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80 What was the first ever web browser?
70 Who were the 3 founders of Apple? Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and ...?
80 Did you know that before developing Steam, Valve approached many companies to help them build it with no success. Which of these was not among those approached?
70 Wi-Fi 802.11ac also known as Wi-Fi 5 brought all these improvements, except...
50 Before becoming the web's video juggernaut, what was the plan for YouTube?
80 It was 1995, 15-inch 800x600 monitors were the norm, what kind of monitor did John Carmack use to code Quake?
80 The ghosts in the original Pac-Man had unique AI traits, which one was the least predictable?
80 The first version of Internet Explorer "borrowed" source code from what other web browser?
80 Approximately how many feet of tape fit inside a standard T-120 VHS tape?
10 In 2010, the U.S. Air Force used over 1,000 game consoles to build a supercomputer: Which one?
50 Before establishing Nvidia, founder and CEO Jensen Huang designed microprocessors for...
10 Charles Babbage is known for creating the first... ?
80 Before Apple, iPod creator Tony Fadell had his MP3 player idea rejected by which two companies?
70 Mozilla Firefox originally launched under what name?
90 How do you pronounce "GIF"?
50 What was the first FIFA World Cup to be fully filmed in 4K?
30 Which video game franchise has collectively sold the most copies?
70 The term "vaporware" was used for the first time in reference to what tech product?
90 Which of these materials is the best conductor of heat?
10 Which company invented the hard disk drive?
70 What was the first consumer desktop CPU to achieve 4GHz out of the box?
10 To fund the creation of Apple's first computer, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs sold...
80 Before emerging as the iconic Grand Theft Auto, what was the original GTA going to be called?
10 Google Chrome has a hidden mini-game that involves what?
50 What is the origin of the word "spam" in the context of email spam?
90 How many websites are on the Internet (as of March 2021)?
70 Which legacy socket(s) accepted both Intel and AMD CPUs?
30 Whitehouse.com once brought visitors to a site that hosted...
50 Who launched the very first website?
10 What was the first computer to win a chess match against a world champion (under regular time constraints)?
30 Valve co-founder Gabe Newell is a former Microsoftie, he led a team that ported what classic game to Windows 95?
10 When Verizon bought AOL in 2015, how many people were still paying for AOL dial-up Internet?
50 You've probably seen a 3.5-inch floppy disk, but do you know the dimensions of the technology's first iteration?
80 All of these famous tech companies started in a garage, except...
80 What's the biggest tech acquisition in history?
30 What's the keyboard shortcut to directly open the Windows Task Manager?
70 QR codes were invented back in 1994 as a way to track what?
70 Who was the tech CEO that in 1999 said, "You have zero privacy anyway..."?
80 In old PCs, what was the function of the "Turbo" button?
30 The PlayStation 4 is powered by a GPU that is roughly equal to what PC graphics card?
80 How much did the first CD recorder cost?
50 Sony's PlayStation 2 external design wasn't an original concept, instead it was borrowed from which unreleased console?
10 1024 Gigabytes is equal to 1 Terabyte; 1024 Terabytes is equal to 1 Petabyte; How many Gigabytes are in a Petabyte?
50 In computing history, who were the "Dirty Dozen"?
10 Where did the name "Bluetooth" come from?
30 These famous tech personalities are all college dropouts, except...
70 How much did it cost to rent a movie at the first VHS rental store in the US in 1977?
30 The first 5MB hard drive weighed approximately...
10 What's the name of the landscape wallpaper that was a default on Windows XP?
90 How many GPUs did a 3Dfx Voodoo2 have?

TechSpot Trivia

Latest Trivia

80 What was the first ever web browser?

70 Who were the 3 founders of Apple? Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and ...?

80 Did you know that before developing Steam, Valve approached many companies to help them build it with no success. Which of these was not among those approached?

70 Wi-Fi 802.11ac also known as Wi-Fi 5 brought all these improvements, except...

50 Before becoming the web's video juggernaut, what was the plan for YouTube?

80 It was 1995, 15-inch 800x600 monitors were the norm, what kind of monitor did John Carmack use to code Quake?

80 The ghosts in the original Pac-Man had unique AI traits, which one was the least predictable?

80 The first version of Internet Explorer "borrowed" source code from what other web browser?

80 Approximately how many feet of tape fit inside a standard T-120 VHS tape?

10 In 2010, the U.S. Air Force used over 1,000 game consoles to build a supercomputer: Which one?

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

10 Charles Babbage is known for creating the first... ?

80 Before Apple, iPod creator Tony Fadell had his MP3 player idea rejected by which two companies?

70 Mozilla Firefox originally launched under what name?

90 How do you pronounce "GIF"?

50 What was the first FIFA World Cup to be fully filmed in 4K?

30 Which video game franchise has collectively sold the most copies?

70 The term "vaporware" was used for the first time in reference to what tech product?

90 Which of these materials is the best conductor of heat?

10 Which company invented the hard disk drive?

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

10 To fund the creation of Apple's first computer, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs sold...

80 Before emerging as the iconic Grand Theft Auto, what was the original GTA going to be called?

10 Google Chrome has a hidden mini-game that involves what?

50 What is the origin of the word "spam" in the context of email spam?

90 How many websites are on the Internet (as of March 2021)?

70 Which legacy socket(s) accepted both Intel and AMD CPUs?

30 Whitehouse.com once brought visitors to a site that hosted...

50 Who launched the very first website?

10 What was the first computer to win a chess match against a world champion (under regular time constraints)?

30 Valve co-founder Gabe Newell is a former Microsoftie, he led a team that ported what classic game to Windows 95?

10 When Verizon bought AOL in 2015, how many people were still paying for AOL dial-up Internet?

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

80 All of these famous tech companies started in a garage, except...

80 What's the biggest tech acquisition in history?

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

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

70 Who was the tech CEO that in 1999 said, "You have zero privacy anyway..."?

80 In old PCs, what was the function of the "Turbo" button?

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

80 How much did the first CD recorder cost?

50 Sony's PlayStation 2 external design wasn't an original concept, instead it was borrowed from which unreleased console?

10 1024 Gigabytes is equal to 1 Terabyte; 1024 Terabytes is equal to 1 Petabyte; How many Gigabytes are in a Petabyte?

50 In computing history, who were the "Dirty Dozen"?

10 Where did the name "Bluetooth" come from?

30 These famous tech personalities are all college dropouts, except...

70 How much did it cost to rent a movie at the first VHS rental store in the US in 1977?

30 The first 5MB hard drive weighed approximately...

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

90 How many GPUs did a 3Dfx Voodoo2 have?