General Awareness: Tech Quiz

1. Who is credited with designing the first automatic digital computer?    

a) Charles Babbage
b) Steve Jobs
c) Steve Wozniak
d) Bill Gates

The correct answer is a) Charles Babbage   

2 What does XML stand for?    

a) excellent markup language
b) extensive markup language
c) easy markup language
d) extensible markup language

The correct answer is b) extensive markup language

3. When did the Nintendo system debut in the U.S.A.?
   
a) 1980
b) 1985
c) 1998
d) 1970

The correct answer is b) 1985

4. The giant sub atomic particle collider, capable of reproducing the big bang conditions, is located in which research facility?    

a) KAOS
b) NASA
c) None of these
d) CERN

The correct answer is d) CERN

5. Why did NASA change the name of the treadmill built for the space station from T-2 to Colbert?
   
a) because T-2 has terminator connotations
b) Jon Stewart's fans voted for the name.
c) None of these
d) Steven Colbert's fans voted for the name.    

The correct answer is d) Steven Colbert's fans voted for the name.    

6. This engineer, called "the father of supercomputing," has been credited with creating the supercomputer industry.    

a) Seymour Gray
b) Charles Babbage
c) Steve Jobs
d) Bill Gates

The correct answer is a) Seymour Gray

7. Which company made the first commercial portable cell phone in 1983?    

a) Nokia
b) Att
c) Motorola
d) Samsung    

The correct answer is c) Motorola

8. When did Pioneer release its first consumer laser disc player in the U.S.A.?
   
a) 1972
b) 1988
c) 1980
d) 1992    

The correct answer is c) 1980

9. Why did the U.S.A. launch the Galileo space probe?
   
a) to explore Pluto
b) to explore the sun
c) to explore Mercury
d) to explore Jupiter

The correct answer is d) to explore Jupiter

10. When was the Atari company founded?

a) 1980
b) 1972
c) 1985
d) 1968    

The correct answer is b) 1972