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Photo by Allegra Boverman. Concord: At the New Hampshire Public Radio's Third Annual Trivia Smackdown at the Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord on Friday, April 3, 2015.
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Here's Laurie Williams quzzing us all with Boehm trivia questions.
What is the first quote by Barry at softwarequotes.com? ("Poor management can
increase software costs more rapidly than any other factor. -Barry Boehm")
If you Google "Barry superman Boehm", how many hits will you get? (777)
If you Google Barry Boehm, how many hits will you get? (868,000)
If Barry had to read all the papers that cite his work, how long would it take?
(4880 hits in Google scholar, answer: it depends)
How many engineers does it take to determine all the parameters in the COCOMO
model? (it depends ;-)
What music was popular when did Barry publish his first paper? (1957, Bill
Haley is a popular guess ;-)
Is a negative risk a good thing or a bad thing? (it's an opportunity, but some
financal analysts use this term to refer to negative outcome -- as opposed
to "positive risk" that is considered an opportunity: a definition that that is
against the common definition of the terms)
When is the win-win strategy not a plausible negotiation strategy? (when you
are deadling with un-trustworthy people)
Barry has written his own lyrics for a popular folk song. What song is in
question and what programming language is mentioned in the song? ("Freight
train, freight train goin so fast", FORTRAN)
What is the first four words of Barry's newest book? (Balancing Agility and
Discipline: A Guide for the Perplexed by Barry Boehm and Richard Turner: "Once
upon a time")
[Aside: this question gave Barry much pause for thought- he just couldn't recall which one of his many books were "latest".]
When Barry says he us using CRACK help him reach better teaching results, what
is he talking about and why hasn't he been arrested? (SE team course success
factors: Collaborative, Representative, Authorized, Knowledgeable)
If people in your team spend a lot of their annual time going to conferences in
exotic places, what parameter values of COCOMO are affected? (ACAP Analyst capabilities, PCAP Programmer capabilities, MODP Modern programming practices).
cookie trivia: The food, originated in Rome sometime around the 3rd century B.C., and it was called 'bis coctum' meaning twice baked.
The Roman 'bis coctum' was not sweet, it had no sugar added. 'Bis coctum' is the origin of the word 'biscuit,' which is a flakey quick bread in the U.S., but in England a biscuit is what in the U.S. would be called a cookie or cracker. - foodreference.com
www.jluggage.com/blog/japan/why-is-japan-called-land-of-r... - Japanese people like to see the first sunrise of the year and some of them go to the seashore to see the sunrise. They think it is something sacred. Japan is often called the country of the rising sun and the Japanese word for Japan is Nihon which means “where sun originates”. This page explains the reason Japan is known as the country of the rising sun.
Twins fans compete in the Twins Trivia Contest held on the plaza just outside of the Metrodome.
This photo was taken using a twenty foot pole.
Students formed teams to dual against each otheron Norse Trivia Night, funded by SAC. Photos by Sarah Bauer '18.