give you the well-known nickname of a pro wrestler, and you   
   > give either their real name or stage name.  Full names required   
   > where applicable.  For example, if we say "The Peoples' Champ",   
   > you can say "The Rock" or "Dwayne Johnson", but not just "Johnson".   
   >   
   > 1. The Body.   
   > 2. Macho Man.   
   > 3. The Snake.   
   > 4. Stone Cold.   
      
   Steve Austin   
      
   > 5. The Hitman.   
   > 6. The Nature Boy.   
   > 7. The American Dream.   
   > 8. The Heartbreak Kid.   
   > 9. The Million-Dollar Man.   
   > 10. The 8th Wonder of the World.   
   >   
   > After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh whfg   
   > fnvq "Naqer" sbe nal nafjre, cyrnfr tb onpx naq or zber fcrpvsvp.   
      
   --   
   Dan Tilque   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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