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Play free1In what year was YouTube founded?
- 2009
- 2003
- 2005
- 2007
2Who is one of the founders of Facebook?
- Kevin Systrom
- Jack Dorsey
- Mark Zuckerberg
- Evan Spiegel
3Which company owns Instagram today?
- Microsoft
- Meta
- Apple
4Which pair founded Google?
- Bill Gates and Paul Allen
- Jack Dorsey and Evan Williams
- Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
- Larry Page and Sergey Brin
5Who founded Amazon?
- Bill Gates
- Larry Ellison
- Elon Musk
- Jeff Bezos
6Gmail is a service of which company?
- Yahoo
- Apple
- Microsoft
7Which company develops the Safari web browser?
- Mozilla
- Microsoft
- Apple
8On social media, which symbol turns a word into a hashtag?
- @
- *
- #
- &
9What was Twitter renamed to in 2023?
- X
- Threads
- Bluesky
- Mastodon
10LinkedIn is a social network used mainly for what?
- Sharing photos
- Work and careers
- Short video
- Game streaming
11Which company bought WhatsApp in 2014?
- Amazon
- Microsoft
12In what year was Google founded?
- 1995
- 1998
- 2004
- 2001
13In what year did Wikipedia go live?
- 1998
- 2007
- 2001
- 2004
14Which platform first offered stories that disappear after 24 hours?
- Snapchat
- TikTok
15What did Amazon sell online when it first started?
- Electronics
- Clothing
- Music CDs
- A book
16What business was Netflix in when it started?
- Renting DVDs by mail
- Making movies
- Running movie theaters
- Cable television
17In which country was Spotify founded?
- Sweden
- Norway
- England
- The USA
18In what year was the Google Chrome browser released?
- 2014
- 2011
- 2008
- 2004
19Which organization develops the Firefox browser?
- Opera
- Microsoft
- Mozilla
20What are Reddit's communities devoted to a single topic called?
- Board
- Subreddit
- Channel
- Server
21ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, is a company from which country?
- China
- The USA
- Japan
- South Korea
22Which browser fought the 1990s browser war against Internet Explorer?
- Firefox
- A safari
- Netscape Navigator
- Opera
23When Instagram first launched, it was available only on which operating system?
- BlackBerry OS
- Android
- Windows Phone
- iOS
24Where was the first video uploaded to YouTube filmed?
- At a zoo
- At a concert
- On a soccer field
- In a kitchen
25Which company bought the game streaming platform Twitch in 2014?
- Sony
- Microsoft
- Amazon
26In what year was the first iPhone unveiled?
- 2005
- 2010
- 2009
- 2007
27Which Apple founder unveiled the first iPhone on stage?
- Steve Wozniak
- Tim Cook
- Bill Gates
- Steve Jobs
28Galaxy smartphones are made by which brand?
- Huawei
- Sony
- LG
- Samsung
29Samsung is a company from which country?
- Taiwan
- South Korea
- Japan
- China
30Nokia is a company from which country?
- Denmark
- Sweden
- Finland
- Norway
31AirPods are wireless earbuds from which company?
- Bose
- Samsung
- Apple
- Sony
32Canon and Nikon cameras are brands from which country?
- Germany
- Japan
- South Korea
- The USA
33Which company makes the Xbox game console?
- Sony
- Sega
- Microsoft
- Nintendo
34What is the voice assistant in Amazon Echo speakers called?
- Cortana
- Alexa
- Siri
- Bixby
35What is Apple's face-recognition phone unlock feature called?
- Face Unlock
- Face ID
- Smart Lock
- Touch ID
36In what year did the Apple Watch first go on sale?
- 2012
- 2015
- 2017
- 2019
37In what year was Apple's iPad tablet first unveiled?
- 2014
- 2012
- 2007
- 2010
38BlackBerry phones were best known for which feature?
- Wireless charging
- A folding screen
- A dual camera
- A physical keyboard
39GoPro cameras are designed especially for what kind of filming?
- Microscopic
- Studio portraits
- Astronomy
- Action and sports
40Which company makes the Kindle e-reader?
- Amazon
- Apple
- Sony
- Samsung
41What are Polaroid cameras famous for?
- Recording video
- Shooting panoramas
- Printing photos instantly
- Shooting underwater
42Which Bandai virtual pet toy swept the world in the 1990s?
- Furby
- Nano Pet
- Giga Pet
- Tamagotchi
43Which phone released in 2000 became legendary for its durability?
- Motorola Razr
- Ericsson T28
- Nokia 3310
- Siemens C25
44What was Sony's 1979 portable cassette player called?
- Betamax
- Walkman
- Discman
- Zune
45What was the portable music player Apple introduced in 2001 called?
- Walkman
- Creative Zen
- Zune
- iPod
46Where does Bluetooth technology get its name?
