Answer this quiz to test your knowledge about the Python language, community, andd the 2025 edition of PyCon Italy!
PyCon Italy 2025 quiz
These are the questions asked during the PyCon Italy 2025 quiz. They will test your knowledge of the Python language, the community, and of PyCon Italy 2025. (Unless explicitly stated, questions refer to CPython 3.13 and “today” refers to the 30th of May of 2025.)
At the conference, participants played to win some awesome prizes:
- Flipper Zero
- PyCon Italy 2026 ticket
- Microbit lab
I'd like to give an awesome shoutout to the PyCon Italy organizers who went with my idea to have a quiz at the conference and who did an amazing job at getting these incredible prizes.
Round 1
In what Italian city is PyCon Italy 2025 being held?
- Bologna
- Firenze / Florence
- Pisa
- Roma / Rome
The Python logo alludes to snakes, but what's the source of inspiration for Python's name?
- A comedy troupe
- A Dutch heavy-metal band
- A quaint Dutch town
- A wrestling fighter
What is the date of the oldest commit in the Python repo?
- Circa 300 AC
- Aug 9, 1990
- Oct 16, 2000
- Jan 1, 2020
Who is the most recent Python core developer?
- Bénédikt Tran
- Diego Russo
- Matt Page
- Savannah Bailey
As of today, which of these popular packages has the most GitHub stars?
- Django
- FastAPI
- pandas
- Polars
How many built-in “functions” does Python's documentation list?
- 42
- 53
- 71
- 99
What's the output you get if you run this code in a fresh REPL session?
- 159
- 160
- RuntimeError
- ValueError
Which of the following is not a module from the standard library?
- antigravity
- regex
- this
- webbrowser
Round 2
Approximately how many core developers does Python have (past & present)?
- 50
- 100
- 200
- 400
What's the name of the key organisation that supports the Python language, the ecosystem, and the community?
- Guido & Co.
- PyPI
- Python Software Foundation
- Snakes United
Which of these is not a real Python package listed on PyPI?
- lasagna
- piadina
- pizza
- tagliatelle
Which of these is not a Python built-in?
- anext
- ascii
- compile
- reduce
What's the length of the Python list [""''', ,''', ','" , "]?
![Image containing a snippet of code that contains the following code: \[""''', ,''', ','" , "\]](/user/pages/02.blog/python-quiz-pycon-italia-2025-edition/_list.webp)
- 1
- 2
- 3
- That's an invalid list literal
The module itertools documents 20 objects, of which 19 are iterables. What's the name of the odd one out?
- compress
- dropwhile
- starmap
- tee
What's the output of running this code?
- 1200.0
- 1234.56
- 1234.57
- ValueError
True or false? Python code is compiled before being interpreted...
- True
- False
True or false? The Boolean type is a subclass of the integer type...
- True
- False
True or false? All iterators are also iterables...
- True
- False
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References
- Python General FAQ, Why is it called Python? https://docs.python.org/3/faq/general.html#why-is-it-called-python [last accessed 30-05-2025];
- CPython commit history https://github.com/python/cpython/commits/ [last accessed 30-05-2025];
- Python Developer's Guide, Developer log https://devguide.python.org/core-developers/developer-log/ [last accessed 30-05-2025];
- Python 3.13 Documentation, Built-in functions https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html [last accessed 30-05-2025];
- mathspp blog, The appearing built-in https://mathspp.com/blog/til/the-appearing-builtin [last accessed 30-05-2025];
- Package
regexon PyPI https://pypi.org/project/regex/ [last accessed 30-05-2025]; - Package
lasagnaon PyPI https://pypi.org/project/lasagna/ [last accessed 30-05-2025]; - Package
pizzaon PyPI https://pypi.org/project/pizza/ [last accessed 30-05-2025]; - Package
tagliatelleon PyPI https://pypi.org/project/tagliatelle/ [last accessed 30-05-2025]; - Python 3.13 Documentation,
functools.reducehttps://docs.python.org/3/library/functools.html#functools.reduce [last accessed 30-05-2025]; - Python 3.13 Documentation,
itertools.teehttps://docs.python.org/3/library/itertools.html#itertools.tee [last accessed 30-05-2025]; - Python 3.13 Documentation, Built-in functions,
compilehttps://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#compile [last accessed 30-05-2025]; - Python 3.13 Documentation, Built-in types,
boolhttps://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#boolean-type-bool [last accessed 30-05-2025]; - Python 3.13 Documentation, Built-in types, Iterator types https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#typeiter [last accessed 30-05-2025];
