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The OOPSLA Trivia ShowOctober 2009
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Who Am I? Acronyms Most MemorableInvited Talks
OOPSLAHistory
OOPSLA 2009Factoids
First Round
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Who Am I?-100
• Bill Gates gave a talk in this city at OOPSLA 2002.
• What is Seattle, Washington?
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Who Am I?-200
• In 1997, his Keynote introducing AOP was set in an informal arrangement with a couch and coffee table.
• Who is Gregor Kiczales?
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Who Am I?-300
• Aside from a career as a Distinguished Engineer at both Sun Microsystems and IBM Research, he also is a rocking guitar player, photographer, and poet. This morning, he even demonstrated his bottle opening skills at the keynote.
• Who is Richard Gabriel?
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Who Am I?-400
• This designer of a popular OO language once said: “There's an old story about the person who wished his computer was as easy to use as his telephone. That wish has come true, since I no longer know how to use my telephone.”
• Who is Bjarne Stroustrup?
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Who Am I?-500
• This OOPSLA program chair did not come to OOPSLA because his wife was having a baby.
• Who is Kent Beck?
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• OOPSLA
• What is Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages, and Applications?
Acronyms-100
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Acronyms-200
• SPLASH
• What is Systems, Programming, Languages, Applications, Software for Humanity?
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Acronyms-500
• JML
• What is the Java Modeling Language?(see Gary Leavens' JML web page for more info: http://www.cs.ucf.edu/~leavens/JML/)
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Most Memorable Invited Talks-100
• This architect gave a Keynote talk at OOPSLA 1996 in San Jose in which he discussed potential connections between architecture and software.
• Who is Christopher Alexander?
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• Prior to Barbara Liskov’s Keynote today, this former Disney Fellow presented the last Turing Award lecture at OOPSLA.
• Who is Alan Kay (“The best way to predict the future is to invent it”)?
Most Memorable Invited Talks-200
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• This speaker presented a popular Keynote on “Growing a Language,” where he used only one-syllable words and words that were previously defined in the talk.
• Who is Guy Steele?
Most Memorable Invited Talks-300
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• Sadly, this Turing Award winner died before being able to give his lecture at OOPSLA 2002.
• Who is Kristen Nygaard?
Most Memorable Invited Talks-400
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• Which OOPSLA Keynote speaker said that “history rarely happens in the right order or at the right time, but the job of a historian is to make it appear as if it did.”
• Who is James Burke? (OOPSLA 1999)
Most Memorable Invited Talks-500
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OOPSLA History-100
• In 1990, OOPSLA teamed up with this other popular OO conference.
• What is ECOOP (held in Ottawa)?
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OOPSLA History-200
• The number of times that OOPSLA has appeared in Canada.
• What is five (5)? 2007 (Montreal), 1992, 1998, 2004 (Vancouver), 1990 (Ottawa)
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OOPSLA History-300
• The city that hosted this 1995 OOPSLA had a social event at a rodeo where conference chair Rebecca Wirfs-Brock rode a horse.
• What is Austin, Texas?(What will Shail and Gary do to top that?)
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OOPSLA History-400
• In 1996, OOPSLA attendees enjoyed a banquet event held at this theme/amusement park.
• What is California Great America (Santa Clara, CA)?
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OOPSLA History-500
• In 1998, special attendees had the option to have a unique badge ribbon with these words.
• What is “I am special”?
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OOPSLA 2009 Factoids-100
• This is the three-letter airport code for the Orlando International Airport.
• What is MCO?
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OOPSLA 2009 Factoids-200
• Prior to 2009, this year represents the last time OOPSLA was in Orlando.
• What is 1987 (OOPSLA’s second year)?
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OOPSLA 2009 Factoids-400
• This company is OOPSLA 2009’s only gold-level sponsor.
• What is Sun Microsystems?