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80 What was the world's first digital and programmable robot?
10 How much storage did the first commercially available USB flash drive provide?
50 Which of these companies invented Ethernet networking?
70 Who was the tech CEO that in 1999 said, "You have zero privacy anyway..."?
90 How many GPUs did a 3Dfx Voodoo2 have?
30 What happens if a CD spins too fast?
90 What was the first computer to be marketed as a "laptop"?
80 All of these famous tech companies started in a garage, except...
70 What was the first computer virus?
90 TechSpot was originally launched in the 90s as a tech blog called...?
90 Which of these PC games was the first to ship with baked-in DRM?
80 Approximately how heavy was the first 1GB hard drive?
90 Which of these motherboard form factors has the largest max dimensions?
30 Who said this in 2004? "Two years from now, (email) spam will be solved"
30 What was the first Android mobile phone?
50 Which AMD CPU series was famous for getting its multiplier unlocked using a pencil?
10 The first webcam ever was deployed at Cambridge University, what was it designed to monitor?
80 What was the first ever web browser?
80 Did you know that before developing Steam, Valve approached many companies to help them build it with no success. Which of these was not among those approached?
70 Wi-Fi 802.11ac also known as Wi-Fi 5 brought all these improvements, except...
70 Before becoming the web's video juggernaut, what was the plan for YouTube?
80 It was 1995, 15-inch 800x600 monitors were the norm, what kind of monitor did John Carmack use to code Quake?
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 In 2010, the U.S. Air Force used over 1,000 game consoles to build a supercomputer: Which one?
50 Before establishing Nvidia, founder and CEO Jensen Huang designed microprocessors for...
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 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...
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?
30 Whitehouse.com once brought visitors to a site that hosted...
50 Who launched the very first website?
10 When Verizon bought AOL in 2015, how many people were still paying for AOL dial-up Internet?
30 What's the keyboard shortcut to directly open the Windows Task Manager?
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?
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 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?

TechSpot Trivia

Trivia Index Page 2

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

10 How much storage did the first commercially available USB flash drive provide?

50 Which of these companies invented Ethernet networking?

70 Who was the tech CEO that in 1999 said, "You have zero privacy anyway..."?

90 How many GPUs did a 3Dfx Voodoo2 have?

30 What happens if a CD spins too fast?

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

80 All of these famous tech companies started in a garage, except...

70 What was the first computer virus?

90 TechSpot was originally launched in the 90s as a tech blog called...?

90 Which of these PC games was the first to ship with baked-in DRM?

80 Approximately how heavy was the first 1GB hard drive?

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

30 Who said this in 2004? "Two years from now, (email) spam will be solved"

30 What was the first Android mobile phone?

50 Which AMD CPU series was famous for getting its multiplier unlocked using a pencil?

10 The first webcam ever was deployed at Cambridge University, what was it designed to monitor?

80 What was the first ever web browser?

80 Did you know that before developing Steam, Valve approached many companies to help them build it with no success. Which of these was not among those approached?

70 Wi-Fi 802.11ac also known as Wi-Fi 5 brought all these improvements, except...

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

80 It was 1995, 15-inch 800x600 monitors were the norm, what kind of monitor did John Carmack use to code Quake?

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 In 2010, the U.S. Air Force used over 1,000 game consoles to build a supercomputer: Which one?

50 Before establishing Nvidia, founder and CEO Jensen Huang designed microprocessors for...

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 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...

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?

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

50 Who launched the very first website?

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

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

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?

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 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?