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 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 Walter Cronkite wasn't there.

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: $185,000 $92,500 $250 $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? Splat man Pac Man Spacewar! Space Invaders

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

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

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? Lisa Maggie Bart Homer

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

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

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