Are You Tech-Savvy Enough to Ace This Science – Technology Trivia?
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Which inventor premiered the first talking motion picture in 1910?
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Thomas Edison
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John George Kemeny and Tom Kurtz's BASIC was an early language used by which of these?
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Computers
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What is the meaning of the first "D" in the acronym "DVD", first introduced in 1996?
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Digital
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What Microsoft operating system made its debut in 1985?
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Windows
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What does "HD" stand for in "HD-TV", invented in 1989?
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High-Definition
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To view the first 3-D movie, audience members wore glasses with what color lenses?
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Red And Blue
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In computing, what is MS-DOS?
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Operating System
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What groundbreaking Apple product made its debut in 1983?
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Macintosh
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WebTV allowed people to do what through their televisions?
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Connect To The Internet
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What system allows for the wireless connection of phones, computers and PDAs?
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Bluetooth
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What do you call a program that allows a user to access the internet?
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Browser
12.
In computing, what is another name for the CPU?
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Processor
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What technology is often used for public wireless networks?
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Wi-Fi
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What is the name for a program that allows a user to interact with the software on their computer?
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Operating System
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By what name is the "Information Superhighway" also known?
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Internet
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Which of these terms can be applied to all e-mail?
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Electronic
17.
What was the name of Atari's first 8-bit home-based video game system?
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Atari 2600
18.
Which device is a small computer, sometimes known as a palmtop or a handheld?
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PDA
19.
The iPod, iTV , iPhone and iTunes are all products created by what corporation?
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Apple
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What do you call computer information made up of combinations of bits and bytes?
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Data
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What is the computing unit measured in millions of bytes?
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Megabyte
22.
LCD, CRT, and DLP are all advanced types of what electronic device?
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Television
23.
An MP3 is what type of digital media file?
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Music
24.
Which handheld device, released in 2007, acts as a music player, phone and internet portal?
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IPhone
25.
What system helps drivers by pinpointing locations and giving directions?
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GPS
26.
What provides the coordinates used by personal GPS systems?
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Satellites
27.
What is the acronym for the technology behind displays which scroll messages, often in red letters?
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LED
28.
Which American invented both the phonograph and the incandescent light bulb in 1878?
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Thomas Edison
29.
Xerox developed what local area network protocol, originally allowing downloads of 10Mbps?
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Ethernet
30.
What internet powerhouse was named 2006 Invention of the Year by "Time" magazine?
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YouTube
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In personal computing, what does the acronym GUI stand for?
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Graphic User Interface
32.
Which color cells are involved in the creation of a television picture?
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Red, Blue And Green
33.
Dr. Robert Jarvick was the doctor behind what 1978 medical breakthrough?
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Artificial Heart
34.
The SIM card is found in what type of object?
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Cell Phone
35.
The invention of which of these made possible the integrated circuit and microprocessor?
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Transistor
36.
What pieces of equipment are used to connect computer networks to one another?
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Routers
37.
Released in 1977, SpectraVision's VBT200 was the first of what type of home entertainment product?
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VCR
38.
What item developed by AT&T in 1947 was not commercially available until 1983?
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The Mobile Phone
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What second-generation Windows operating system was released in 1990?
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Windows 3.0
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What type of printer creates images through a system of small dots?
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Dot Matrix
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Which computer company released the home and student PCjr computer in 1983?
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IBM
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2002 marked Apple's release of what tower-free home computer?
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The IMac Pedestal
43.
Viking I, the first vehicle to successfully land on another planet, touched down where in 1976?
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Mars
44.
What type of bulb emits more diffuse light and uses a quarter of the energy of an incandescent bulb?
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Compact Fluorescent
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In radio, what does the acronym FM stand for?
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Frequency Modulation
46.
Mathematician Charles Babbage's analytical engine was a precursor to what modern machine?
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The Computer
47.
Edu, com, gov and org are what part of the internet's DNS system?
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Domains
48.
Backrub was the search engine Larry Page and Sergey Brin later branded under what name?
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Google
49.
Desktop, Earth, Toolbar and Picasa are applications originally released by what web-based company?
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Google
50.
Mark Jenkin's Talk, invented in 1983, was an early version of what?
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Instant Messenger
51.
In internet communication, what does the acronym IRC stand for?
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Internet Relay Chat
52.
Software released with its code free to be modified and redistributed is known as what?
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Open Source
53.
What electronic communications rate is measured in bits per second?
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Bandwidth
54.
The arrival of digital signals signaled the end of what type of television broadcast?
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Analog
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What extreme wide-angle lens creates an image that appears to wrap around a circle form?
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Fisheye Lens
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What is the popular name for Short Message Service or SMS messaging?
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Text Messaging
57.
GPS was originally designed for use by what organization?
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The US Department Of Defense
58.
What was the Commodore 64?
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Home Computer
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1966 saw Ralph Baer invent what popular electronic family game?
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Simon
60.
What type of program is installed to provide a barrier between a personal computer and the internet?
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Firewall
61.
IT is an abbreviation for what area of technology?
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Information
62.
In computing, what is the number assigned to every object on an interconnected network?
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IP Address
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FTP is a system by which computers do what?
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Transfer Data
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What type of transfer protocol is denoted by the acronym HTTP?
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Hypertext
65.
The original Apple computer user interface was known by what name?
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Lisa
66.
In what year was the first robot invented?
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1921
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What was the final Microsoft operating system based on the MS-DOS kernel?
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Windows 98
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The co-founder of what technology powerhouse was once president of PepsiCo?
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Microsoft
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The number of bits in a byte is the same as the number of what other group?
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Legs On A Spider
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Douglas Engelbert revolutionized personal computing with which 1968 invention?
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The Mouse
71.
In 2000, what new Apple product replaced the Apple Color Classic?
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The G4 Cube
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A laser printer creates images in a system most like what device?
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Photocopier
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What was the name of Alan Turing's British computer, invented in 1943?
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Colossus
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The first computer in space, launched by NASA in 1965, was named for what Zodiac sign?
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Gemini
75.
In 1900, Horace Short first demonstrated the loudspeaker at which European landmark?
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The Eiffel Tower
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In the 1990s, what internet provider changed its name from Quantum Link?
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America Online
77.
For the same song, which uncompressed digital audio file would be the largest?
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WAV
78.
HD televisions and theater screens share what aspect ratio?
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16 By 9
79.
In audio recording, to which of the following objects would you connect a lavalier microphone?
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A Shirt
80.
The Japanese term for "check" was taken as the name for what American video game company?
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Atari
81.
Introduced in 1971, what was the original name for the floppy disk?
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Memory Disk
82.
The original floppy disk had a diameter of how many inches?
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Eight
83.
In television, what is designated by the numbers in 480i, 720p and 1080i?
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Lines Of Resolution
84.
Mattel released what product, their first home game console, in 1979?
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Intellivision
85.
Which video game feature made its debut in 1978's Space Invaders?
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High Scores
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1976's Apple-1 computer was the first to use what peripheral device?
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Keyboard
87.
What computer component made its debut in 1956?
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Hard Disk
88.
Edward Teller led the team behind the 1952 invention of what object?
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Hydrogen Bomb
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James Russell received a patent in 1970 for which music and data storage device?
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Compact Disc
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In computing, what does RAM stand for?
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Random Access Memory
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