Old Things Trivia: Obsolete Technology Quiz

What was the name of the first commercially successful video game?

• Space Invaders

• Pong

• Tetris

• Super Mario Bros

Which device was used to listen to music before the invention of the iPod?

• 8-track tapes

• Portable CD players or Walkmans

• Vinyl records

• Cassette tapes

What was the name of the first popular social networking website?

• LinkedIn

• Facebook

• Twitter

• MySpace

What was the primary use of a floppy disk?

• Playing music

• Watching videos

• Storing and transferring data

• Sending emails

What was the first widely-used form of portable data storage?

• USB flash drive

• External hard drive

• Floppy disk

• CD-ROM

What was the name of the first widely-used search engine on the internet?

• Archie

• Bing

• Google

• Yahoo

What was the primary function of a pager?

• Making phone calls

• Receiving short text messages or numeric codes

• Playing music

• Sending emails

What was the name of the first widely-used mobile phone?

• Samsung Galaxy S20

• iPhone 11

• Nokia 3310

• Motorola DynaTAC 8000X

What was the primary use of a VHS tape?

• Storing digital photos

• Playing music CDs

• Recording and playing back video content

• Sending text messages

What was the name of the first widely-used personal computer?

• IBM 5150

• Apple Macintosh

• Commodore 64

• Dell Inspiron