WorksheetsComputers & VIdeo Game Milestones
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Who conceptualised the first video game?
Alan Turing,
UK
Jack Tramiel,
USA
Konrad Zeus,
Germany
Shigeru Miyamoto, Japan
He conceptualised the first complex computer, with a central processing unit and memory storage.
Thomas Watson,
USA
Charles Babbage,
UK
Camillo Olivetti,
Italy
Konrad Zeus,
Germany
Created the first computer mouse
Alan Turing, UK
Toru Iwatani, Japan
Jonathan Ive, USA
Douglas Engelbart, USA
The first commercial video game console was created by:
Kaz Hirai, Japan
Nolan Bushnel, USA
Ralph Baer, USA
Alan Michael Sugar, UK
The first open world space simulation was created by:
David Braben, UK
John Romero, USA
John Carmack, USA
Francois Lionet, France
The first country to introduce a TV programme to support computers:
"The Computer Programme", BBC, UK
"The Apple Chronicles", USA
"Computer World", USA
"Computers for all", Germany
The first computer to break the $100 barrier:
Sinclair ZX80, UK
Commodore VIC20, Canada
Philips MSX-8, Japan
Super Mario Bros.
The first computer programmer is considered to be:
Grace Hopper, USA
Lady Lovelace, UK
William Henry Gates the Third, USA
Joseph Weizenbaum, Germany
One of the earliest pioneers of Artificial Intelligence:
Luigi Menabrea,
Italy
Konrad Zuse,
Germany
John Von Neumann, USA
Alan Turing,
UK
Designed the ARM processor used in our mobile devices today:
SUN Microsystems,
USA
Apple,
USA
Acorn,
UK
Silicon Graphics,
USA
