Technology Fun Facts Quiz

Who was the world's first computer programmer?

• Alan Turing

• Grace Hopper

• Charles Babbage

• Ada Lovelace

What caused the term 'bug' to describe a glitch in a system?

• Ant

• Spider

• Fly

• Moth

Approximately how many Google searches are made per day?

• 5 billion

• 1 billion

• 2 billion

• 3.5 billion

Who produced the first handheld mobile phone?

• Nokia

• Apple

• Samsung

• Motorola

What percentage of the world's currency is digital?

• 100%

• 90%

• 75%

• 50%

Why was the QWERTY keyboard designed?

• To improve accuracy

• To slow down typists

• To speed up typing

• To reduce errors

How long did it take to expose the first photo?

• 1 hour

• 12 hours

• 4 hours

• 8 hours

What is the origin of the word 'robot'?

• French

• German

• Czech

• Spanish

Who invented the first computer mouse?

• Steve Jobs

• Bill Gates

• Doug Engelbart

• Tim Berners-Lee

If a computer was as powerful as the human brain, how many operations per second could it do?

• 10 thousand trillion

• 20 thousand trillion

• 38 thousand trillion

• 50 thousand trillion