WorksheetsVAS ICT History of the Internet Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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
One of the first computer viruses was released in 1988. What was it called?
The Keane Eagle
The Wright Dog
The Morris Worm
What Tim Berners-Lee propose in 1989?
The World Wide Web
Internet Chat Rooms
Online Games
What was the first graphical web browser called?
Netscape
Mosaic
Greg
When did Google first go live?
1996
1997
1998
1999
What mainstream file-sharing app started in 1998?
Napster
Snapter
Tapsner
Panster
When was Wikipedia launched?
2000
2001
2002
What was the most popular social media website in 2003?
MySpace
FacePlace
MyBook
Who created Facebook in 2004?
Bill Gates
Mark Zuckerberg
PewDiePie
What video streaming service was launched in 2005?
Vimeo
YouTube
Netflix
When was the iPhone released?
2007
2008
2009
