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30 The first 5MB hard drive weighed approximately...
70 Which of these tech CEOs said in 1999, "You have zero privacy anyway..."?
80 During its earliest days in development, Windows was known by what name?
50 Founded by three former Texas Instruments executives, the trio briefly considered opening what type of business before launching Compaq?
30 There were 1,000 Internet devices in 1984. By 1992, that figure reached...
70 What was the first video game console to have a controller with an integrated mic?
30 Without actually typing it in, where does Relentless.com bring you?
10 Google Chrome has a hidden mini-game that involves what?
50 Before being known as Adobe Photoshop, an early version of the software was called...
70 What was the first high-definition home video format available to consumers?
30 If you were buying a solid state drive, which of these would be the fastest, most durable type of NAND flash memory?
70 In 2010, Newegg sold 300 counterfeits of what processor?
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?
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...
90 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?
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?
30 Which of these keyboard shortcuts directly opens the Windows Task Manager?
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?
80 Although all of these products eventually launched, they were once feared to be vaporware, except which one?
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?

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

70 Which of these tech CEOs said in 1999, "You have zero privacy anyway..."?

80 During its earliest days in development, Windows was known by what name?

50 Founded by three former Texas Instruments executives, the trio briefly considered opening what type of business before launching Compaq?

30 There were 1,000 Internet devices in 1984. By 1992, that figure reached...

70 What was the first video game console to have a controller with an integrated mic?

30 Without actually typing it in, where does Relentless.com bring you?

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

50 Before being known as Adobe Photoshop, an early version of the software was called...

70 What was the first high-definition home video format available to consumers?

30 If you were buying a solid state drive, which of these would be the fastest, most durable type of NAND flash memory?

70 In 2010, Newegg sold 300 counterfeits of what processor?

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?

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...

90 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?

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?

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

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?

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

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?