Communication Technologies
Music & Entertainment Devices
Computing & Office Technology
Daily Life & Obsolete Gadgets
100
What device did people use to make phone calls at home using a cable?
A landline phone
100
What device used cassette tapes to play music?
A cassette player
100
What machine was used to type documents before personal computers?
A typewriter
100
What device was used to watch movies at home before streaming?
A VCR / VHS player
200
What machine was used to send written messages over a phone line?
A fax machine
200
What round digital disc replaced cassette tapes in the 1990s?
A CD (Compact Disc)
200
What square storage device was used to save files in early computers?
A floppy disk
200
What book was used to look up phone numbers in the 80s and 90s?
A phone book
300
What large and heavy portable phone became popular in the 1980s?
An early mobile phone (brick phone)
300
What portable music player made by Sony was very popular in the 1980s?
The Sony Walkman
300
What monitor color was common in early computers?
Green or amber
300
What device took photos using film instead of digital memory?
A film camera
400
What technology was used in offices to send documents quickly before email?
Fax technology / fax machine
400
What video format competed with VHS but eventually disappeared?
Betamax
400
What operating system was widely used before Microsoft Windows?
MS-DOS
400
What place did people visit to rent movies physically?
Video rental stores (e.g., Blockbuster)