Computer Technology
What three-digit web error code for censored content is a reference to a Ray Bradbury novel?
451
The first person shooter video game Doom was first released in what year?
1993
In L. Frank Baum’s original 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, what color were Dorothy’s shoes?
Silver
Mark Zuckerberg was one of the founders of which social networking site?
In the 2008 superhero film The Dark Knight which actor played the character Batman?
Christian Bale
What do the letters in the acronym CD-ROM stand for?
Compact Disk Read Only Memory
What was the first console video game that allowed the game to be saved?
The Legend of Zelda
In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, what was the name of the pig leader?
Napoleon
What was the first publicly traded U.S. company to reach a $1 trillion market cap?
Apple
What 1982 American science fiction horror film was directed by John Carpenter and starred Kurt Russell?
The Thing
In what year was the first Apple computer released?
1976
What video game company originally collaborated with SONY on the Playstation?
Nintendo
According to Forbes magazine in 2004, who was the first person to become a billionaire by writing books?
J.K. Rowling
Why did Twitter originally have a character limit of 140?
Because it was built for SMS, which could only be 160 characters. They cut 20 characters to allow people to add Twitter handles.
Chunk was a character in which 1985 movie about a group of young misfits looking for lost treasure?
The Goonies
CERN launched the very first website in what year?
1990
Nintendo is a consumer electronics and video game company founded in what year?
1889
Released on April 5, 1974, what was Stephen King’s first published novel?
Carrie
With over 17 million units produced, what was the highest selling single model of personal computer ever?
The Commodore 64
Released in 1941, what is the only Disney animated feature film with a title character that never speaks?
Dumbo
What is the name given to an ancient analog computer that was discovered by divers off a Greek island in 1900?
Antikythera mechanism
What was the first video game character to have a balloon featured in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade?
Sonic the Hedgehog
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is a story about the life of what teenage protagonist?
Holden Caulfield
Who was the first person to invest in Apple?
Mike Markkula
Which late actor starred as Kris Kringle in 1994 film Miracle on 34th Street?
Richard Attenborough