.. title: HackIM 2013 - Trivia WriteUps
.. slug: hackim-2013-trivia-writeups
.. date: 2013/03/03 20:24:37
.. tags: CTF, nullcon, HackIM, WriteUps 
.. link: 
.. description: WriteUp for Nullcon HackIM CTF all Trivia challenges

**Trivia 1-5 - 100-500 points**

Trivia questions are something that we look forward to in almost all Jeopardy style CTFs that we participate, although some CTFs do not actually give questions like how HackIM did.

Trivia 1 - 100 points
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**Challenge Question**

    What feature, introduced in DirectX 11, makes in-game textures appear rounder and better defined?

**Flag**
    
    Tesellation

Ref: `http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/directx_11_deconstructed <http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/directx_11_deconstructed>`_

Trivia 2 - 200 points
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**Challenge Question**

    What socket was used in the first Sandy Bridge chips?

**Flag**

    LGA1155

Trivia 3 - 300 points
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**Challenge Question**

    Which computer program was written in February 1991 by 3 authors?

**Flag**

    polyglot

Trivia 4 - 400 points
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**Challenge Question**

    What is an emergent micro-cooling solution that operates similarly to conventional heat pipe technology known as?

**Flag**

    nanowick

Ref: `http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2010/100722GarimellaNanowick.html <http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2010/100722GarimellaNanowick.html>`_

Trivia 5 - 500 points
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**Challenge Question**

    What is the first 4 bytes in a neXT fat binary?

**Flag**

    cafe babe

Ref: `https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexspeak <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexspeak>`_