Mac, ENIAC or UNIVAC: The Computer History Quiz

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Mac, ENIAC or UNIVAC: The Computer History Quiz
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Computers are so much a part of our daily lives that it's sometimes hard to believe that only 60 years ago, they were rare, massive machines that required 10 men to run. How much do you know about the history of computing?
George Stibitz invented a machine called the CNC and performed the first remote-access computing demonstration on it in 1940. What does CNC stand for?
common number computer
complex number calculator
In 1943, computer engineers at MIT embarked on an eight-year project to design a flight simulator for the U.S. Navy. What was the project called?
Soaring Eagle
Whirlwind
Flying Aces
Tornado
Storm King
The Whirlwind debuted on this TV show hosted by Edward R. Murrow.
Nova
See it Now
That's Incredible!

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How much floor space did the ENIAC computer, unveiled in 1946, take up?
500 square feet
1,000 square feet
5,000 square feet
10,000 square feet
What was the first commercially produced computer?
Zuse Z3
ERA 1101
ENIAC
Harvard Mark I
This computer, which was used at the U.S. Census Bureau, was the first well-known commercial computer.
UNIVAC I
Sinclair VX80
American Supercomputer
FORTRAN II

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CBS News used a UNIVAC computer on Nov. 4, 1952, to predict the outcome of this presidential race.
Franklin D. Roosevelt v. Wendell Willkie
Dwight D. Eisenhower v. Adlai Stevenson
Harry S. Truman v. Thomas E. Dewey
Which of the games below made its debut first?
Galaga
SpaceWar!
Pong
Paperboy
Two professors at this college developed the BASIC programming language in 1964.
Stanford
Iowa State
MIT
Dartmouth
Harvard
Northwestern

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In what year was the first e-mail sent?
1965
1971
1982
Who designed the Apple I?
Bill Gates
Steve Jobs
Steve Wozniak
What video game did the Apple II come with?
Zork
Pitfall
Space Invaders
Pac-man
Donkey Kong
Breakout
Pong

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What was the first portable computer?
Irving II
Sanders I
Parker II
Osborne I
What's the best-selling computer model of all time?
Apple I
Apple II
Commodore 64
Apple Macintosh
Radio Shack TRS-80
This computer language, which controlled a mechanical 'turtle,' was developed for children.
Linux
LOGO
Java
Pascal
C++

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Microsoft distributed 450,000 disks of this new product in the November 1983 issue of 'PC World' magazine.
PowerPoint
Excel
Word
What was the first computer with graphical user interface?
Commodore PET
Amstrad CPC 464
Apple Lisa
Tandy Color Computer 3
Who designed the Linux operating system?
Liam Nuxhall
Linus Stromberg
Linus Torvalds
Lionel Robards

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This groundbreaking ultraviolent computer game was released in 1993.
Doom
Halo
Counter-Strike
What was the original name of Yahoo when the company was founded in 1994?
All You Need to Know about the Web
Find it Now!
Search This
Hello!
Jerry'sGuide to the World Wide Web
Go Get It