Who is that?
Question:
What operating system is shown in this screenshot?
- Apple Rhapsody
- BeOS
- GEM
- Microsoft Windows 98
Answer: BeOS
Add comment November 20th, 2007
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IBM
Question: IBM was incorporated in 1911, but with a different name. What was it?
- The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company
- The Tabulating Machine Company
- National Cash Register Company
- American Business Machines
Answer: The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company
The company’s name was changed to International Business Machines in 1942.
Add comment November 19th, 2007
What’s my name?
Question:
What computer is featured in this image?
- Commodore 64
- Commodore KIM-1
- Commodore PET
- Commodore VIC-20
Answer: Commodore VIC-20
image from VIC-20 manual
Add comment November 18th, 2007
Welcome to beautiful Northern California
Question: In the 1970 movie Colossus, The Forbin Project, what Northern California site was used for the filming?
- The Exploratorium
- The Lawrence Hall of Science
- The San Rafael Civic Center
Answer: The Lawrence Hall of Science
Add comment November 17th, 2007
I compute, therefore I am
Question: What book by John Updike features a college professor who contemplates writing a computer program to prove the existence of God?
Answer: Roger’s Version
Add comment November 16th, 2007
Terse name
Question: Computer pioneer George Stibbitz built the world’s first binary adder in the 1930’s at Bell Labs. He called it the model ‘k’. Why?
- He built it in his kitchen
- He named it after his pet kangaroo
- He admired the writings of Franz Kafka
Answer: He built it in his kitchen
Add comment November 15th, 2007
Talk to my agent
Question: The colorful blinking lights of the famous Whirlwind computer make the classic image of what a mainframe computer should be. What popular CBS TV reporter once ‘interviewed’ this computer on the 1950’s CBS show See It Now?
Answer: Edward R. Murrow
Add comment November 14th, 2007
Who am I?
Question:
What graphical user interface is this?
- GEM
- Microsoft Windows 2
- Microsoft Windows 3.1
- OS/2 2.1
Answer: Microsoft Windows 2
Add comment November 13th, 2007
Who’s the fool now?
Question: Computer companies like to have fun on April fools day. On April 1, 1989, DEC engineers issued a technical paper about what?
- getting pickles to light up
- using computers as floatation devices
- using a VAX minicomputer as a nightlight
Answer: getting pickles to light up
Add comment November 12th, 2007
KayPro on the rocks
Question: What name of an early personal computer is also the name of a cola drink?
- Tab
- Royal Crown
- Pepsi
- Jolt
Answer: Jolt
Add comment November 11th, 2007