FACTS
GAMING AND BEYOND
COMPUTER
COMMON TECH
100

 Who is known as the inventor of the telephone?

Alexander Graham Bell  (in 1876)

100

Technology has brought us several beloved video game characters. Which of the following is not a Nintendo® game character? (Super Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog, Link, Rosalina)

Sonic the Hedgehog

100

A _______________ is not a component of a laptop computer?

Scanner

100

Which company created the iPad®?

Apple

200

What is Tesla Motors, an American automotive company, known for producing?

Electric cars

200

Select the correct order in which the following game consoles were created, from oldest to newest. Xbox, playstation, nintendo

Nintendo Entertainment System, PlayStation®, Xbox

200

In Internet terminology, what does the phrase “the cloud” refer to? (Hint: Dropbox, Google Drive and Apple iCloud are examples)

Software and services that run on the internet.

200

What is the common definition of a drone?

Unmanned aerial vehicle

300

What telescope did NASA launch in 1990 to help scientists learn more about our solar system?

Hubble Space telescope

300

A lot of games require your location to be enabled on your devices. What does GPS stand for ?

Global Positioning System

300

What is a flash drive?

 Portable device used for retrieval and storage of data

300

Which of the following is the name of the portable e-book reader introduced by Amazon?

Kindle

400

Who invented the Model T car in 1908?

Henry Ford

400

Before multiplayer games people communicated over older technology. Select the order from the oldest to newest… telephone, telegraph, radio

telegraph,telephone,radio

400

What does an mp4 file contain?

Video and audio

400

According to the Pew Research Center, what is the most popular and frequently used social media platform among teens?

Facebook

500

It is now common for doctors to diagnose a patient virtually over video calls? (true or false)

True

500

In the gaming and tech community, what is the business oriented site used for professional networking?

LinkedIn®

500

What device is used in computers to keep them from overheating?

A fan

500

_______________ is the most commonly used web browser in the United States today.

Google Chrome