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10 The PlayStation 5 is powered by a GPU roughly equal to which PC graphics card?
70 If one PC creates a noise level of 20dB and another makes 40dB of noise, roughly how much louder is the second computer?
30 Which of these features were part of the 1982 Epson HX-20 notebook computer?
80 Who coined the term "nanotechnology" and in what year?
50 If your PC has two SATA drives installed and running, which one is the master?
50 Which version of Windows introduced ReFS, the next-gen file system meant to succeed NTFS?
50 When Gmail beta debuted in 2004, how much free storage did it offer?
90 What was the first computer program to have AI (and on what hardware did it run)?
50 Intel's origin story: Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce left which company to found Intel?
70 Which CPU socket supported both Intel and AMD processors?
50 What was the first game controller to add vibration feedback?
70 In tech culture, the term "vaporware" was first used in reference to which product?
30 Which is the best-selling desktop computer of all time?
10 What was Comdex before it was shut down in the early 2000s?
70 Wi-Fi 802.11ac also known as Wi-Fi 5 brought all these improvements, except...
90 Which is the most efficient keyboard layout?
50 There were 1,000 Internet devices in 1984, 1 million in 1992, by 2025 that figure reached...
30 The first 5MB hard drive weighed approximately...
70 Who was the tech CEO that back in 1999 said, "You have zero privacy anyway..."
30 What happens if a CD spins too fast?
50 What was the first all-transistor television ever released?
50 You've probably seen a 3.5-inch floppy disk, but what were the dimensions of the technology's first iteration?
90 How many websites are on the Internet (as of January 2025)?
30 What's the keyboard shortcut to directly open the Windows Task Manager?
80 Before Apple, iPod creator Tony Fadell had his MP3 player idea rejected by which two companies?
90 Which search engine almost bought Google in the 1990s?
50 In the 1930s, which country built an analog computer that ran on water?
70 What was the first computer virus?
80 The ghosts in the original Pac-Man had unique AI traits, which was the least predictable?
10 Which of the following chipmakers never made x86 CPUs?
90 What was the first MMORPG to be based on graphics instead of text?
80 Which of these materials is the best conductor of heat?
50 What was the first FIFA World Cup to be fully filmed in 4K?
10 A "platform upgrade" involves swapping which core PC components?
50 The first ever "rickroll" occurred on 4chan, disguised as a trailer for which popular video game?
80 What's the biggest tech acquisition in history?
80 Which of these PC games was the first to ship with baked-in DRM?
50 QR codes were invented back in 1994 for tracking what?
70 How much did it cost to rent a movie at the first rental store in the US in 1977?
50 Who were the 3 founders of Apple? Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and ...?
10 The first ever webcam was used at Cambridge University, but what was it designed to do?
80 In old PCs, what was the function of the "Turbo" button?
10 To much fanfare, Windows XP was released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001 and released to the general public in October that same year. When did Microsoft officially end support for Windows XP?
70 What was the first consumer desktop CPU to achieve 4GHz out of the box?
70 What was the first HD home video format available to consumers?
30 Where in the world were waterproof phones the norm in the 2000s?
10 The first computer mouse: how many buttons did it have, and what material was it made of?
10 Google Chrome has a hidden mini-game that involves what?
10 Android versions used to be named after dessert foods. They were also released...
80 All of these famous tech companies started in a garage, except...

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10 The PlayStation 5 is powered by a GPU roughly equal to which PC graphics card?

70 If one PC creates a noise level of 20dB and another makes 40dB of noise, roughly how much louder is the second computer?

30 Which of these features were part of the 1982 Epson HX-20 notebook computer?

80 Who coined the term "nanotechnology" and in what year?

50 If your PC has two SATA drives installed and running, which one is the master?

50 Which version of Windows introduced ReFS, the next-gen file system meant to succeed NTFS?

50 When Gmail beta debuted in 2004, how much free storage did it offer?

90 What was the first computer program to have AI (and on what hardware did it run)?

50 Intel's origin story: Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce left which company to found Intel?

70 Which CPU socket supported both Intel and AMD processors?

50 What was the first game controller to add vibration feedback?

70 In tech culture, the term "vaporware" was first used in reference to which product?

30 Which is the best-selling desktop computer of all time?

10 What was Comdex before it was shut down in the early 2000s?

70 Wi-Fi 802.11ac also known as Wi-Fi 5 brought all these improvements, except...

90 Which is the most efficient keyboard layout?

50 There were 1,000 Internet devices in 1984, 1 million in 1992, by 2025 that figure reached...

30 The first 5MB hard drive weighed approximately...

70 Who was the tech CEO that back in 1999 said, "You have zero privacy anyway..."

30 What happens if a CD spins too fast?

50 What was the first all-transistor television ever released?

50 You've probably seen a 3.5-inch floppy disk, but what were the dimensions of the technology's first iteration?

90 How many websites are on the Internet (as of January 2025)?

30 What's the keyboard shortcut to directly open the Windows Task Manager?

80 Before Apple, iPod creator Tony Fadell had his MP3 player idea rejected by which two companies?

90 Which search engine almost bought Google in the 1990s?

50 In the 1930s, which country built an analog computer that ran on water?

70 What was the first computer virus?

80 The ghosts in the original Pac-Man had unique AI traits, which was the least predictable?

10 Which of the following chipmakers never made x86 CPUs?

90 What was the first MMORPG to be based on graphics instead of text?

80 Which of these materials is the best conductor of heat?

50 What was the first FIFA World Cup to be fully filmed in 4K?

10 A "platform upgrade" involves swapping which core PC components?

50 The first ever "rickroll" occurred on 4chan, disguised as a trailer for which popular video game?

80 What's the biggest tech acquisition in history?

80 Which of these PC games was the first to ship with baked-in DRM?

50 QR codes were invented back in 1994 for tracking what?

70 How much did it cost to rent a movie at the first rental store in the US in 1977?

50 Who were the 3 founders of Apple? Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and ...?

10 The first ever webcam was used at Cambridge University, but what was it designed to do?

80 In old PCs, what was the function of the "Turbo" button?

10 To much fanfare, Windows XP was released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001 and released to the general public in October that same year. When did Microsoft officially end support for Windows XP?

70 What was the first consumer desktop CPU to achieve 4GHz out of the box?

70 What was the first HD home video format available to consumers?

30 Where in the world were waterproof phones the norm in the 2000s?

10 The first computer mouse: how many buttons did it have, and what material was it made of?

10 Google Chrome has a hidden mini-game that involves what?

10 Android versions used to be named after dessert foods. They were also released...

80 All of these famous tech companies started in a garage, except...