GrepBeat's 2nd Birthday Quiz
GrepBeat turns 2 on Friday, Aug. 7. We're going to celebrate by baking a birthday cake and hand-delivering it to the winner of this quiz (entries due at 9pm Thursday, Aug. 6). Yes, we're serious. Good luck!
“Grep” is a Linux command to do what? *
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What was the headline of the first item posted on GrepBeat.com? *
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Even several months after GrepBeat launched, GrepBeat Godfather Joe Colopy was still seriously considering renaming it to what, if only he could (finally) secure the domain? *
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According to GrepBeat, what city/region is the Triangle’s archenemy? *
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What is the most-viewed story in GrepBeat.com history? *
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UNC’s The Daily Tar Heel newspaper has been the exclusive pipeline for all GrepBeat writers. Which of these prominent journalists was a DTH editor-in-chief? *
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Of the seven writing interns in GrepBeat history, what percentage have been women? *
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In the summer of 2019, GrepBeat had an intern from what high school? *
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What was the text (in icing) on the cake that Pete baked for the 2018-2019 school-year writers? *
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Who was the first non-GrepBeat employee with a byline on grepbeat.com? *
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How many editions of Brooks Malone’s "The Download" have run on grepbeat.com? *
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How many times has Pete used the phrase “Raleigh-Durham” in the newsletter, not counting as part of a news headline in the "More" section? *
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Which of these names delivers the most search results on grepbeat.com? *
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Before the pandemic dramatically changed “Where’s Pete?"—and some other stuff in the world—what was the last coffee shop interior location (Week of March 9)? *
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What is the only team entry to ever win “Where’s Pete?” *
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What was the location of the first Happy Hour in GrepBeat history, in October 2018? *
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How many GrepBeat Happy Hours have been held in Raleigh? *
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Besides Pete, who is the only other person to write the GrepBeat newsletter? *
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So far in 2020, Pete has only skipped writing one newsletter. Why? *
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Which of these distance races has Pete run during his time at GrepBeat? *
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How many cruises has Pete gone on since GrepBeat launched? *
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What team won the first Triangle Startup Trivia Tournament? *
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What was the office location for the (to date) only episode of "GB Cribs"? *
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What naming trend for startups drives Pete most batty? *
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Why did GrepBeat Godfather Joe Colopy name his startup Bronto? *
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Where did Pete move to the Triangle from? *
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Prior to GrepBeat, Pete interviewed or worked with all of the following rappers EXCEPT: *
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During GrepBeat’s existence, what is the ratio of postponed/canceled CED Tech Conferences to ones actually held as scheduled? *
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For the (canceled) GrepBeat After Party scheduled for the first night of this year’s CED Venture Connect Summit, Pete had promised to bake what? *
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In a February 2019 poll of GrepBeat readers, what was the No. 1 spot for a coffee meeting? *
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Where does Pete get lunch pretty much every Monday/Wednesday/Friday? *
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GrepBeat will soon be moving offices. Why? *
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How long will GrepBeat continue to exist? *
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