Category: The Nerdy Sixty

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The Nerdy Sixty | (38/60) The Konami Code Online | Challenge
2026-01-19
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Recognize the ‘Konami Code’ as a common trigger for web Easter eggs (Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A).
The Nerdy Sixty | (37/60) First Registered Domain | Solution
2026-01-16
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Solution: Find out that symbolics.com was the first .com domain name ever registered.
The Nerdy Sixty | (37/60) First Registered Domain | Challenge
2026-01-12
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Find out that symbolics.com was the first .com domain name ever registered.
The Nerdy Sixty | (36/60) First YouTube Video | Solution
2026-01-09
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Solution: Identify “Me at the zoo” as the first YouTube video (uploaded by co-founder Jawed Karim) and its content.
The Nerdy Sixty | (35/60) Google’s Killer-Robots.txt | Solution
2026-01-02
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Solution: Learn about Google’s 2014 Easter egg file “killer-robots.txt” that told the T-800 and T-1000 not to terminate Google’s founders.
The Nerdy Sixty | (35/60) Google’s Killer-Robots.txt | Challenge
2025-12-29
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Learn about Google’s 2014 Easter egg file “killer-robots.txt” that told the T-800 and T-1000 not to terminate Google’s founders.
The Nerdy Sixty | (34/60) Space Jam Forever | Solution
2025-12-26
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Solution: Discover the Space Jam (1996) movie website, which remains online in its original mid-90s form.
The Nerdy Sixty | (34/60) Space Jam Forever | Challenge
2025-12-22
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Discover the Space Jam (1996) movie website, which remains online in its original mid-90s form.
The Nerdy Sixty | (33/60) Telnet Nyan Cat | Solution
2025-12-19
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Solution: Use telnet to connect to a server that streams the Nyan Cat animation as ASCII art.
The Nerdy Sixty | (33/60) Telnet Nyan Cat | Challenge
2025-12-15
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Use telnet to connect to a server that streams the Nyan Cat animation as ASCII art.