TechnicalSides Tech Trivia

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10 Charles Babbage is known for creating the first... ?
80 Before Apple, iPod creator Tony Fadell had his MP3 player idea rejected by which two companies?
70 Mozilla Firefox originally launched under what name?
90 How do you pronounce "GIF"?
50 What was the first FIFA World Cup to be fully filmed in 4K?
30 Which video game franchise has collectively sold the most copies?
70 The term "vaporware" was used for the first time in reference to what tech product?
90 Which of these materials is the best conductor of heat?
10 Which company invented the hard disk drive?
70 What was the first consumer desktop CPU to achieve 4GHz out of the box?
10 To fund the creation of Apple's first computer, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs sold...
70 Before emerging as the iconic Grand Theft Auto, what was the original GTA going to be called?
10 Google Chrome has a hidden mini-game that involves what?
50 What is the origin of the word "spam" in the context of email spam?
90 How many websites are on the Internet (as of March 2021)?
70 Which legacy socket(s) accepted both Intel and AMD CPUs?
30 Whitehouse.com once brought visitors to a site that hosted...
50 Who launched the very first website?
10 What was the first computer to win a chess match against a world champion (under regular time constraints)?
30 Valve co-founder Gabe Newell is a former Microsoftie, he led a team that ported what classic game to Windows 95?
10 When Verizon bought AOL in 2015, how many people were still paying for AOL dial-up Internet?
50 You've probably seen a 3.5-inch floppy disk, but do you know the dimensions of the technology's first iteration?
80 What's the biggest tech acquisition in history?
30 What's the keyboard shortcut to directly open the Windows Task Manager?
80 In old PCs, what was the function of the "Turbo" button?
50 In computing history, who were the "Dirty Dozen"?
30 These famous tech personalities are all college dropouts, except...
70 How much did it cost to rent a movie at the first VHS rental store in the US in 1977?
30 The first 5MB hard drive weighed approximately...
10 What's the name of the landscape wallpaper that was a default on Windows XP?
70 What was the first high-definition home video format available to consumers?
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 Who famously said: "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home"?
50 How long did it take Amazon to begin selling more ebooks than physical copies once Kindle launched?
50 Developed as a replacement for NTFS, Microsoft's next generation ReFS file system was introduced with what version of Windows?
50 Gmail debuted in 2004 as an invitation-only beta offering how much free storage?
80 Which of these statements was true of the QWERTY layout on typewriters in 1878...
50 In the 1930s, which of these countries built an analog computer that ran on water?
70 If one PC creates a noise level of 20dB and another makes 40dB of noise, roughly how much louder is the second computer?
50 If your PC has two SATA drives installed and running, which one is the master?
50 What is the best-selling desktop personal computer of all time?
80 How many feet/meters of tape would you find in the typical C60 compact audio cassette?
70 What was the Mac's first web browser?
10 What was the first cross-platform web browser (circa 1993)?
30 Google's first tweet on Twitter was a message encoded in binary that read what?
70 What was the first website to display banner ads?
80 What was the first cell phone ever to carry a built-in camera?
90 Which of these public domain name sales was the most expensive?
50 Which of these early portable computers is considered to be the first commercially successful?

TechnicalSides Trivia

Trivia Index Page 2

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

80 Before Apple, iPod creator Tony Fadell had his MP3 player idea rejected by which two companies?

70 Mozilla Firefox originally launched under what name?

90 How do you pronounce "GIF"?

50 What was the first FIFA World Cup to be fully filmed in 4K?

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

70 The term "vaporware" was used for the first time in reference to what tech product?

90 Which of these materials is the best conductor of heat?

10 Which company invented the hard disk drive?

70 What was the first consumer desktop CPU to achieve 4GHz out of the box?

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

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

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

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

90 How many websites are on the Internet (as of March 2021)?

70 Which legacy socket(s) accepted both Intel and AMD CPUs?

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

50 Who launched the very first website?

10 What was the first computer to win a chess match against a world champion (under regular time constraints)?

30 Valve co-founder Gabe Newell is a former Microsoftie, he led a team that ported what classic game to Windows 95?

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

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

80 What's the biggest tech acquisition in history?

30 What's the keyboard shortcut to directly open the Windows Task Manager?

80 In old PCs, what was the function of the "Turbo" button?

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

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

70 How much did it cost to rent a movie at the first VHS rental store in the US in 1977?

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

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

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

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

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

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

50 Gmail debuted in 2004 as an invitation-only beta offering how much free storage?

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

50 In the 1930s, which of these countries built an analog computer that ran on water?

70 If one PC creates a noise level of 20dB and another makes 40dB of noise, roughly how much louder is the second computer?

50 If your PC has two SATA drives installed and running, which one is the master?

50 What is the best-selling desktop personal computer of all time?

80 How many feet/meters of tape would you find in the typical C60 compact audio cassette?

70 What was the Mac's first web browser?

10 What was the first cross-platform web browser (circa 1993)?

30 Google's first tweet on Twitter was a message encoded in binary that read what?

70 What was the first website to display banner ads?

80 What was the first cell phone ever to carry a built-in camera?

90 Which of these public domain name sales was the most expensive?

50 Which of these early portable computers is considered to be the first commercially successful?