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The basics

What is a 'bucket list'?

AnswerExperiences a person hopes to have in their lifetime

A bucket list collects the experiences and goals someone hopes to achieve during their life.

In an outline, which Roman numeral marks the fourth main point?

AnswerIV

In Roman numerals IV means 4: I (one) placed before V (five) subtracts one.

Going deeper

Which of these words comes first in alphabetical order?

AnswerLisp

All share 'Lis', and the fourth letter p comes before t, so 'Lisp' is listed first.

In HTML, which tag creates a bulleted (unordered) list?

Answer<ul>

<ul> starts an unordered list; each item inside it goes in an <li> tag, while <ol> makes a numbered list.

In a computer science 'linked list', what is each element that holds data and a link to the next called?

AnswerA node

A linked list is a chain of nodes, where each node stores a value and a reference to the next node.

Expert level

In the Dewey Decimal Classification, the 500s cover which subject area?

AnswerNatural sciences and mathematics

Dewey's 500 class covers science and math; 700 is arts, 800 literature and 900 history and geography.

Which sorting method repeatedly swaps neighboring items that are in the wrong order?

AnswerBubble sort

Bubble sort steps through a list swapping adjacent out-of-order pairs, so large values 'bubble' to the end.

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