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🧠 DNS Cache Trivia: Can You Outsmart the Resolver?

DNS Cache Trivia: What Sysadmins and Devs Should Really Know

Think you know how DNS caching works? πŸ€” TTLs, caching layers, resolver behavior β€” how fresh is your DNS knowledge? This interactive browser-based trivia game challenges you to answer questions accurately (and quickly) as you test your grip on one of the most misunderstood layers of modern infrastructure.

Each question comes with four options, and you get real-time feedback, scoring, and learning cues. Whether you’re an SRE, DNS admin, or backend developer, this tool will help reinforce how recursive queries, TTL expirations, and caching behavior influence domain resolution.

Includes dark mode πŸŒ™ support, instant scoring, and is great for classroom or team challenge use. Built with pure HTML, JS, and CSS β€” no backend or accounts needed. When you’re done, don’t forget to check out other great tools like the TCP Handshake Game or the Filesystem Permission Puzzle.

🎯 Launch the DNS Cache Trivia Game β†’

My name is Skylar Pearce, I have been working as a System Administror since 2013 as well some side consulting work. During my career I have worked with everything from Active Directory and vCenter to configuring routers and switches and phone systems, documenting and scripting my way through the whole thing. I have a Security+ certification and am currently working on my PenTest+. Throughout my career I have gained almost all of my knowledge from blogs like this. It is now time for me to pay it back. Over time I have gathered scripts and tricks over the years that I will share on this site. A lot of the posts here will be mainly reference posts, some will be full on how to’s. I am happy to go into more depth on any other topics I go over here, just make a comment on a post. I will do my best to post once a day on weekdays but as I run out of ideas it may slow down. My WordPress skills are still growing so the site will likely get better over time as I learn. You can reach me at contact@allthesystems.com or on LinkedIn