Technology Quiz: 25 Crazy Facts About Real Gadgets

Technology Quiz: 25 Crazy Facts About Real Gadgets: questions and answers

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1. Which came first? Google · Email · The web

   Email – Email worked in 1971, the web arrived in 1991, and Google needed the web, so it came in 1998!

2. What does Ctrl+Z usually do? Save · Undo · Zoom in

   Undo

3. Which part is called the brain of a computer? CPU · GPU · SSD

   CPU

4. How many bits are in one byte? 4 · 16 · 8

   8

5. What does USB stand for? United System Board · Universal Serial Bus · Universal Signal Box

   Universal Serial Bus

6. Which gadget promised '1,000 songs in your pocket' in 2001? Walkman · Zune · iPod

   iPod – The first iPod had a spinning hard drive inside!

7. What does RAM stand for? Random Access Memory · Read And Move · Rapid Action Memory

   Random Access Memory

8. What does a CAPTCHA check? Your typing speed · That you're human · Your internet speed

   That you're human

9. Nintendo started out in 1889 selling… Playing cards · Toy trains · Rice cookers

   Playing cards – Hand-painted Japanese hanafuda cards!

10. The very first YouTube video was filmed at… A beach · A school · A zoo

    A zoo

11. Which computer was named after a type of apple? BlackBerry · Raspberry Pi · Macintosh

    Macintosh

12. In binary, what is 1 + 1? 10 · 2 · 11

    10 – Binary only has 0 and 1, so 2 is written as 10!

13. The QWERTY keyboard was designed for… Telegraphs · Typewriters · Computers

    Typewriters

14. What does HTTP stand for? High Tech Transfer Path · Home Tool Text Protocol · HyperText Transfer Protocol

    HyperText Transfer Protocol

15. Which gadget survived a bombing in the Gulf War and still works? Game Boy · Walkman · iPod

    Game Boy – Its melted case is on display and it still plays Tetris!

16. Which console was code-named 'Revolution'? Wii · Xbox · GameCube

    Wii

17. Which giant was first called BackRub? Amazon · Facebook · Google

    Google – It ranked web pages by their back links, hence the name!

18. The very first computer mouse was made of… Metal · Wood · Glass

    Wood

19. Tetris was created in 1984 in… Soviet Union · Japan · USA

    Soviet Union

20. The world's first webcam watched… A fish tank · A coffee pot · A front door

    A coffee pot – Cambridge scientists checked if the pot was empty!

21. What was the first item ever sold on eBay? Used car · Signed baseball · Broken laser pointer

    Broken laser pointer – It sold for $14.83 to a collector of broken laser pointers!

22. Apollo 11's guidance computer had about how much RAM? About 4 KB · About 4 MB · About 4 GB

    About 4 KB – Your phone has about a million times more!

23. Which 2007 phone had no copy and paste at launch? BlackBerry Curve · Nokia N95 · iPhone

    iPhone – Copy and paste only arrived in 2009!

24. The name Xbox came from… X-ray Box · DirectX Box · Xenon Box

    DirectX Box

25. The first PC virus, Brain (1986), was written in… Pakistan · Russia · USA

    Pakistan

26. What was the first domain name ever registered? google.com · symbolics.com · apple.com

    symbolics.com