a device invented by Galileo Galilei, used in astronomy
telescope
game, developed by Mojang, which is an open sandbox in which players often build structures and battle creepers, zombies, and other "mobs"
minecraft
the discovery of America is credited to
Christopher Columbus
tech company that is known for making "unbreakable" phones
Nokia
the inventor of the light bulb
Thomas Edison
the programming language named after the type of coffee from Indonesia
Java
Marie Curie discovered
radioactivity
the first decentralized cryptocurrency
bitcoin
scientist who is associated with the theory of relativity
Einstein
delicious computer term did web browser programmer Lou Montulli chose to refer to information that is sent from the browser to the web server
cookie
something that was invented in China for entertainment and later used to make weapons
gunpowder
first commercially successful video game called Pong was launched in:
1965 / 1972 / 1979
1972
country origin of the Rubik's cube
Hungary
VPN stands for
Virtual Private Network
our ancestors made tools from stone, then from bronze. what material was used next?
iron
PIN as a password stands for
Personal Identification Number
famous inventor who was considered to be far ahead of his time. many of these inventions did not become known until centuries later.
Leonardo da Vinci
the European internet company Skype was purchased by eBay in 2005 for $2.5 billion, but only six years later the video chat company was purchased by another tech firm for a new purchase price of $8.5 billion. what was the firm?
microsoft
around 1780 James Watt made a breakthrough which made it possible to make all kinds of machines. what had he improved upon?
the steam engine
term for the internet prank and meme in which an unexpected appearance of the music video for the 1987 Rick Astley song "Never Gonna Give You Up" is "planted" into an unrelated link
rickrolling