VAS ICT History of the Internet Quiz

When was ARPANET connected for the first time?

• 1969

• 1968

• 1974

• 1996

The first message sent across a computer network was 'LOGIN'.

• True

• False

• Don't know

When was email first developed?

• 1917

• 1971

• 1961

• 1916

What is Project Gutenberg?

• A website for making books for free.

• A global effort to make books and documents free online.

• A book about the history of the internet.

What does T.C.P. stand for?

• Total Computer Protocol

• Transmission Control Protocol

• The Computer Police

What did Dale Hetherington start selling in 1977?

• Modems

• Keyboards

• Monitors

When was the first spam email sent?

• 1972

• 1978

• 1975

What was the earliest form of multiplayer games called?

• MPG - Multi Player Game

• MUD - Multi User Dungeon

• DoG - Dungeon of Games

What did Kevin MacKenzie invent in 1982?

• Emoji

• Emoticon

• Flux Capacitor

How many users were on the internet in 1987?

• 30,000

• 3,000

• 300,000

• 3,000,000

• 3