Google History & Trivia Quiz

Which early search engine, predating Google, heavily influenced Larry Page's initial research and the 'PageRank' concept?

• AltaVista

• Lycos

• BackRub

• InfoSeek

The original storage solution for Google's growing index was famously built from what?

• Custom-built servers in a data center

• A collection of repurposed Sun Microsystems workstations

• Cheap, commodity PC hard drives housed in custom enclosures

• High-end mainframe tape drives

What was the codename for the internal project that eventually became Google Maps Street View?

• Project GroundTruth

• Project Titan

• Project Sequoia

• Project Chauffeur

Before becoming the iconic 'I'm Feeling Lucky' button, what was its original, more functional purpose?

• To provide direct access to Google's internal tools

• To bypass the search results page and go directly to the first result

• To offer a random website suggestion unrelated to the search query

• To display a dynamically generated list of trending searches

What was the name of the acquisition that brought Android into the Google fold?

• Danger, Inc.

• Skyrocket Mobile Development

• Android, Inc.

• Open Handset Alliance

The first Google Doodle was created to inform users that Larry Page and Sergey Brin were attending which event?

• Burning Man

• DEF CON

• Comic-Con

• The World Wide Web Conference

What was the original name of Google's advertising platform that later became Google Ads?

• AdSense

• AdWords

• DoubleClick

• Project Xanadu

What was the name of the first large scale cluster that google used to test the idea of distributed processing, which eventually lead to mapreduce?

• The Farm

• The Cluster

• BigTable

• Gemini

What was the name of the Stanford computer science building where Larry Page and Sergey Brin initially met?

• Gates Computer Science Building

• Packard Electrical Engineering Building

• Durand Building

• Clark Center

What was the first language that google officially supported for their google translate service, besides english?

• German

• Spanish

• French

• Arabic