The Mashable Quiz Challenge

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So, you think you know which way the Web 2. 0 blows? You can mash up anything, and if it won't mash, you'll make it blend. You'll even do it live! So show what a web-savvy reader Mashable. Com has made you, and score high on this quiz! Quiz Top 3 Rankings: Mashable Master : Score above 90% Mashable Magician : Score between 80-90% Mashable Mage : Score between 70-80%

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1.

Which of the following is not true according to the 2007 Mashable Fun Facts post?
- A.
  
  500% - Mashable.com growth in 2007
- B.
  
  1200% - approximate revenue growth in 2007
- C.
  
  300% - the growth in employee numbers in 2007
- D.
  
  250% - Increase in fee accepted for blog post
2.

Twitter is a technology that should be very familiar to any Mashable reader. Twitter is written in...
- A.
  
  Adobe FLEX
- B.
  
  Macromedia Flash
- C.
  
  Ruby on Rails
- D.
  
  COBOL
3.

Which of the following does not belong to Mashable's 50+ Social Bookmarking Sites list?
- A.
  
  Scribd.com
- B.
  
  Furl.net
- C.
  
  BlinkList.com
- D.
  
  Del.icio.us
4.

In a 2007 article on Mashable on the 10 Richest People in Tech, Bill Gates was listed as #2. Who could possibly have been richer than Bill Gates?
- A.
  
  Lawrence Ellison - CEO of Oracle
- B.
  
  Larry Page - Co-Founder of Google
- C.
  
  Richard Stallman - Founder of the Free Software Foundation
- D.
  
  Carlos Slim Helu - CEO of Telmex
5.

Boy, does Web 2.0 love Google! Seeing as how Google is a consistently covered topic on Mashable, perhaps you can tell which of the following is NOT a Google product?
- A.
  
  Google Picasa - The web's photo album
- B.
  
  Google Click-to-Call - A phone calling system integrated with search results
- C.
  
  Google Writer - An application that writes automatic blog posts
- D.
  
  Google Gears - A browser plug-in that enables development of off-line browser applications
6.

What do you understand about the term "technical evangelist"? A technical evangelist is one who:
- A.
  
  Uses technology in the course of a religious ministry, building a "wired church".
- B.
  
  A missionary who spreads the word by geocaching gospel tracks at disclosed global co-ordinates.
- C.
  
  A corporate spokesperson who builds support for their company's technology to become a standard.
- D.
  
  A Free Culture advocate who pushes for their chosen tech to be morally superior to the competition.
7.

Which of the following is primarily a business social network application?
- A.
  
  Facebook
- B.
  
  Linkedin
- C.
  
  Ning
- D.
  
  Business.com
8.

Who is the web celebrity who founded Mashable?
- A.
  
  Paris Hilton
- B.
  
  Pete Cashmore
- C.
  
  Larry Page
- D.
  
  Om Malik
- E.
  
  Jimmy Wales