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Apple and the Mac OS Trivia Quiz

Yet another quiz about Apple, the Mac, and the MacOS. This one has many varied questions.

A multiple-choice quiz by avromf. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
avromf

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
47,452

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
7 / 15

Plays
1750

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Question 1 of 15

1. What was the original cost of the Apple I (in US $)? Hint

$999.99

$666.66

$1000

$1024

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Question 2 of 15

2. A former CEO of Apple used to work for a corporation related to food. What was that company? Hint

Burger King

Coca Cola

PepsiCo

McDonalds

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Question 3 of 15

3. What goes 'moof'? Hint

A cow with a cold

A dogcow

Steve Job's pet

A system 'beep'

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Question 4 of 15

4. What special mode is there in ResEdit? Hint

Expert mode

Dogcow mode

Pig mode

Edit mode

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Question 5 of 15

5. What year was the first Power Macintosh introduced? Hint

1994

1984

1988

1998

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Question 6 of 15

6. When coming out with the Power Macintosh Apple was switching from what CPU series to what CPU series? Hint

Intel 80x86 series to PowerPC series

6800x0 series to Pentiums

6800x0 series to Intel 80x86 series

6800x0 series to PowerPC series

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Question 7 of 15

7. What programming language was originally used for the Macintosh Toolbox APIs (routines)? Hint

Basic

C++

Pascal

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Question 8 of 15

8. Which of these languages are the MacOS X APIs available in? Hint

Java and Fortran

Java and Objective C

Java and Pascal

C-Sharp and Java

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Question 9 of 15

9. What is the graphical interface of MacOs X called? Hint

Quicktime

Finder

Quickdraw

Aqua

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Question 10 of 15

10. What CPU did the original iMac use? Hint

133MHz PowerPC 604

Intel Pentium II

300 MHz G3

233 MHz G3

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Question 11 of 15

11. How many colours was the original iMac available in? Hint

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Question 12 of 15

12. What does ADB stand for? Hint

Apple Data Bus

Apple Desktop Bus

Apple Data Byte

Absolute Data Byte

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Question 13 of 15

13. How many pins does a Mac serial port normally have (i.e. the ones that used to be used to connect printers and modems)? Hint

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Question 14 of 15

14. Which of the following is NOT an Apple product that starts with an 'i'? Hint

iTunes

iCDPlayer

iMac

iMovie

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Question 15 of 15

15. What version of the MacOS was Sherlock first introduced? Hint

8.0

8.5

8.1

9.0

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was the original cost of the Apple I (in US $)?

Answer: $666.66

Only 220 copies of the Apple I were made until they came out with the popular Apple II. Now, they are collectors items worth much more than {$666.66.}

2. A former CEO of Apple used to work for a corporation related to food. What was that company?

Answer: PepsiCo

It was John Sculley. Apple also came out with a Mac Classic. Their answer to Coke Classic? You decide.

3. What goes 'moof'?

Answer: A dogcow

The dogcow is a 'cow-spotted' dog that inhabits Apple's LaserWriter printer driver. It makes a 'moof' sound.

4. What special mode is there in ResEdit?

Answer: Pig mode

If you hold down the Command(Apple)-Option-Shift keys and select About ResEdit from the Apple menu you get into pig mode. What does it do? Well, nothing.

5. What year was the first Power Macintosh introduced?

Answer: 1994

6. When coming out with the Power Macintosh Apple was switching from what CPU series to what CPU series?

Answer: 6800x0 series to PowerPC series

The newer PowerPC had a RISC based achitecture and was able to emulate the older Motorola 6800x0 chips.

7. What programming language was originally used for the Macintosh Toolbox APIs (routines)?

Answer: Pascal

Yup, it was Pascal with some OO extensions.

8. Which of these languages are the MacOS X APIs available in?

Answer: Java and Objective C

C- Sharp! Heaven forbid! That's a Microsoft language.

9. What is the graphical interface of MacOs X called?

Answer: Aqua

10. What CPU did the original iMac use?

Answer: 233 MHz G3

11. How many colours was the original iMac available in?

Answer: 1

Originally, only Bondi Blue. Only later did Apple come out with six new fruit coloured iMacs.

12. What does ADB stand for?

Answer: Apple Desktop Bus

It is what Apple used to connect keyboards, mice, and graphic tablets to the Mac since the Mac SE days until they replaced it and the serial ports with USB.

13. How many pins does a Mac serial port normally have (i.e. the ones that used to be used to connect printers and modems)?

Answer: 8

Standard PCs had either 9 or 25 pin serial ports that were D shaped (called DSUB). Mac serial ports were round and had 8 pins.

14. Which of the following is NOT an Apple product that starts with an 'i'?

Answer: iCDPlayer

15. What version of the MacOS was Sherlock first introduced?

Answer: 8.5

Before 8.5, there was just a regular Find File utility.

Source: Author avromf

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