- An engineer's nickname
- A Greek god
- A company name
- A Viking king
47The first digital camera prototype was built in 1975 at which company?
- Canon
- Nikon
- Sony
- Kodak
48Which was the first iPhone model without a Home button?
- iPhone X
- iPhone 6
- iPhone 8
- iPhone 11
49In what year did the first Android smartphone go on sale?
- 2005
- 2012
- 2008
- 2010
50Drone maker DJI is a company from which country?
- The USA
- Germany
- Japan
- China
51Which company created the Super Mario character?
- Nintendo
- Sega
- Sony
- Atari
52Which company makes the PlayStation console?
- Nintendo
- Sega
- Sony
- Microsoft
53What is the name of Mario's brother?
- Yoshi
- Toad
- Luigi
- Wario
54What chases Pac-Man around the maze?
- Robots
- Spiders
- Ghosts
- Bats
55The world of Minecraft is built from blocks of which shape?
- Cylinder
- Pyramid
- Sphere
- Cube
56In which country was the Pokémon game series born?
- South Korea
- The USA
- Japan
- China
57What kind of game is Candy Crush Saga?
- Match-3
- Strategy
- Shooter
- Racing
58What kind of platform is Steam for computer games?
- A digital game store
- Game console
- A video site
- A social network
59What does the player do in The Sims?
- Manages virtual people
- Fights aliens
- Races cars
- Builds a city
60Sonic is the mascot of which game company?
- Sega
- Namco
- Capcom
- Nintendo
61Which company bought Minecraft in 2014?
- Microsoft
- Sony
- Electronic Arts
62In which country was Tetris created?
- Hungary
- Japan
- The USA
- Soviet Union
63In what year did Pokémon GO, where players roam the streets catching Pokémon, come out?
- 2014
- 2018
- 2016
- 2020
64Which company developed Fortnite?
- Epic Games
- Rockstar Games
- Activision
- Ubisoft
65The Grand Theft Auto series is made by which company?
- Electronic Arts
- Bethesda
- Ubisoft
- Rockstar Games
66What is the name of the hero of The Legend of Zelda series?
- Ganon
- Zelda
- Epona
- Link
67Lara Croft is the heroine of which game series?
- Tomb Raider
- Uncharted
- Resident Evil
- Assassin's Creed
68Which company made the football game series long released as FIFA?
- EA Sports
- Konami
- 2K Sports
- Ubisoft
69In what year was the Nintendo Switch console released?
- 2013
- 2015
- 2019
- 2017
70Which company developed League of Legends?
- Riot Games
- Valve
- Blizzard
- Epic Games
71Which 1972 Atari release was the first commercially successful arcade game?
- Asteroids
- Breakout
- Pong
- Space Invaders
72What was Mario's job when he first appeared in the 1981 game Donkey Kong?
- Chef
- Carpenter
- Plumber
- Doctor
73Tetris became a worldwide hit bundled with which handheld console?
- Atari Lynx
- PSP
- Game Boy
- Game Gear
74Rovio, the studio behind Angry Birds, was founded in which country?
- The USA
- Sweden
- Finland
- Japan
75Space Invaders was made in 1978 in which country?
- Japan
- France
- England
- The USA
76Which company develops the Windows operating system?
- Apple
- IBM
- Microsoft
77Who is one of the founders of Microsoft?
- Larry Page
- Steve Jobs
- Bill Gates
- Jeff Bezos
78Which company develops the Android operating system?
- Samsung
- Apple
- Microsoft
79What is the operating system used on iPhones called?
- Android
- Linux
- Windows
- iOS
80Which company developed ChatGPT?
- Microsoft
- Meta
- OpenAI
81What kind of content does an .mp3 file hold?
- Text
- Audio
- Video
- Images
82Which part is called the brain of a computer?
- Hard drive
- Processor
- Motherboard
- Graphics card
83What is a malicious program that infects files and copies itself called?
- Patch
- Cookie
- Virus
- Driver
84Which Microsoft Office program is used for spreadsheets and calculations?
- Word
- Outlook
- Excel
- PowerPoint
85What is the official store for downloading apps on Android phones?
- Google Play
- App Store
- Microsoft Store
- Steam
86Which field of artificial intelligence lets computers learn from data on their own?
- Fuzzy logic
- Machine learning
- Robotics
- Expert systems
87What is on the logo of the Java programming language?
- Penguin
- Elephant
- A coffee cup
- A snake
88Which animal is the mascot of the Linux operating system?
- Fox
- Cat
- Elephant
- Penguin
89What is malware that encrypts files and demands money to unlock them called?
- Spyware
- Adware
- Ransomware
- Worm
90What is the scam that tries to steal passwords with fake messages called?
