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Tech Trivia

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Before becoming Google's smartphone OS, Android was being developed for what kind of device?

a)

Cameras

b)

Televisions

c)

In-car entertainment

d)

An open source game console

2.

Before being known as Adobe Photoshop, an early version of the software was called...

a)

"PictureWorks"

b)

"ImagePro"

c)

"CompuCanvas"

d)

"PhotoLab"

3.

You've probably seen a 3.5-inch floppy disk, but do you know the dimensions of the technology's first iteration?

a)

They were always 3.5-inch

b)

5.25-inch

c)

8-inch

d)

11.75-inch

4.

Who launched the very first website?

a)

Stanford

b)

Xerox

c)

MIT

d)

CERN

5.

What's the keyboard shortcut to directly open the Windows Task Manager?

a)

Ctrl + Shift + Escape

b)

Ctrl+Alt+Delete

c)

Win + Alt + Delete

d)

Ctrl + Alt + T

6.

QR codes were invented back in 1994 as a way to track what?

a)

Packages behind the scenes at UPS

b)

Vehicles as they were assembled

c)

As an alternative to website URLs

d)

To initiate phone calls

7.

What's the biggest tech acquisition in history?

a)

Google's buyout of Motorola in 2011

b)

Nvidia's buyout of Arm in 2020

c)

Dell's buyout of EMC in 2015

d)

HP's buyout of Compaq in 2002

8.

What's the name of the landscape wallpaper that was a default on Windows XP?

a)

Majesty

b)

Splendor

c)

Happiness

d)

Bliss

9.

Which of the following was not a x86 CPU maker?

a)

Motorola

b)

Cyrix

c)

IBM

d)

VIA

10.

Which of these companies invented Ethernet networking?

a)

Cisco

b)

Xerox

c)

Packard Bell

d)

AT&T

11.

Before becoming the web's video giant, what was YouTube supposed to be?

a)

A Napster knock-off for videos

b)

A virtual movie theater for independent films

c)

A video dating service

d)

An aggregator like Digg for videos

12.

Without attaching additional power cables, how much can a PCIe x16 graphics card draw from the motherboard's slot?

a)

300W

b)

25W

c)

150W

d)

75W

13.

The first computer mouse: how many buttons did it have, and what material was it made of?

a)

Had one button, was made of wood

b)

Had a single button, was made of metal

c)

Had two buttons, was made of plastic

d)

Had one button, was made of plastic

14.

Which search engine was Google nearly sold to in the 90s?

a)

Yahoo

b)

Excite

c)

Lycos

d)

AltaVista

15.

Gmail debuted in 2004 as an invitation-only beta offering how much free storage?

a)

2GB

b)

500MB

c)

1GB

d)

100MB

16.

Before establishing Nvidia, founder and CEO Jensen Huang designed microprocessors for...

a)

Toshiba

b)

IBM

c)

Intel

d)

AMD

17.

The first 5MB hard drive weighed approximately how much?

a)

Over a ton

b)

250 pounds

c)

50 pounds

d)

25 pounds

18.

The PlayStation 4 is powered by a GPU that is roughly equal to what PC graphics card?

a)

GeForce GTX 460

b)

Radeon HD 7850

c)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti

d)

Radeon HD 6990

19.

Developed as a replacement for NTFS, Microsoft's next generation ReFS file system was introduced with what version of Windows?

a)

Windows 7 SP1

b)

Windows 8.1

c)

Windows Server 2012

d)

Windows 10 Enterprise

20.

What was the first consumer desktop CPU to achieve 4GHz out of the box?

a)

Intel Pentium 4 HT (Prescott)

b)

Intel Core i7-4790K (Haswell)

c)

AMD Ryzen 7 1800X (Zen)

d)

AMD FX-4170 (Bulldozer)