TechSpot Trivia
A quiz game that combines computing history, curious tech facts, web culture, and enthusiast-level PC knowledge
- What was the first computer virus released in the wild?
- Which of these materials is the best conductor of heat?
- Who was the tech CEO that back in 1999 said, "You have zero privacy anyway..."
- What was the first game controller to add vibration feedback?
- Valve co-founder Gabe Newell is a former Microsoftie: Which game did he port to Windows 95 during his tenure?
- The first ever webcam was used at Cambridge University, but what was it designed to do?
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70 What kind of company was Nokia when it was founded by Finnish engineer Fredrik Idestam in 1865?
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50 Which of these companies was not started by Elon Musk?
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30 Valve co-founder Gabe Newell is a former Microsoftie: Which game did he port to Windows 95 during his tenure?
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30 How much did the Neo Geo game console cost when it launched in 1990?
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80 Before Google's mobile OS, do you know what was Android developed for?
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10 What was the first widely-used web browser?
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10 What was the first personal computer to be offered with a graphical user interface?
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80 The Diamond Edge 3D was Nvidia's first graphics card. Released in 1995, it sold as a complete entertainment package featuring: 2D/3D acceleration, an integrated sound card, games, and what else?
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90 Who created Siri?
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90 Registered on March 15, 1985, which was the first domain name on the Internet?
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10 A grand price fixing scheme that took place between 1998-2002 involved over a dozen makers, of what PC component?
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30 The PlayStation 4 was powered by a GPU roughly equal to what PC graphics card?
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70 What was the first handheld game console to ship with a color display?
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90 What was the first computer virus released in the wild?
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90 Before changing its name to Seagate, the storage giant was known by what name?
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80 All of these products eventually launched, but they were once feared to be vaporware, except for...?
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70 What was the world's first digital and programmable robot?
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90 How many GPUs did a 3Dfx Voodoo2 have?
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90 What was the first computer to be marketed as a "laptop"?
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90 TechSpot was originally launched in the 90s as a tech blog called...?
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90 Which of these motherboard form factors has the largest max dimensions?
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30 What was the first Android mobile phone?
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80 What was the first ever web browser?
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50 Before becoming the web's video juggernaut, what was the plan for YouTube?
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80 The first version of Internet Explorer "borrowed" source code from what other web browser?
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80 Approximately how many feet of tape fit inside a standard T-120 VHS tape?
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10 Charles Babbage is known for creating the first... ?
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70 Mozilla Firefox originally launched under what name?
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10 To fund the creation of Apple's first computer, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs sold...
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30 Whitehouse.com once brought visitors to a site that hosted...
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50 In computing history, who were the "Dirty Dozen"?
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30 These famous tech personalities are all college dropouts, except...
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10 What's the name of the landscape wallpaper that was a default on Windows XP?
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90 Before being known as PayPal, the company went by what name?
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30 The original iPod had an Easter Egg accessed by holding down the center button for a few seconds on the "About" menu. What was it?
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50 How long did it take Amazon to begin selling more ebooks than physical copies once Kindle launched?
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80 Which of these statements was true of the QWERTY layout on typewriters in 1878...
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70 What was the Mac's first web browser?
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50 Google's first tweet on Twitter was a message encoded in binary that read what?
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70 What was the first website to display banner ads?
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80 What was the first cell phone ever to carry a built-in camera?
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50 Which of these early portable computers is considered to be the first commercially successful?
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70 What is Google's Android mascot unofficially known as?
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90 Although the Sega Dreamcast was discontinued in 2001, which exclusive game received a DLC update in 2017(!)?
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30 Released in 1989, the Psion MC-400 laptop was way ahead of its time, it included all of these features except one...
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70 Quantum Link (AOL pre-1991) first provided online services for the owners of what computers?
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50 Founded by three former Texas Instruments executives, the trio briefly considered opening what type of business before launching Compaq?
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70 What was the first video game console to have a controller with an integrated mic?
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30 Without actually typing it in, where does Relentless.com bring you?
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70 In 2010, Newegg sold 300 counterfeits of what processor?