- Worm
- Phishing
- Trojan horse
- Adware
91The famous test of whether a machine can think like a human is named after whom?
- John von Neumann
- Albert Einstein
- Alan Turing
- Isaac Newton
92Which company develops Photoshop?
- Adobe
- Microsoft
- Autodesk
- Apple
93In what year was ChatGPT released?
- 2024
- 2022
- 2020
- 2019
94Which language runs in the browser to make web pages interactive?
- JavaScript
- C
- Swift
- Python
95What was the IBM computer that beat chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997 called?
- AlphaGo
- Deep Blue
- HAL 9000
- Watson
96Which Finnish programmer wrote the Linux kernel in 1991?
- Guido van Rossum
- Richard Stallman
- Linus Torvalds
- Dennis Ritchie
97Where does the Python programming language get its name?
- From a Greek myth
- From a comedy group
- From its creator's surname
- From a species of snake
98Which artificial intelligence program beat Go master Lee Sedol in 2016?
- Watson
- Deep Blue
- AlphaGo
- Siri
99Which institution created Scratch, the block-based language that teaches kids to code?
- MIT
- Oxford
- Stanford
- Harvard
100Which company bought GitHub, where developers share code, in 2018?
- Amazon
- Oracle
- Microsoft
101In which country was paper first invented?
- India
- China
- Greece
- İran
102The diesel engine is named after which inventor?
- Nikolaus Otto
- Henry Ford
- Rudolf Diesel
- Karl Benz
103The telegraph alphabet of dots and dashes is named after which inventor?
- Guglielmo Marconi
- Alexander Graham Bell
- Samuel Morse
- Thomas Edison
104Who patented the first petrol-powered car in 1886?
- Henry Ford
- Gottlieb Daimler
- Karl Benz
- Rudolf Diesel
105Which entrepreneur popularized the moving assembly line in car manufacturing?
- Henry Ford
- Enzo Ferrari
- Karl Benz
- Ferdinand Porsche
106Which scientist discovered penicillin in 1928?
- Robert Koch
- Alexander Fleming
- Louis Pasteur
- Joseph Lister
107Which country developed GPS, the satellite-based positioning system?
- Japan
- Germany
- The USA
- Russia
108Who invented the phonograph, which recorded and played back sound, in 1877?
- Alexander Graham Bell
- Thomas Edison
- Emile Berliner
- Nikola Tesla
109Which scientist invented the World Wide Web in 1989?
- Bill Gates
- Vint Cerf
- Linus Torvalds
- Tim Berners-Lee
110Which brothers flew the first manned hot air balloon in 1783?
- The Wright brothers
- The Lumière brothers
- The Montgolfier brothers
- The Grimm Brothers
111Which physicist discovered X-rays in 1895?
- Marie Curie
- Wilhelm Röntgen
- Heinrich Hertz
- Nikola Tesla
112The method of heating milk to kill germs is named after which scientist?
- Louis Pasteur
- Alexander Fleming
- Robert Koch
- Edward Jenner
113Which Italian physicist built the first electric battery in 1800?
- Galileo Galilei
- Luigi Galvani
- Alessandro Volta
- Enrico Fermi
114Which mathematician, called the father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine?
- John von Neumann
- Alan Turing
- Blaise Pascal
- Charles Babbage
115Which woman is considered history's first computer programmer?
- Marie Curie
- Ada Lovelace
- Grace Hopper
- Hedy Lamarr
116Which inventor developed the wireless telegraph and won the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics?
- Heinrich Hertz
- Nikola Tesla
- Thomas Edison
- Guglielmo Marconi
117In 1973, an engineer at which company made the first mobile phone call?
- Motorola
- Siemens
- Nokia
- Ericsson
118Who sent the first email between two computers in 1971?
- Tim Berners-Lee
- Bill Gates
- Ray Tomlinson
- Vint Cerf
119Which computer network, built in the US in 1969, was the forerunner of the internet?
- ARPANET
- Usenet
- BITNET
- NSFNET
120Which carmaker opened up its three-point seat belt patent to everyone in 1959?
- Toyota
- Ford
- Mercedes
- Volvo
121The microwave oven was discovered by accident while working on which technology?
- Refrigerator
- Radar
- Two-way radio
- Television
122Where in nature did the inventor of Velcro get the idea?
- From spider webs
- From bird feathers
- From plant seeds
- From fish scales
123What was the first product scanned by barcode in a store in 1974?
- Milk
- Chocolate
- Bread
- Chewing gum
124Which Hollywood star patented a frequency-hopping technique?
- Marilyn Monroe
- Hedy Lamarr
- Audrey Hepburn
- Grace Kelly
125In which laboratory was the transistor invented in 1947?
- MIT Media Lab
- Bell Labs
- CERN
- Los Alamos