Penguin
Question:
This cheery guy is the official Linux mascot. What!s his name?
- Tux
- Pengie
- Flip-Flop
- Lenguin
Answer: Tux
Add comment January 31st, 2008
Archive for January, 2008
HP
Question: Hewlett-Packard was founded in 1939 by Mr. Hewlett and Mr. Packard. What are their first names?
- Bill and Dave
- Owen and Martin
- Tom and Dennis
- Kenneth and Kenneth
Answer: Bill and Dave
William Hewlett and David Packard
Add comment January 30th, 2008
CGA
Question: CGA graphics on the IBM PC allowed you to use how many simultaneous colors?
- 1
- 2
- 4
- 8
Answer: 4
Add comment January 29th, 2008
Network
Question: What is the term for an internal corporate network that uses Internet protocols?
- extranet
- ICNnet
- internet (with a lowercase i)
- intranet
Answer: intranet
Add comment January 28th, 2008
Take off
Question: When you start Microsoft Flight Simulator, your plane begins on the runway of what Illinois airport?
- Chicago-O'Hare International
- DuPage
- Frasca Field
- Merrill C. Meigs Field
Answer: Merrill C. Meigs Field
Add comment January 27th, 2008
Name that algorithm
Question: Diffie-Hellman is an algorithm used in
- compression
- encryption
- language translation
- recovering deleted information from magnetic media
Answer: encryption
Add comment January 26th, 2008
First of its kind
Question: Peter Norton has called Jim Knopf "The father of shareware". What was Jim!s first shareware program?
- PC-File
- PC-Talk
- PC-Write
- QMODEM
Answer: PC-File
Knopf published software under the pseudonym Jim Button because he considered that name "more marketable". Knopf means "button" in German.
Add comment January 25th, 2008
Have you seen me?
Question:
This is (or was) the logo of what company?
Answer: Aldus
Add comment January 24th, 2008
What's an "endian"?
Question: The computer jargon "little-endian" and "big-endian" are derived from what book?
- Through the Looking Glass
- The Secret Garden
- The Wind in the Willows
- Gulliver's Travels
Answer: Gulliver's Travels
Add comment January 23rd, 2008
Cyberpunk
Question: John Brunner is credited with writing the first cyberpunk novel, called
- Stand on Zanzibar
- Mona Lisa Overdrive
- Shockwave Rider
- Virtual Revolver
Answer: Shockwave Rider
Add comment January 22nd, 2008