TechSpot Tech Trivia

Trivia Index Page 3

90 How do you pronounce "GIF"?
30 Larry Page and Sergey Brin picked Google's first CEO based on his attendance at what event?
50 What is the origin of email "spam"?
30 Who invented Ethernet networking?
10 Where is the grave/tilde key on a standard US/UK QWERTY keyboard?
10 The US Air Force used over 1,000 game consoles to build a supercomputer in 2010. Which one did they choose?
10 1024 Gigabytes is equal to 1 Terabyte; 1024 Terabytes is equal to 1 Petabyte; How many Gigabytes are in a Petabyte?
50 Who launched the very first website?
90 Which country has the highest percentage of their population online?
50 What is the top-selling video game franchise of all time?
90 What is the best-selling PC game of all time?
70 The world's first photograph required how much time of exposure?
80 How heavy was the first ever 1 GB hard drive?
90 Who manufactured the original Nintendo NES 8-bit processor?
10 What did the ESP button do on portable CD players?
30 All of these tech founders and CEOs stepped away for a stint before returning to the helm, except...
30 Who famously said: "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home"?
70 What kind of company was Nokia when it was founded by Finnish engineer Fredrik Idestam in 1865?
50 Which of these companies was not started by Elon Musk?
30 Valve co-founder Gabe Newell is a former Microsoftie: Which game did he port to Windows 95 during his tenure?
30 How much did the Neo Geo game console cost when it launched in 1990?
80 Before Google's mobile OS, do you know what was Android developed for?
10 What was the first widely-used web browser?
30 What was the first personal computer to be offered with a graphical user interface?
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?
90 Registered on March 15, 1985, which was the first domain name on the Internet?
10 A grand price fixing scheme that took place between 1998-2002 involved over a dozen makers, of what PC component?
30 The PlayStation 4 was powered by a GPU roughly equal to what PC graphics card?
70 What was the first handheld game console to ship with a color display?
90 What was the first computer virus released in the wild?
90 Before changing its name to Seagate, the storage giant was known by what name?
80 All of these products eventually launched, but they were once feared to be vaporware, except for...?
70 What was the world's first digital and programmable robot?
90 How many GPUs did a 3Dfx Voodoo2 have?
90 What was the first computer to be marketed as a "laptop"?
90 Which of these motherboard form factors has the largest max dimensions?
80 What was the first ever web browser?
50 Before becoming the web's video juggernaut, what was the plan for YouTube?
80 The first version of Internet Explorer "borrowed" source code from what other web browser?
80 Approximately how many feet of tape fit inside a standard T-120 VHS tape?
10 Charles Babbage is known for creating the first... ?
70 Mozilla Firefox originally launched under what name?
10 To fund the creation of Apple's first computer, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs sold...
30 Whitehouse.com once brought visitors to a site that hosted...
10 What's the name of the landscape wallpaper that was a default on Windows XP?
90 Before being known as PayPal, the company went by what name?
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?
50 How long did it take Amazon to begin selling more ebooks than physical copies once Kindle launched?
80 Which of these statements was true of the QWERTY layout on typewriters in 1878...
70 What was the Mac's first web browser?

TechSpot Trivia

A quiz game that combines computing history, curious tech facts, web culture, and enthusiast-level PC knowledge

Trivia Index Page 3

90 How do you pronounce "GIF"?

30 Larry Page and Sergey Brin picked Google's first CEO based on his attendance at what event?

50 What is the origin of email "spam"?

30 Who invented Ethernet networking?

10 Where is the grave/tilde key on a standard US/UK QWERTY keyboard?

10 The US Air Force used over 1,000 game consoles to build a supercomputer in 2010. Which one did they choose?

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

50 Who launched the very first website?

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

50 What is the top-selling video game franchise of all time?

90 What is the best-selling PC game of all time?

70 The world's first photograph required how much time of exposure?

80 How heavy was the first ever 1 GB hard drive?

90 Who manufactured the original Nintendo NES 8-bit processor?

10 What did the ESP button do on portable CD players?

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

30 Who famously said: "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home"?

70 What kind of company was Nokia when it was founded by Finnish engineer Fredrik Idestam in 1865?

50 Which of these companies was not started by Elon Musk?

30 Valve co-founder Gabe Newell is a former Microsoftie: Which game did he port to Windows 95 during his tenure?

30 How much did the Neo Geo game console cost when it launched in 1990?

80 Before Google's mobile OS, do you know what was Android developed for?

10 What was the first widely-used web browser?

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

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?

90 Registered on March 15, 1985, which was the first domain name on the Internet?

10 A grand price fixing scheme that took place between 1998-2002 involved over a dozen makers, of what PC component?

30 The PlayStation 4 was powered by a GPU roughly equal to what PC graphics card?

70 What was the first handheld game console to ship with a color display?

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

90 Before changing its name to Seagate, the storage giant was known by what name?

80 All of these products eventually launched, but they were once feared to be vaporware, except for...?

70 What was the world's first digital and programmable robot?

90 How many GPUs did a 3Dfx Voodoo2 have?

90 What was the first computer to be marketed as a "laptop"?

90 Which of these motherboard form factors has the largest max dimensions?

80 What was the first ever web browser?

50 Before becoming the web's video juggernaut, what was the plan for YouTube?

80 The first version of Internet Explorer "borrowed" source code from what other web browser?

80 Approximately how many feet of tape fit inside a standard T-120 VHS tape?

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

70 Mozilla Firefox originally launched under what name?

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

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

10 What's the name of the landscape wallpaper that was a default on Windows XP?

90 Before being known as PayPal, the company went by what name?

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?

50 How long did it take Amazon to begin selling more ebooks than physical copies once Kindle launched?

80 Which of these statements was true of the QWERTY layout on typewriters in 1878...

70 What was the Mac's first web browser?