True or False: Technology

Question 1

Question 1 : The first iPhone was launched in 2007.

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Answer

TRUE! Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone on January 9, 2007, and it went on sale June 29, 2007.

Question 2

Question 2 : Bill Gates founded Apple.

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FALSE! Bill Gates founded Microsoft in 1975. Apple was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in 1976.

Question 3

Question 3 : The term "computer bug" comes from a real insect found in a computer.

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TRUE! In 1947, Grace Hopper found a moth stuck in the Harvard Mark II, popularizing the term "bug".

Question 4

Question 4 : Linux was created by Microsoft.

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Question 5

Question 5 : The first SMS was sent in 1992.

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TRUE! On December 3, 1992, Neil Papworth sent the first SMS ("Merry Christmas") to Richard Jarvis at Vodafone.

Question 6

Question 6 : Bluetooth is named after a tooth color.

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FALSE! Bluetooth is named after Harald "Bluetooth" Gormsson, a 10th-century Viking king of Denmark known for unifying tribes.

Question 7

Question 7 : Google was founded in a garage.

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TRUE! Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google in 1998 in Susan Wojcicki's garage in Menlo Park, California.

Question 8

Question 8 : The first personal computer was portable.

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FALSE! The first personal computers (like the Altair 8800 in 1975) were desktop machines. The first consumer portable came much later.

Question 9

Question 9 : Wi-Fi does not stand for "Wireless Fidelity".

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TRUE! Wi-Fi is a trademark with no particular meaning. The Wi-Fi Alliance confirmed it is not an abbreviation of "Wireless Fidelity".

Question 10

Question 10 : Amazon started as a clothing sales website.

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FALSE! Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994 as an online bookstore. It only diversified later.

Question 11

Question 11 : The first email was sent before the World Wide Web was created.

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TRUE! Ray Tomlinson sent the first email in 1971, while the World Wide Web wasn't created by Tim Berners-Lee until 1989.

Question 12

Question 12 : Steve Jobs invented the first personal computer.

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FALSE! The Apple I (1976) wasn't the first. The Altair 8800 (1974) and other machines preceded it. Also, Steve Wozniak designed the Apple I.

Question 13

Question 13 : The first webcam was used to monitor a coffee pot.

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TRUE! In 1991, Cambridge researchers installed a camera to monitor their coffee pot's level to avoid unnecessary trips.

Question 14

Question 14 : The MP3 format was invented in Japan.

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FALSE! MP3 was developed mainly by the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany in the 1980s-1990s.

Question 15

Question 15 : YouTube was acquired by Google in 2006.

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TRUE! Google acquired YouTube in October 2006 for $1.65 billion, only 18 months after its creation.

Question 16

Question 16 : The first mobile phone weighed less than 100 grams.

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FALSE! The Motorola DynaTAC 8000X (1983), the first commercial mobile phone, weighed about 800 grams (almost 1 kg)!

Question 17

Question 17 : The GPS system was originally developed by the US military.

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TRUE! GPS (Global Positioning System) was developed by the US Department of Defense in the 1970s.

Question 18

Question 18 : Tesla was founded by Elon Musk.

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FALSE! Tesla was founded in 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning. Elon Musk joined in 2004 as an investor and chairman.

Question 19

Question 19 : The concept of "cloud computing" has existed since the 1960s.

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TRUE! The concept of sharing remote computing resources was theorized by J.C.R. Licklider in 1963 with his "galactic network" idea.

Question 20

Question 20 : The first video game was Pac-Man.

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FALSE! Pac-Man dates from 1980. The first video games include "Tennis for Two" (1958) and "Spacewar!" (1962), well before Pac-Man.

Accepted Answer

FALSE! Linux was created by Linus Torvalds, a Finnish student, in 1991. It is an open-source system.

Question 5 : The first SMS was sent in 1992.

Question 6 : Bluetooth is named after a tooth color.

Question 7 : Google was founded in a garage.

Question 8 : The first personal computer was portable.

Question 9 : Wi-Fi does not stand for "Wireless Fidelity".

Question 10 : Amazon started as a clothing sales website.

Question 11 : The first email was sent before the World Wide Web was created.

Question 12 : Steve Jobs invented the first personal computer.

Question 13 : The first webcam was used to monitor a coffee pot.

Question 14 : The MP3 format was invented in Japan.

Question 15 : YouTube was acquired by Google in 2006.

Question 16 : The first mobile phone weighed less than 100 grams.

Question 17 : The GPS system was originally developed by the US military.

Question 18 : Tesla was founded by Elon Musk.

Question 19 : The concept of "cloud computing" has existed since the 1960s.

Question 20 : The first video game was Pac-Man.

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Les 20 questions du quiz

Question 1 : The first iPhone was launched in 2007.

Question 2 : Bill Gates founded Apple.

Question 3 : The term "computer bug" comes from a real insect found in a computer.

Question 4 : Linux was created by Microsoft.

Question 5 : The first SMS was sent in 1992.

Question 6 : Bluetooth is named after a tooth color.

Question 7 : Google was founded in a garage.

Question 8 : The first personal computer was portable.

Question 9 : Wi-Fi does not stand for "Wireless Fidelity".

Question 10 : Amazon started as a clothing sales website.

Question 11 : The first email was sent before the World Wide Web was created.

Question 12 : Steve Jobs invented the first personal computer.

Question 13 : The first webcam was used to monitor a coffee pot.

Question 14 : The MP3 format was invented in Japan.

Question 15 : YouTube was acquired by Google in 2006.

Question 16 : The first mobile phone weighed less than 100 grams.

Question 17 : The GPS system was originally developed by the US military.

Question 18 : Tesla was founded by Elon Musk.

Question 19 : The concept of "cloud computing" has existed since the 1960s.

Question 20 : The first video game was Pac-Man.

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