No platinum record?
Question: Who created the Windows 95 startup sound?
- David Bowie
- David Bryne
- Brian Eno
- John Tesh
Answer: Brian Eno
Add comment July 21st, 2007
Archive for July, 2007
Pretty as a picture
Question:
If you sat down at a computer and saw this screen, you would be using an…
- Apple // GS
- Apple Lisa
- Apple Macintosh running System 3
- Atari ST
Answer: Apple Lisa
Add comment July 20th, 2007
Pentium’s ancestor
Question: What was the first Intel CPU developed for commercial use?
- 4004
- 8080
- 8086
- Z80
Answer: 4004
Add comment July 19th, 2007
Vista accessibility settings
Question: What feature in Windows Vista allows users to adjust accessibility settings and manage assistive technology programs?
- Vista Access
- Ease of Access
- Welcome Center
- Access Center
Answer: Ease of Access
Add comment July 18th, 2007
Who’s smart now?
Question: This programming language for the IBM PC was supposed to make it easy to create artificial intelligence applications. It didn’t.
- PC Scheme
- Turbo Prolog
- Turbo Pascal
- Turbo C
Answer: Turbo Prolog
Add comment July 17th, 2007
That’s really fast
Question: How much faster is a T3 line than a T1 line?
- 3 times faster
- about 12 times faster
- 20.02 times faster
- about 30 times faster
Answer: about 30 times faster
Add comment July 16th, 2007
You’re not the boss of me
Question: What organization administers the top-level domain ‘.us’?
- American Registry for Internet Numbers
- Governmentwide Registration Service, GSA Center for Electronic Messaging Technologies
- Domain Registry at the Information Sciences Institute of the University of Southern California
- Network Solutions (InterNIC)
Answer: Domain Registry at the Information Sciences Institute of the University of Southern California
Add comment July 15th, 2007
FTP
Question: What is the standard TCP/IP port for File Transfer Protocol?
- 21
- 23
- 25
- 110
Answer: 21
Add comment July 14th, 2007
#1 IC
Question: What company created the first integrated circuit?
- Digital Equipment
- Fairchild Semiconductor
- IBM
- Texas Instruments
Answer: Texas Instruments
First demonstrated in 1958, TI won the patent for the integrated circuit in 1964.
Add comment July 13th, 2007
And the winner is….
Question: Getting a Codie is a
- good thing
- bad thing
Answer: good thing
A Codie is the Software Publishers Association Excellence in Software Award.
Add comment July 12th, 2007