MySQL Quiz Show
Last week during the MySQL Conference I took part in the MySQL Quiz Show. Five groups of MySQL staff (or related) trying to guess the answers of questions proposed by three judges in a funny and easy going environment. Frankly, I thought it was going to be all database techie stuff, but actually most of the questions were quite affordable for the average geek mind. Besides, not always the right answer would give you the most points. Sometimes answering something witty would give a good reward, and would make the quiz more creative and enjoyable. And bribing the judges with beer could lead to the definite path to victory 
I really enjoyed it!
I managed to take some pictures and videos, though the quality is pretty low (sorry, I didn’t have anything better at hand). There you can see a little bit what was going on, what kind of questions there where, some improvised performance during the show, …
By the way, I have uploaded to flickr the pictures I took at the MySQL staff party. Now you can see them with better quality.
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By Solomon Chang, 10 May 2007 @ 9:20 am
Ah, that singer would be myself. I’ll just post the entire lyrics to Coder McKinnan before some well-meaning blogger mangles them…
–==Coder McKinnan o’ The Cubicles==–
By Solomon Kevin Chang
McKinnan was a coder who had worked a “Nine to Five”,
And he started every morning with a grueling hour’s drive.
With coworkers one day he went to fetch some coffee blend,
At a quiet little Starbucks, on which programmers depend.
‘Twas here his people came to lay out web domains they tend.
‘Twas here McKinnan briefly broke his train of thought just when
His eye then spied a bonnie lass, all prettied up and slim,
But his boss stepped in, to stop McKinnan, saying this to him:
Chorus
“No lass as she could ever be with nerdy geeks like ye.
Oh, thy lot in life is loneliness as far as I can see.
McKinnan you’re a coder, but a lover not ye be.
Now get back and patch our clients’ PHP.”
And who should come in at that moment? Lo! ‘Tis Fair Folk kin,
A member of the Seelie court on a Latté binge.
McKinnan ‘pproached the fairy with his mortal friends in tow,
For when it came to flirting, ’tis what the Seelie fully know.
The fairy told McKinnan, “Though thy heart is lost of glee,
Be thankful of six figures have ye in your salary.
But matters of the heart, ye shan’t like what I shall say,
But I say this unto you on behalf of all the Fey:”
Chorus
“No lass as she could ever be with nerdy geeks like ye.
Oh, thy lot in life is loneliness, and that’s the way it be.
McKinnan you’re a coder, but a lover not ye be,
For romance is not a struct you write in C.”
McKinnan sat in silence, stunned, and wept with lip a-furled,
“How dare you call this ‘wisdom’, Fairy Fey not of this world!
Oh I defy thy damned decree until my dying day;
The Little Folk and coffee never mixed well anyway!”
Turning to his coworkers, he asked, “What say of ye?”
In one voice of unison, they answered somberly,
“McKinnan, when ye chose careers, ye also chose yer fate,
As is true of every coder, ye are doomed to never date.”
Chorus
“No lass as she could ever be with nerdy geeks like ye.
Oh, thy lot in life is loneliness, ‘cept maybe D&D.
McKinnan you’re a coder, but a lover not ye be,
Even if you can afford a PS/3.”
McKinnan stirred his cappuccino, then he took a sip.
Turning to the others, he said, “You’re all full of it!”
Gathering up his courage, he approached the lass so fair.
Whereas she struck him down with icy words atop an icy stare:
Chorus
“A man like ye could never be with women such as me.
Oh, thy lot in life is loneliness, which you refuse to see.
McKinnan you’re a coder, but a lover not ye be,
If you try to make a living in IT.”
By Jamie, 10 February 2008 @ 5:49 pm
Coder McKinnan can have this fair lass any time.