Stealth Apple
Question: The vast majority of Apple IIs were beige, but Apple built all-black machines exclusively for one company. Who?
Answer: Bell & Howell
June 20th, 2008
Archive for June, 2008
Turkey Day
Question: Which was the first float sponsored by an Internet company to appear in the Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade?
- askjeeves.com
- excite.com
- netscape.com
- yahoo.com
Answer: askjeeves.com
…In 1999.
June 19th, 2008
Home sweet home
Question: What computer company erected the world's most expensive privately-built building?
- Intel
- IBM
- Compaq
- AMD
Answer: Intel
Its billion-dollar semiconductor fabricating plant.
June 18th, 2008
Stoned
Question: The “stoned” virus was a classic computer virus. When it struck, what message did it display on your computer?
- hey stoner
- legalize marijuana
- i love pot
- you're smoked
Answer: legalize marijuana
June 17th, 2008
Top seller
Question: What computer book was the first to sell one million copies?
- 101 Basic Computer Games
- Computer Lib And Dream Machines
- Soul Of A New Machine
Answer: 101 Basic Computer Games
by David Ahl
June 16th, 2008
RSA
Question: RSA, the public key encryption standard, is an acronym for the names of its three authors. What does RSA stand for?
Answer: Ronald Rivest, Adi Shamir, and Len Adleman
June 15th, 2008
True Lies
Question: In the movie True Lies, a copy of Windows 3.1 is running on the computer of the businessman who finances the terrorists. What international edition of Windows is it?
- Arabic edition
- French edition
- Iranian edition
- Swedish edition
Answer: Arabic edition
June 13th, 2008
Fruits of their labors
Question: What was the code name for the Apple III?
Answer: Sara
June 12th, 2008
Happy birthday
Question: In February 1996, the computer industry celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of what famous early computer?
- the ENIAC
- the UNIVAC
- the PDP-1
- the Cardiac
Answer: the ENIAC
June 11th, 2008