Geeky mascot
Question:
This little guy is the official mascot of what version of UNIX?
- HP-UX
- AIX
- FreeBSD
- Red Hat Linux
Answer: FreeBSD
Add comment August 21st, 2007
Archive for August, 2007
Queen takes bishop
Question: In 1996, Chess Champion Gary Kasparov beat IBM’s Deep Blue software in a well-publicized chess match. What was the final score of the match?
- Kasparov won 3, Deep Blue won 1; 2 draws
- Kasparov won 2, Deep Blue won 1; 3 draws
- Kasparov won 4, Deep Blue won 1; 1 draw
Answer: Kasparov won 3, Deep Blue won 1; 2 draws
Add comment August 20th, 2007
Before Woody
Question: Toy Story director John Lasseter won an academy award for a previous computer-generated short film. What was it called?
Answer: Tin Toy
Add comment August 19th, 2007
Lost in translation
Question: Most people use the familiar QWERTY keyboard, whose name is the same as the top row of letters on the keyboard. But where would you be most likely to find a AZERTY keyboard?
- France
- The Netherlands
- Germany
Answer: France
Source: Prentice-Hall Illustrated Dictionary of Computing, 1992, p.32
Add comment August 18th, 2007
Budding futurist
Question: In the November, 1970 issue of the National Geographic, in an article called Behold the Computer Revolution, someone is quoted as saying ‘If computers can match boys and girls for college dates, they can match job-seeking men for man-seeking jobs.’ Who said it?
- Richard Nixon
- Jimmy Hoffa
- Ted Kennedy
Answer: Richard Nixon
Add comment August 17th, 2007
Following parallel paths
Question: The 36-pin plug on the back of PCs used to be known by the name of the company that developed the standard. What was that company?
Answer: Centronics
Centronics Data Computer made high speed printers that plugged into the 36-pin Centronics-compatible plug.
Add comment August 16th, 2007
Unfit for human consumption
Question: Who said ‘It staggers me that people have actually put up with HTML. It was never supposed to be something that you would see, but something produced by an editor program.’
- Vint Cerf
- Tim Berners-Lee
- Jim Clark
Answer: Tim Berners-Lee
Source: MIT Technology Review, 6/96, p. 37
Add comment August 15th, 2007
Casper?
Question:
The four ghosts in Pac Man are named Blinky, Pinky, Inky and…
- Clyde
- Dinky
- Shadow
- Speedy
Answer: Clyde
Add comment August 14th, 2007
A small bite of the apple
Question: How much profit did Apple computer make in its first fiscal year?
- $42,000
- $62,000
- $100
Answer: $42,000
Add comment August 13th, 2007
Any Port in a storm
Question: What’s the Portuguese word for byte?
- byte
- bitta
- bayta
Answer: byte
Add comment August 12th, 2007