History of the Internet: From ARPANET to the Web

Question 1

Question 1 : In what year was ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet, created?

Possible answers:

1965
1969
1973
1977

Answer

ARPANET was created in 1969 by the US Department of Defense. The first message sent was "LO" (crash before finishing "LOGIN") between UCLA and Stanford.

Question 2

Question 2 : What was the first mainstream web browser, launched in 1993?

Possible answers:

Mosaic
Internet Explorer
Netscape
Opera

Answer

Mosaic, developed by Marc Andreessen at NCSA (University of Illinois), was the first popular web browser with an intuitive graphical interface. It paved the way for Netscape Navigator and then Internet Explorer.

Question 3

Question 3 : What protocol is used to send emails on the Internet?

Possible answers:

FTP
TCP
HTTP
SMTP

Answer

SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is the standard protocol for sending emails. Defined in 1982, it remains the basis of all email exchange.

Question 4

Question 4 : Which company launched the Google search engine in 1998?

Possible answers:

Microsoft
Apple
Page et Brin
Yahoo

Answer

Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two Stanford students. The name comes from "googol", the number 1 followed by 100 zeros.

Question 5

Question 5 : What was the first social network to reach 1 billion users?

Possible answers:

Facebook
LinkedIn
MySpace
Twitter

Answer

Facebook reached one billion users in October 2012. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, it revolutionized online communication.

Question 6

Question 6 : What does the acronym "HTTP" used in web addresses stand for?

Possible answers:

Home Text Transport Protocol
HyperText Transfer Protocol
Hyper Technical Transfer Process
High Tech Transfer Program

Answer

HTTP stands for HyperText Transfer Protocol. It is the communication protocol that transfers web pages between the server and your browser.

Question 7

Question 7 : Which email service was the first to offer 1 GB of free storage in 2004?

Possible answers:

Hotmail
Gmail
Yahoo Mail
AOL Mail

Answer

Gmail revolutionized webmail by offering 1 GB of free storage at launch on April 1, 2004. At the time, competitors only offered a few MB.

Question 8

Question 8 : Which video streaming service was founded in 2005 and acquired by Google in 2006?

Possible answers:

Netflix
Dailymotion
Vimeo
YouTube

Answer

YouTube was created by three former PayPal employees. Google acquired it for $1.65 billion, one of the best tech acquisitions in history.

Question 9

Question 9 : What symbol is used for email addresses, invented by Ray Tomlinson in 1971?

Possible answers:

$ (dollar)
@ (at sign)
# (hash)
& (ampersand)

Answer

Ray Tomlinson chose the @ symbol because it wasn't used in names and meant "at" in English, perfect for indicating a user's location.

Question 10

Question 10 : What term describes malicious software that holds computer data hostage?

Possible answers:

Spyware
Trojan
Ransomware
Phishing

Answer

Ransomware encrypts a computer's files and demands a ransom to decrypt them. WannaCry in 2017 is one of the most famous.

Question 11

Question 11 : What term describes a malicious program that spreads on the Internet?

Possible answers:

Widget
Cookie
Virus
Plugin

Answer

A computer virus replicates by attaching itself to other programs. The first PC virus, Brain, was created in 1986 by two Pakistani brothers.

Question 12

Question 12 : Which collaborative online encyclopedia was launched in 2001?

Possible answers:

Wikipedia
Encyclopædia Britannica
Quora
Knol

Answer

Wikipedia, founded by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, became the largest encyclopedia in the world with over 60 million articles.

Question 13

Question 13 : Which Swedish music streaming platform has revolutionized the music industry since 2008?

Possible answers:

Spotify
Deezer
SoundCloud
Napster

Answer

Spotify, founded by Daniel Ek in Stockholm, popularized legal music streaming and has over 600 million users.

Question 14

Question 14 : What is the term for storing and processing data on remote servers accessible via the Internet?

Possible answers:

Cloud computing
Peer-to-peer
Edge computing
Grid computing

Answer

Cloud computing allows on-demand access to computing resources. Amazon's AWS, launched in 2006, was the pioneer.

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The 14 quiz questions

Question 1 : In what year was ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet, created?

Question 2 : What was the first mainstream web browser, launched in 1993?

Question 3 : What protocol is used to send emails on the Internet?

Question 4 : Which company launched the Google search engine in 1998?

Question 5 : What was the first social network to reach 1 billion users?

Question 6 : What does the acronym "HTTP" used in web addresses stand for?

Question 7 : Which email service was the first to offer 1 GB of free storage in 2004?

Question 8 : Which video streaming service was founded in 2005 and acquired by Google in 2006?

Question 9 : What symbol is used for email addresses, invented by Ray Tomlinson in 1971?

Question 10 : What term describes malicious software that holds computer data hostage?

Question 11 : What term describes a malicious program that spreads on the Internet?

Question 12 : Which collaborative online encyclopedia was launched in 2001?

Question 13 : Which Swedish music streaming platform has revolutionized the music industry since 2008?

Question 14 : What is the term for storing and processing data on remote servers accessible via the Internet?

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