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50 In computing history, who were the "Dirty Dozen"?
90 Before changing its name to Seagate, the hard drive manufacturer was known by what name?
10 Charles Babbage is known for creating the first... ?
50 Which one of these three computers was not a part of the "1977 Trinity"?
80 How much did the first CD recorder cost?
50 The first computer worm to target mobile phones affected handheld devices running what OS?
50 You've seen a 3.5" floppy disk before, but do you know the dimensions of the technology's first iteration?
30 Which of these companies invented Ethernet?
80 Which tech company acquisition was the biggest by dollar amount?
30 Whitehouse.com once brought visitors to a site that hosted...
30 Which video game franchise has collectively sold the most copies?
30 What was the first Android mobile phone?
10 To fund the creation of Apple's first computer, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs sold their...
80 Which country has the highest percentage of their population online?
50 What was the first commercially available wristwatch with the ability to make phone calls?
10 How much storage did the first commercially available USB flash drive provide?
80 Before approaching Apple, iPod creator Tony Fadell had his idea rejected by these two companies...
30 All of these tech company founders/CEOs stepped away for a stint before later returning to the helm, except...
90 What was the first web browser available for Microsoft's Windows OS?
10 The first webcam ever was deployed at Cambridge University, it was designed to monitor...?
10 What was Comdex before it was shut down in the early 2000s?
30 The first iPod had an Easter Egg accessed by holding down the center button for a few seconds on the "About" menu. What was it?
50 Developed as a replacement for NTFS, Microsoft's new file system ReFS was introduced with what version of Windows?
10 Before becoming widely recognized the main character of Super Mario Bros., what was Mario named?
10 When Verizon bought AOL in 2015, how many people were still paying for AOL dial-up Internet?
90 Set to be the Pentium 4 Prescott's successor, code-named Tejas and Jayhawk microprocessors were expected to ship with frequencies at or above...
70 "Polygon Man" was briefly the mascot for which game console?
90 What was the first computer virus released in the wild?
30 Which of these keyboard shortcuts directly opens the Windows Task Manager?
10 The first computer mouse: how many buttons did it have, what material was it made of?
80 What does "Yahoo" mean?
10 Which company invented the hard disk drive?
30 These famous tech personalities are all college dropouts, except...
90 What was the first MMORPG to be based on graphics instead of text?
30 Larry Page and Sergey Brin decided on Eric Schmidt as Google's CEO in 2001 for reasons including his attendance of what event?
80 Which of these is the oldest web browser still in general use and development?
10 In 2010, the United States Air Force used more than a thousand game consoles to build a supercomputer... which one?
80 Although all of these products eventually launched, they were once feared to be vaporware, except which one?
70 What was the first computer virus?
30 What was the first personal computer to be offered commercially with a graphical user interface?
10 1024 Gigabytes is equal to 1 Terabyte; 1024 Terabytes is equal to 1 Petabyte; How many Gigabytes are in a Petabyte?
30 Released in 1984, the Motorola DynaTAC was the first commercially available mobile phone. It was priced at...
70 The PlayStation 2's external design wasn't an original concept by Sony, but was instead borrowed from which unreleased console?
50 What is the origin of the word "spam" in the context of email spam?
50 If you reach level 256 in the game Pac-Man, this infamous bug will cause the arcade game to...
80 Who described the Internet as a series of tubes?
10 What happens if a CD spins too fast?
10 Android versions are named after dessert foods. They're also released...
70 Before emerging as the iconic Grand Theft Auto, what was the game going to be called?
90 TechSpot originally began in the 90s as a blog called what?

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50 In computing history, who were the "Dirty Dozen"?

90 Before changing its name to Seagate, the hard drive manufacturer was known by what name?

10 Charles Babbage is known for creating the first... ?

50 Which one of these three computers was not a part of the "1977 Trinity"?

80 How much did the first CD recorder cost?

50 The first computer worm to target mobile phones affected handheld devices running what OS?

50 You've seen a 3.5" floppy disk before, but do you know the dimensions of the technology's first iteration?

30 Which of these companies invented Ethernet?

80 Which tech company acquisition was the biggest by dollar amount?

30 Whitehouse.com once brought visitors to a site that hosted...

30 Which video game franchise has collectively sold the most copies?

30 What was the first Android mobile phone?

10 To fund the creation of Apple's first computer, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs sold their...

80 Which country has the highest percentage of their population online?

50 What was the first commercially available wristwatch with the ability to make phone calls?

10 How much storage did the first commercially available USB flash drive provide?

80 Before approaching Apple, iPod creator Tony Fadell had his idea rejected by these two companies...

30 All of these tech company founders/CEOs stepped away for a stint before later returning to the helm, except...

90 What was the first web browser available for Microsoft's Windows OS?

10 The first webcam ever was deployed at Cambridge University, it was designed to monitor...?

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

30 The first iPod had an Easter Egg accessed by holding down the center button for a few seconds on the "About" menu. What was it?

50 Developed as a replacement for NTFS, Microsoft's new file system ReFS was introduced with what version of Windows?

10 Before becoming widely recognized the main character of Super Mario Bros., what was Mario named?

10 When Verizon bought AOL in 2015, how many people were still paying for AOL dial-up Internet?

90 Set to be the Pentium 4 Prescott's successor, code-named Tejas and Jayhawk microprocessors were expected to ship with frequencies at or above...

70 "Polygon Man" was briefly the mascot for which game console?

90 What was the first computer virus released in the wild?

30 Which of these keyboard shortcuts directly opens the Windows Task Manager?

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

80 What does "Yahoo" mean?

10 Which company invented the hard disk drive?

30 These famous tech personalities are all college dropouts, except...

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

30 Larry Page and Sergey Brin decided on Eric Schmidt as Google's CEO in 2001 for reasons including his attendance of what event?

80 Which of these is the oldest web browser still in general use and development?

10 In 2010, the United States Air Force used more than a thousand game consoles to build a supercomputer... which one?

80 Although all of these products eventually launched, they were once feared to be vaporware, except which one?

70 What was the first computer virus?

30 What was the first personal computer to be offered commercially with a graphical user interface?

10 1024 Gigabytes is equal to 1 Terabyte; 1024 Terabytes is equal to 1 Petabyte; How many Gigabytes are in a Petabyte?

30 Released in 1984, the Motorola DynaTAC was the first commercially available mobile phone. It was priced at...

70 The PlayStation 2's external design wasn't an original concept by Sony, but was instead borrowed from which unreleased console?

50 What is the origin of the word "spam" in the context of email spam?

50 If you reach level 256 in the game Pac-Man, this infamous bug will cause the arcade game to...

80 Who described the Internet as a series of tubes?

10 What happens if a CD spins too fast?

10 Android versions are named after dessert foods. They're also released...

70 Before emerging as the iconic Grand Theft Auto, what was the game going to be called?

90 TechSpot originally began in the 90s as a blog called what?