Computer History Contest

What decade was HTML invented? (Tim Berners-Lee invented the language that transforms the Internet into a visual and user-friendly medium.)

• 1990s

• 2000s

• 2010s

• 1970s

• 1980s

What decade was the iPhone invented?

• 1990s

• 2000s

• 2010s

• 1970s

• 1980s

What decade was the transistor invented?

(The use of semiconductor as a switch by Bell Laboratories)

• 1990s

• 1960s

• 1950s

• 1970s

• 1980s

What decade were Integrated Circuits invented?

(The placement of many transistors on one chip by Texas Instruments.)

• 1990s

• 1960s

• 1950s

• 1970s

• 1980s

What decade was Steve Jobs Fired from Apple?
(The creator of the iPod and iPhone is kicked out of the company he founded.)

• 1990s

• 1960s

• 1950s

• 1970s

• 1980s

In what decade will the event “Singularity” happen?

(Millionaire inventor Ray Kurzweil predicts that in ____ computers will surpass the brainpower of all humans combined.)

• 2040s

• 2020s

• 2000s

• 2030s

• 2010s

In what decade was the ARPANet created?

(The US government connects 4 Universities in the first version of the Internet.)

• 1960s

• 1950s

• 1970s

• 1980s

• 1990s

In what decade was the ENIAC created?
(First programmable computer. It used vacuum tubes as a switch.)

• 1960s

• 1950s

• 1970s

• 1940s

• 1930s

In what decade was the Altair 8800 created?

(The first personal computer is marketed. It was just a box with lights but it could be programmed.)

• 1960s

• 1950s

• 1970s

• 1940s

• 1930s

In what decade was the BASIC Compiler created?

(Microsoft develops the first program for personal computers that allows

programmers to use “English-like” words. )

• 1960s

• 1950s

• 1970s

• 1940s

• 1930s