TechSpot Trivia
- Before changing its name to Seagate, the storage giant was known by what name?
 - Before Apple, iPod creator Tony Fadell had his MP3 player idea rejected by which two companies?
 - Wi-Fi 802.11ac also known as Wi-Fi 5 brought all these improvements, except...
 - When was the first SMS text message sent?
 - Released in 1989, the Psion MC-400 laptop was way ahead of its time, it included all of these features except one...
 - When Verizon bought AOL in 2015, how many people were still paying for AOL dial-up Internet?
 
Trivia Index Page 2
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30 All of these tech founders and CEOs stepped away for a stint before returning to the helm, except...
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30 Who famously said: "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home"?
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70 What kind of company was Nokia when it was founded by Finnish engineer Fredrik Idestam in 1865?
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50 Which of these companies was not started by Elon Musk?
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70 What was the first wristwatch with the ability to make phone calls?
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70 Did you know, there was a CPU socket that accepted both Intel and AMD chips?
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50 What was the first game controller with vibration feedback?
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30 Valve co-founder Gabe Newell is a former Microsoftie: Which game did he port to Windows 95 during his tenure?
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50 You've probably seen a 3.5-inch floppy disk, but what were the dimensions of the technology's first iteration?
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30 How much did the Neo Geo game console cost when it launched in 1990?
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50 In the 1930s, which country built an analog computer that ran on water?
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80 Before Google's mobile OS, do you know what was Android developed for?
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70 The first virus to target mobile phones affected devices running which OS?
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10 What was the first widely-used web browser?
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90 Which of these was the most expensive domain name sale?
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80 Before emerging as the iconic Grand Theft Auto, what was the original GTA going to be called?
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80 The ghosts in the original Pac-Man had unique AI traits, which one was the least predictable?
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90 How many websites are on the Internet (as of March 2023)?
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30 The first 5MB hard drive weighed approximately...
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90 Which is the most efficient keyboard layout?
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30 What was the first personal computer to be offered with a graphical user interface?
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70 Sony's PlayStation 2 external design wasn't an original concept, instead it was borrowed from which unreleased console?
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90 Which search engine almost bought Google in the 1990s?
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80 The Diamond Edge 3D was Nvidia's first graphics card. Released in 1995, it sold as a complete entertainment package featuring: 2D/3D acceleration, an integrated sound card, games, and what else?
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90 Who created Siri?
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90 Registered on March 15, 1985, which was the first domain name on the Internet?
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10 A grand price fixing scheme that took place between 1998-2002 involved over a dozen makers, of what PC component?
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30 The PlayStation 4 was powered by a GPU roughly equal to what PC graphics card?
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70 What was the first handheld game console to ship with a color display?
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80 How much did the first CD recorder cost?
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90 What was the first computer virus released in the wild?
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90 Before changing its name to Seagate, the storage giant was known by what name?
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80 All of these products eventually launched, but they were once feared to be vaporware, except for...?
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70 What was the world's first digital and programmable robot?
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10 How much storage did the first commercially available USB flash drive provide?
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70 Who was the tech CEO that in 1999 said, "You have zero privacy anyway..."?
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90 How many GPUs did a 3Dfx Voodoo2 have?
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30 What happens if a CD spins too fast?
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90 What was the first computer to be marketed as a "laptop"?
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70 What was the first computer virus?
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90 TechSpot was originally launched in the 90s as a tech blog called...?
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90 Which of these motherboard form factors has the largest max dimensions?
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30 Who said this in 2004? "Two years from now, (email) spam will be solved"
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30 What was the first Android mobile phone?
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50 Which AMD CPU series was famous for getting its multiplier unlocked using a pencil?
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80 What was the first ever web browser?
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80 Did you know that before developing Steam, Valve approached many companies to help them build it with no success. Which of these was not among those approached?
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70 Wi-Fi 802.11ac also known as Wi-Fi 5 brought all these improvements, except...
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70 Before becoming the web's video juggernaut, what was the plan for YouTube?
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80 The first version of Internet Explorer "borrowed" source code from what other web browser?