Computer quiz

[mikkh]

So you think you know about computers?

Don't worry there won't be silly dates that no one remembers, just (fairly) reasonable questions plucked from my brain at random

1. Redmond (USA) is home to which software company?

a) Adobe

b) Microsoft

c) Apple

d) Mandriva

e) Asda


2. 20 years ago the average hard drive size was....

a) 500 GB

b) 720k

c) 1 GB

d) 10 MB

e) hard drives didn't exist 20 years ago


3. Windows Millennium Edition was superior to Windows 98 because...

a) It had a prettier desktop

b) It was more expensive than Windows 98

c) It understood the NTFS file system for the first time

d) It recognised simple USB devices without drivers

e) It was never superior, that's a vicious rumour


4. Which of these is NOT a RAM module/type?

a) SIMM

b) DIMM

c) ZIMM

d) SODIMM

e) SRAM


5. You should be used to GB's and now TB's for hard drive sizes - what's the next step up?

a) Sorry I've left the kettle on, must go

b) Exabytes (EB)

c) Zettabytes (ZB)

d) OhWoWthat'smassivebytes (OB)

e) Pettabytes (PB)


6. Bill Gates is.....

a) Kind to his mother and would never hurt a fly

b) A secret Linux user because he can't stand Windows

c) A very nice man and can you lend me a million or two?

d) A Harvard drop-out who somehow came good

e) The role model for all backstabbing, egotistical nerds who want to get on in life


7. How big were floppy disks before 5 1/4 inch ones?

a) 7 inch

b) 8 inch

c) 9 inch

d) like frisbiees man - humungous

e) 5 3/4 inch


8. "Big Blue' was (is) a nickname for which hardware manufacturer


a) DELL

b) IBM

c) INTEL

d) AMD

e) AMSTRAD


9. If your PC gives a series of short beeps when you turn it on, you would..


a) Be amazed, I didn't hook up the internal speaker - that's spooky man

b) Panic and phone 'the tech guys' immediately

c) Suspect the RAM or graphics card

d) blame it on Vista, worthless pile of trash

e) Realise it's your alarm clock

f) Notice the rest of the questions have only five options

g) vow to do a question 10 if it kills you


10. Mavis Beacon is primarily involved with...

a) Programming in C++

b) Developing laptops

c) Teaching touch typing

d) The ritual slaying of spiders and other creepy crawlies in her bedroom

e) Making her husbands life a misery


Answers posted in one week

[elvisuk]

1-b
2-d
3-e
4-c
5-b
6-e
7-e
8-b
9-c
10-c

[Lynnrose]

a) Adobe
a) 500 GB
e) It was never superior, that's a vicious rumour
c) ZIMM
c) Zettabytes (ZB)
d) A Harvard drop-out who somehow came good
e) 5 3/4 inch
a) DELL
c) Suspect the RAM or graphics card
c) Teaching touch typing

Didn't google, just copied and pasted my guesses into notepad

[ken]

1=b
2=d
3=d
4=c
5=e
6=d
7=b
8=b
9=c
10=c, possibly d and certainly e as well.

[mikkh]

I know you didn't google Lynnrose - otherwise you'd have got more right :-p

20 years ago they had 500 GB hard drives? Lmao - most of the machines at the college I was at 20 years ago were running dual floppy PC's Drive A to load the system and drive B to save your data on. We used to fight to get on the new fangled 386's which could do 256 colours as opposed to the stunning Amstrads which did 4 (Cyan, Magenta, Black and White)

I didn't like Windows (3.11) back then either, I much preferred GEM on the Amstrads

[ken]

There wasn't a shortage of hard drives 20 years ago, there was a shortage of people who could afford to buy them. I think an ounce gold was cheaper than the smallest hard drive.

[mikkh]

Seems pointless waiting for the week to run out, so here's the answers

Just look at Ken's reply basically - he got them all right

Well done kiddo

[Lynnrose]

Well done KC!!

[ken]

That was an easy one Mikk. I think the last one I tried, I scored about 70% and half of them were guesses. Lynnroses first 2 answers really surprised me.

Number 8 would have got me, but a couple of days before I looked up Levono on Wikipedia and remembered the old IBM nickname. Lucky really, I've got the memory span of a goldfish.

[ken]

Thanks Lynnrose.

Happy Birthday.

[elvisuk]

Yep well done KC

[Lynnrose]

I haven't been using computers for 20 years, that's my excuse. I think it's roughly 13 years

[elvisuk]

I used a Sinclair in the 1970 for about 2 years then i never touch one till 1992 (i think) windows 3.1 not stopped since still thick wear computers are concern