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Question: Q: On 16th September 2020, Sudan turned off internet access, via mobile data only, in a planned 3 hour outage. Why?
Answer: A: To stop exam cheating.
Notes: *: Due to stay-at-home for COVID, exams were being taken at home, and this was Sudan’s method of handling cheaters. https://wonderfulengineering.com/sudan-turns-off-mobile-internet-to-stop-students-from-cheating-in-university-exams/
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Question: Q: Which popular video game franchise has released games with the subtitles World At War and Black Ops?
Answer: A: Call of Duty
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Question: Q: Who provides the voice of Jack in the video game "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow?"
Answer: A: Johnny Depp
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Question: Q: What name, originally describing a person who performed calculations has now come to mean an electronic machine which performs multiple tasks?
Answer: A: Computer
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Question: Q: The three key combination Ctrl-Alt-Delete can be used to reboot your personal computer or to summon its task manager. Computer geeks sometimes use which expression from the Star Trek TV series to describe this?
Answer: A: Vulcan Nerve Pinch
Notes: *: While this may also be called the "three finger salute," the answer would be wrong here.
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