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30 What's the keyboard shortcut to directly open the Windows Task Manager?
50 In computing history, who were the "Dirty Dozen"?
30 These famous tech personalities are all college dropouts, except...
70 How much did it cost to rent a movie at the first VHS rental store in the US in 1977?
10 What's the name of the landscape wallpaper that was a default on Windows XP?
90 Before being known as PayPal, the company went by what name?
30 The original iPod had an Easter Egg accessed by holding down the center button for a few seconds on the "About" menu. What was it?
50 How long did it take Amazon to begin selling more ebooks than physical copies once Kindle launched?
50 Developed as a replacement for NTFS, Microsoft's next generation ReFS file system was introduced with what version of Windows?
50 Gmail debuted in 2004 as an invitation-only beta offering how much free storage?
80 Which of these statements was true of the QWERTY layout on typewriters in 1878...
50 If your PC has two SATA drives installed and running, which one is the master?
50 What is the best-selling desktop personal computer of all time?
80 How many feet/meters of tape would you find in the typical C60 compact audio cassette?
70 What was the Mac's first web browser?
50 Google's first tweet on Twitter was a message encoded in binary that read what?
70 What was the first website to display banner ads?
80 What was the first cell phone ever to carry a built-in camera?
50 Which of these early portable computers is considered to be the first commercially successful?
70 What is Google's Android mascot unofficially known as?
90 Although the Sega Dreamcast was discontinued in 2001, which exclusive game received a DLC update in 2017(!)?
30 Released in 1989, the Psion MC-400 laptop was way ahead of its time, it included all of these features except one...
50 The first "rickroll" occurred on 4chan's video game board and was disguised as a trailer for...
70 Quantum Link (AOL pre-1991) first provided online services for the owners of what computers?
80 During its earliest days in development, Windows was known by what name?
50 Founded by three former Texas Instruments executives, the trio briefly considered opening what type of business before launching Compaq?
30 There were 1,000 Internet devices in 1984. By 1992, that figure reached...
70 What was the first video game console to have a controller with an integrated mic?
30 Without actually typing it in, where does Relentless.com bring you?
50 Before being known as Adobe Photoshop, an early version of the software was called...
30 If you were buying a solid state drive, which of these would be the fastest, most durable type of NAND flash memory?
70 In 2010, Newegg sold 300 counterfeits of what processor?
50 Which one of these three computers was not a part of the "1977 Trinity"?
90 What was the first web browser available for Microsoft's Windows OS?
10 What was Comdex before it was shut down in the early 2000s?
10 Before becoming widely recognized the main character of Super Mario Bros., what was Mario named?
90 Set to be the Pentium 4 Prescott's successor, code-named Tejas and Jayhawk microprocessors were expected to ship with frequencies at or above...
70 "Polygon Man" was briefly the mascot for which game console?
80 What does "Yahoo" mean?
90 What was the first MMORPG to be based on graphics instead of text?
30 Larry Page and Sergey Brin decided on Eric Schmidt as Google's CEO in 2001 for reasons including his attendance of what event?
80 Which of these is the oldest web browser still in general use and development?
30 If you reach level 256 in the game Pac-Man, this infamous bug will cause the arcade game to...
80 Who described the Internet as a series of tubes?
30 Which one of these features was available on the 1982 Epson HX-20 notebook computer?
90 What was the first mobile phone to market with a capacitive touchscreen?
80 What was the codename of the first APU series featuring graphics technology from AMD's acquisition of ATI Technologies?
30 Windows Millennium Edition (ME) shipped with all of these features, except...
10 A "platform upgrade" involves swapping which core PC components?
10 To much fanfare, Windows XP was released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001 and released to the general public in October that same year. When did Microsoft officially end support for Windows XP?

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30 What's the keyboard shortcut to directly open the Windows Task Manager?

50 In computing history, who were the "Dirty Dozen"?

30 These famous tech personalities are all college dropouts, except...

70 How much did it cost to rent a movie at the first VHS rental store in the US in 1977?

10 What's the name of the landscape wallpaper that was a default on Windows XP?

90 Before being known as PayPal, the company went by what name?

30 The original iPod had an Easter Egg accessed by holding down the center button for a few seconds on the "About" menu. What was it?

50 How long did it take Amazon to begin selling more ebooks than physical copies once Kindle launched?

50 Developed as a replacement for NTFS, Microsoft's next generation ReFS file system was introduced with what version of Windows?

50 Gmail debuted in 2004 as an invitation-only beta offering how much free storage?

80 Which of these statements was true of the QWERTY layout on typewriters in 1878...

50 If your PC has two SATA drives installed and running, which one is the master?

50 What is the best-selling desktop personal computer of all time?

80 How many feet/meters of tape would you find in the typical C60 compact audio cassette?

70 What was the Mac's first web browser?

50 Google's first tweet on Twitter was a message encoded in binary that read what?

70 What was the first website to display banner ads?

80 What was the first cell phone ever to carry a built-in camera?

50 Which of these early portable computers is considered to be the first commercially successful?

70 What is Google's Android mascot unofficially known as?

90 Although the Sega Dreamcast was discontinued in 2001, which exclusive game received a DLC update in 2017(!)?

30 Released in 1989, the Psion MC-400 laptop was way ahead of its time, it included all of these features except one...

50 The first "rickroll" occurred on 4chan's video game board and was disguised as a trailer for...

70 Quantum Link (AOL pre-1991) first provided online services for the owners of what computers?

80 During its earliest days in development, Windows was known by what name?

50 Founded by three former Texas Instruments executives, the trio briefly considered opening what type of business before launching Compaq?

30 There were 1,000 Internet devices in 1984. By 1992, that figure reached...

70 What was the first video game console to have a controller with an integrated mic?

30 Without actually typing it in, where does Relentless.com bring you?

50 Before being known as Adobe Photoshop, an early version of the software was called...

30 If you were buying a solid state drive, which of these would be the fastest, most durable type of NAND flash memory?

70 In 2010, Newegg sold 300 counterfeits of what processor?

50 Which one of these three computers was not a part of the "1977 Trinity"?

90 What was the first web browser available for Microsoft's Windows OS?

10 What was Comdex before it was shut down in the early 2000s?

10 Before becoming widely recognized the main character of Super Mario Bros., what was Mario named?

90 Set to be the Pentium 4 Prescott's successor, code-named Tejas and Jayhawk microprocessors were expected to ship with frequencies at or above...

70 "Polygon Man" was briefly the mascot for which game console?

80 What does "Yahoo" mean?

90 What was the first MMORPG to be based on graphics instead of text?

30 Larry Page and Sergey Brin decided on Eric Schmidt as Google's CEO in 2001 for reasons including his attendance of what event?

80 Which of these is the oldest web browser still in general use and development?

30 If you reach level 256 in the game Pac-Man, this infamous bug will cause the arcade game to...

80 Who described the Internet as a series of tubes?

30 Which one of these features was available on the 1982 Epson HX-20 notebook computer?

90 What was the first mobile phone to market with a capacitive touchscreen?

80 What was the codename of the first APU series featuring graphics technology from AMD's acquisition of ATI Technologies?

30 Windows Millennium Edition (ME) shipped with all of these features, except...

10 A "platform upgrade" involves swapping which core PC components?

10 To much fanfare, Windows XP was released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001 and released to the general public in October that same year. When did Microsoft officially end support for Windows XP?