The Mashable Quiz Challenge

Question 1 / 9

🏆 Rank #-- ▾

Score 0/100

1. Which of the following is primarily a business social network application?

Facebook

Ning

Business.com

Facebook is a popular, general-purpose social network. Business.com is a business search engine and directory. Ning allows creating your own network. LinkedIn is centered around business social networking.

Explanation

About This Quiz

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... see moreRankings:
Mashable Master : Score above 90%
Mashable Magician : Score between 80-90%
Mashable Mage : Score between 70-80%

see less

2. What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

You may optionally provide this to label your report, leaderboard, or certificate.

2. What do you understand about the term "technical evangelist"? A technical evangelist is one who:

Uses technology in the course of a religious ministry, building a "wired church".

A missionary who spreads the word by geocaching gospel tracks at disclosed global co-ordinates.

A corporate spokesperson who builds support for their company's technology to become a standard.

A Free Culture advocate who pushes for their chosen tech to be morally superior to the competition.

Robert Scoble of Scobelizer fame is an example.

Explanation

Robert Scoble of Scobelizer fame is an example.

3. Which of the following is not true according to the 2007 Mashable Fun Facts post?

500% - Mashable.com growth in 2007

1200% - approximate revenue growth in 2007

300% - the growth in employee numbers in 2007

250% - Increase in fee accepted for blog post

Mashable helps great start-ups get the word out and be successful. You can buy advertising, but coverage if not up for sale. Read more about it here.

Explanation

Mashable helps great start-ups get the word out and be successful. You can buy advertising, but coverage if not up for sale. Read more about it here.

4. Twitter is a technology that should be very familiar to any Mashable reader. Twitter is written in...

Adobe FLEX

Macromedia Flash

Ruby on Rails

COBOL

Right there in the Wiki.

Explanation

Right there in the Wiki.

5. Which of the following does not belong to Mashable's 50+ Social Bookmarking Sites list?

Scribd.com

Furl.net

BlinkList.com

Del.icio.us

Scribd is a social document sharing site, not a social bookmarking site. Read more here.

Explanation

Scribd is a social document sharing site, not a social bookmarking site. Read more here.

6.

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?

Google Picasa - The web's photo album

Google Click-to-Call - A phone calling system integrated with search results

Google Writer - An application that writes automatic blog posts

Google Gears - A browser plug-in that enables development of off-line browser applications

Google Writer was their 2007 April Fool's Day hoax.

Explanation

Google Writer was their 2007 April Fool's Day hoax.

7. 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?

Lawrence Ellison - CEO of Oracle

Larry Page - Co-Founder of Google

Richard Stallman - Founder of the Free Software Foundation

Carlos Slim Helu - CEO of Telmex

Surprise! A guy who hardly even makes the news beats Billy G.'s balance by a margin of almost 12%! The Ten Richest People in Tech

Explanation

Surprise! A guy who hardly even makes the news beats Billy G.'s balance by a margin of almost 12%! The Ten Richest People in Tech

8. Who is the web celebrity who founded Mashable?

Paris Hilton

Pete Cashmore

Larry Page

Om Malik

Jimmy Wales

Mashable was founded by Pete Cashmore

Explanation

Mashable was founded by Pete Cashmore

Thank you for your feedback!

The Mashable Quiz Challenge

1. Which of the following is primarily a business social network application?

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. What do you understand about the term "technical evangelist"? A technical evangelist is one who:

3. Which of the following is not true according to the 2007 Mashable Fun Facts post?

4. Twitter is a technology that should be very familiar to any Mashable reader. Twitter is written in...

5. Which of the following does not belong to Mashable's 50+ Social Bookmarking Sites list?

6. 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?

7. 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?

8. Who is the web celebrity who founded Mashable?

6.

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?