Are You A Computer Geek?

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. The first time a computer was used to predict the results of a presidential election was in 1952. Conventional wisdom and the UNIVAC computer disagreed. Whose side did Walter Cronkite take? Walter Cronkite wasn't there. Walter Cronkite sided with the computer and announced Dwight D. Eisenhower would be the 34th president of the United States Neither: Walter Cronkite just sat on the information Walter Cronkite went with the opinion polls and reported a victory for Adlai Stevenson and a crushing defeat for the reputation of the computer

2. In 1997, a computer named Deep Purple beat chess wizard Garry Kasparov. True False

3. The type of UNIVAC computer delivered to the U.S. Census Bureau in 1951 was sold with a printer that cost: $250 $185,000 $92,500 $260,000

4. Computer demos have a long and glorious history that all started in 1960, with the PDP-1, a $125,000 precursor to the minicomputer. What game was played to test the setup of the PDP-1? Spacewar! Space Invaders Pac Man Splat man

5. Which of the following is not a computer language? BASIC PEMDAS Algol Fortran

6. What of the following is the oldest personal computer? The TRS-80 HAL The Apple The Kenbak-1

7. In 1984, Apple Computer kicked off its campaign for the Macintosh computer in a $1.5 million Super Bowl ad. What was the name of the $10,000 flop the Mac replaced? Bart Homer Maggie Lisa

8. What type of memory is used to temporarily store information that the computer is currently working with? SHEEP ROM RAM BIOS

9. How do you pronounce SCSI? sicksy ess cee ess eye sucksy scuzzy

10. Who may have said, "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers"? IBM Chairman Thomas Watson Hewlett Packard Co-Founder David Packard Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates Internet advocate and former Vice President Al Gore