Pre-2000's Gaming
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Name That Tune (Game Edition)
200
This 1972 sports game is widely considered the first video game ever made
Pong
200
Uploaded on Apr 23, 2005: this video is the first video ever uploaded to YouTube
Me at the zoo
200
Headquartered in Daytona Beach, Florida, this sporting association has been around since 1948 and currently has 15 full time organizations that compete in over 1,500 races at over 100 tracks each year.
NASCAR
200
After it's founding in 1992 by 3 men who met at a Denny's, this company has skyrocketed to being the most valuable company in human history
NVIDIA
200
Song 1
Crash Bandicoot | Main Theme
400
In the 1980 maze video game Pac-Man, the player is chased by four ghosts named...
Bonus 100: In Ms. Pacman the orange ghost has a different name than her husband's counterpart, what is it?
Inky, Blinky, Pinky, Clyde
Sue
400
In December 2024, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan confirmed that TV viewers had surpassed mobile viewers on the platform, now being the most common way to consume YouTube. Originally, this product was released to watch YouTube on the PS3 and Wii and later for "any large screen"
YouTube XL
400
With 22 drivers and 11 teams across 21 different countries, this auto racing series is the highest class of worldwide racing for open-wheel single seater racing cars.
Formula One (F1)
400
This computer scientist is credited as the father of Computer Science
Alan Turing
400
Song 2
Halo Main | Theme
600
The 5th generation of home video game consoles saw a new player join the industry after a failed collab. This console quickly became the most sold console in the 5th generation and cemented its space as one of the most iconic consoles of the 90's
PlayStation 1
600
YouTube launched it's "YouTube Partner Program" in May of 2007, this allowed independent creators to become monetized on the platform. These six creators were the first to be announced with the program.
Name 1 creator
Double points for naming every creator
Smosh, Lonelygirl15, LisaNova, HappySlip, Renetto, ValsArtDiary
600
This industrialist is credited as a pioneer in making automobiles affordable for middle-class Americans through a system that uses his name.
Henry Ford
600
Developed by the US Department of Defense, this navigation system is used by every person on earth to help them get around in their day to day lives
GPS (Global Positioning System)
600
Song 3
Metal Gear Solid | Main Theme
800
Super Smash Brothers made it's first debut on the Nintendo 64 in 1999 with 12 playable characters. Which one of these is NOT one of those characters
A) Jigglypuff
B) Ness
C) Zelda
D) Captain Falcon
C) Zelda
800
This YouTuber was the first to reach 1 million subscribers in April of 2009
Fred
800
What is this called?
Exhaust Manifold
800
Founded in 1911 as the "Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company" then later renamed in 1924, this company became the leading manufacturer in punch-card tabulating systems and went on to produce 80% of computers in the U.S and 70% worldwide during the 60's and 70's.
Bonus 200 points for full name
IBM | International Business Machines
800
Song 4
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed | Main Theme
1000
In 1981, Nintendo developed a game called Donkey Kong which debuted one of gaming's most iconic characters, Mario. Nintendo was unable to get licensing rights to use what character which led to the creation of Mario
Popeye
1000
Google+ was a social media competitor made by Google until it was killed in 2019. Google+ was integrated into YouTube as an option to sign in until this year when it was required to have an account to comment.
2013
1000
Being the equivalent of driving around the planet 100 times, this is the highest mileage ever clocked by one car
2,850,000 miles
1000
A circuit in which all or some of the circuit elements are inseparably associated and electrically interconnected so that it is considered to be indivisible for the purposes of construction and commerce.
This is the definition of an integral component to a wide variety of electronic devices such as computers, smartphones, and televisions.
Integrated Circuit or Monolithic Integrated Circuit
1000
Song 5
Portal | 4000 Degrees Kelvin