Question 1
Who created the programming language introduced as an extension of C?
- Bjarne Stroustrup
- Dennis Ritchie
- Guido van Rossum
- James Gosling
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Bjarne Stroustrup
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C++ trivia quiz
C++ trivia, played live: seven rounds, ten seconds a question. QuizDown has over 120 C++ questions, from easy to expert, and you’re matched with a real player who gets the same seven.
What the C++ questions cover
- Templates
- Exceptions
- Types
- Concepts
- Coroutines
- Forwarding
- Initialization
- Ranges
- Algorithms
- Atomics
- C++17
- Casting
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Question 2
In what year was the first official international standard for this language published?
- 1991
- 1998
- 2005
- 1983
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1998
Question 3
Which filename extension is commonly used for source files in this language?
- .java
- .py
- .cpp
- .html
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.cpp
In a real match you’d have ten seconds for each, and faster right answers score more.
How a C++ match works
- Seven rounds. The same seven C++ questions for you and your opponent.
- Ten seconds each. A right answer in two seconds scores 20; at the buzzer, 11.
- The last round counts double. It’s never over until it’s over.
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