In the Computer Corner with the Quiz

As I promised in November, here is the quiz. Answers via e-mail please to  and the first correct answer will win a £25 voucher at Amazon, which you get via e-mail and redeem on-line – well this is the Boffin’s Computer Corner after all. If none are correct, the highest scoring entry will win.

Now the questions – note some may have more than one right answer – you will need to list all the answers to get 25 which is full marks. Others you need to write down your own answer. You will find that the usual Internet resources, including of course my website http://www.lordjohn.demon.co.uk/theboffin/ should help with finding the answers, which must be in my e-mail box by Tuesday 3^rd January, 2006. The Boffin’s decision on the answers is final and you must answer by e-mail. Happy Christmas to all.

2.      Where would you find a CCD? In a
a) camera,  b) computer, c) mobile phone, d) DVD player, e) DVD recorder.

3.      Which of these companies does NOT make computers?
a) Prime,  b) HP,  c) DEC, d) IBM, e)Microsoft, e) Nokia.

4.      How many bits are there in a nibble?
a) 2,  b) 4,  c) 6,  d) 8,  e) 12.

5.      What does HTML stand for? (You need to write down the answer.)

6.      What was the name of the computer that beat Gary Kasparov?
a) Deep Blue,  b) Deep Thought,  c) Deep Throat,  d) Deep Water,  e) Deep Red.

7.      How many bits are there in a Megabyte? (You need to work out the answer. Be careful.)

8.      What size was the first floppy disk?
a) 3.5 inches,  b) 5.25 inches,  c) 8 inches,  d) 12 inches,  e) 14 inches.

9.      Which one is the largest?
a) 1000 Mbytes,  b) 1Gbyte.

10. What was the calculator that went into space on the Space Shuttle?

11. What was the first commercial computer which had a mouse and windows on the screen?
a) Betty,  b) Joan,  c) Lisa,  d) Mavis,  e) Susie.

12. Which is the odd one out? (They are all common file extensions.)
a) avi,  b) gif,  c) jpg,  d) mov,  e) mp3,  f) mpg.

13. Who said “There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home.”?
a) Bill Gates,  b) Edward Heath,  c) Ken Olsen  d) Sir Clive Sinclair,  Frank Zappa.

14. Which company was Ethernet invented by?
a) Data General,  b) DEC,  c) IBM,  d) Microsoft,  e) Xerox Parc.

15. What does WORM stand for?

16. What unit do we use to measure the speed of a supercomputer?
a) GHz,  b) Light-years,  c) MIPS,  d) TFLOPS,  e) Warp factor.

17. Which was these was made by Sir Clive Sinclair?
a) C5,  .b) QL,  c) Spectrum,  d) ZX80,  e) ZX81.

18. What was the name of the first microprocessor?
a) F8,  b) 4004,  c) 6502,  d) 8080,  e) Z80.

19. Which of these is NOT a current, working search engines? (Carefull there too.)
a) Altavista,  b) Ask Jeaves,  c) Dogpile,  d) Google,  e) Mamma, 
f) The Electric Monk

20. What is the cheapest man made, manufactured article ever produced?

Happy Christmas

John Kimberley

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